Atco - (New Jersey Transit Atlantic City Line)

Atco is an Atlantic City Line Station with no sidewalk access. It consists of a single side high-level platform that can accommodate 3 cars along an embankment. This platform contains two red shelters for waiting passengers, the eastern one containing one TVM and a bench, the western one just a bench. There are also 4 exposed benches along the platform. When I visited over Labor Day Weekend 2024, the fence at the one end of the platform was missing.

To leave the platform, a staircase containing 24 steps or a ramp with switchbacks leads off the platform to the northern side of the station's large 189 space park and ride lot. At the entrance to the ramp and staircase is the bus stop of NJT Bus Route 554 that provides local service along the Atlantic City Line between Atlantic City and Lindenwald, including stopping at every station. There is a sign here that looks hand painted and says “Welcome to Waterford Township and NJ Transit, Ride the train, It is Fast, Safe, Comfortable, and Friendly to the Environment - Waterford Township Environmental Commission.”

The station's parking lot has a single entrance to Haines Blvd which provides access to the Northbound Lanes of Highway 73 just west of the station and to Route 30 a few blocks away in the opposite direction as an oddly formatted highway style sign says by the station's entrance. This sign is white text on a brown background.
Photos 1-35: September 1, 2024;

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lettering peeling from an Atco platform sign

Comet V #6019 leaving the station

Comet V #6019 leaves the station

Comet V #6019 fades into the distance after stopping at the station

A bench and platform schedule

Looking down the platform from under one shelter

A side view of a red platform shelter

Is the station Waterford Township or Atco Station

Sign to Welcome you to Waterfront Township and NJ Transit to Ride the Train, It is Fast, Safe, Comfortable, and Friendly to the Environment: Waterford Township Environmental Commission

Empty (once filled) free real estate boxes just outside the station

Looking past ADA parking spaces at the completely empty parking lot

A few cars in the parking lot

Looking across the parking lot to the station exit

The ramp and steps up to the platform in the distance at the edge of the parking lot

Sign for Free Commuter Parking at Atco Station and brown signs To Route 30 or To Route 73 Northbound only. The platform is in the distance, there are no sidewalks

A barrier seperates parts of the parking lot and the entrance road, with Northbound Route 73 (no access to the Southbound Lane) in the background

Adjacent Haines Blvd to the parking lot, no sidewalk!

Loking across to the grass that devides the parking lot from Haines Blvd, no sidewalks!

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