History
The station was built on a site .25 mi (0.40 km) to the south of one that had been built in 1865. It was constructed in 1918 when the branch was part of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) under the direction of architect-engineer Alexander C. Shand, who had also overseen construction of the now demolished Philadelphia Broad Street Station. Designed in the Collegiate Gothic style, it contains a stone station house, a stone freight house, and a canopy-covered platform. The station has been owned by several different parties since the PRR era: Penn Central (1968–1971), Conrail (to June 1984), New Jersey Department of Transportation, New Jersey Transit Rail Operations (to October 1984), and Princeton University. It is individually listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places. and as a contributing property on the National Register of Historic Places.
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