The Dinky

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The Dinky is a short commuter rail shuttle service that connects Princeton University to the nearby Princeton Junction station on New Jersey Transit's Northeast Corridor line.

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Label Occurrences
The Dink 1
The Dinky canonical 1
The Princeton Dinky 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch line
commuter rail service
rail shuttle service
associatedWith Princeton University campus planning
category NJ Transit rail lines
Princeton University transportation
Rail transportation in New Jersey
connects Princeton Junction
surface form: Princeton Junction on Northeast Corridor

Princeton campus area
connectsTo Amtrak services at Princeton Junction
Northeast Corridor Line (NJ Transit)
surface form: NJ Transit Northeast Corridor commuter trains

Northeast Corridor Line (NJ Transit)
surface form: Northeast Corridor Line
country United States of America
surface form: United States
electrification overhead catenary
fareSystem NJ Transit fare system
formerName PJ&B
Princeton Branch
formerOwner Conrail
Penn Central Transportation Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
hasPlatformConfiguration two terminal stations
hasStation Princeton Junction
surface form: Princeton Junction station

Princeton Station
surface form: Princeton station
lineLength about 2.7 miles
locatedIn Mercer County, New Jersey
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
surface form: Princeton, New Jersey
nickname The Dinky self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Dink

PJ&B
surface form: The PJ&B

The Dinky self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Princeton Dinky
notableFor being one of the shortest scheduled commuter rail lines in the United States
openingDate 1865
operator NJ Transit
NJ Transit
surface form: New Jersey Transit
owner NJ Transit
partOf New Jersey Transit commuter rail network
surface form: NJ Transit rail operations
primaryUsers Princeton University faculty
Princeton University staff
Princeton University students
regionServed Central New Jersey
serves Princeton University
servicePattern shuttle back-and-forth between two endpoints
serviceType commuter rail shuttle
shuttle
terminus Princeton Junction
surface form: Princeton Junction station

Princeton Station
surface form: Princeton station
trackGauge standard gauge
usesRollingStockType electric multiple units

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Dinky shuttle line alsoKnownAs The Dinky
The Dinky nickname The Dinky self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Princeton Dinky
The Dinky nickname The Dinky self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Dink