Waterfront Entertainment Center
Waterfront Entertainment Center is the terminus of the River LINE, with trains leaving their street running portion through Downtown Camden just north of the station and cross over Delaware Avenue at the intersection of Harbor Blvd for a diamond-crossover between the tracks, just before the two side platforms of two track-terminus begin. These tail tracks end at bumper blocks at Clinton Street south of the station with plenty of space to store extra trains south of the station. The station's two side platforms contain pedestrian crossings at each end of the platforms, unlike at Trenton there isn't a clear next train to depart sign with passengers really just having to guess.
The station is alongside a large parking lot that doesn't service commuters but patrons of live music events at the now named Freedom Mortgage Pavilion (it was the named SusquehannaBank Center when I visited in 2011). This center is located across Delaware Avenue from the station, with crosswalks connecting to each pedestrian grade-crossing to access the opposite platform. The Freedom Mortgage Pavilion's jewel is a 25,488 outdoor amphitheater used during the summer months with a lawn with a clear view of the Philadelphia skyline, with the venue converting to an indoor 7,000 person venue in the winter months. There is service on the RiverLink Ferry across to Downtown Philadelphia at a dock relatively near the station, but this is a tourist operation, running on a regular schedule only from Memorial Day to Labor Day (between 10am and 6pm), and on weekends only for special events through the end of September. Fares are also not competitive at $10.00 priced only as round-trip tickets.
Photos 1-16: September 15, 2012;
A River LINE train terminates at Waterfront Entertainment Center, just a large empty parking lot for the event venue
A ramp off the platform and crossover north of the station where trains reverse
DMU #3513A has changed its sign (and headlights) for Trenton upon arrival
A shelter on Camden Track 2 (although the crossover is north of the station) and the SusquehannaBank Center
Looking cross to the both indoor and outdoor SusquehannaBank Center facility (basically the stage is indoors and seating can either be indoors in winter or as an amphitheater in summer
An empty parking lot along the Trenton-bound platform
Crossing the Trenton-bound track
DMU #3515 and the tower of the Ben Franklin Bridge in the distance
Approaching the Track 2 platform, crossing its track
Sidewalk between the Track 2 platform and Delaware Avenue
The metal backsides of River Rail Revival and below the windscreen on Track 2
Simple abstract mosaics here for River Rail Revival
At the northern end of the Track 2 Camden platform, as a Trenton-bound train waits to leave the station to make another trip to Trenton. The River LINE has decent recovery time at each end due to the length of the route, and the need for all the passing sidings that can create delays
DMU #3513 stopped at the terminus station that feels desolate when there are no events in the area
Looking across Delaware Avenue at the station
Sign for the RiverLINK, very tourist (only round-trip tickets sold) Ferry somewhere across this parking desert
Last Updated: November 27, 2024
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