West Trenton Station

I’d offer up a bigger review, but the West Trenton train station is a small mostly-​outdoor train station for SEPTA. You need to buy your tickets on board, since there is no ticket machine at this facility. It has a heated enclosed waiting area, but we didn’t use it because we were trying to be sensitive to the needs of the homeless people sleeping inside. It’s apparent that the staff of arriving and departing trains do not consider rousting the homeless a priority.
With that said, we were able to board the train, and get off of the train when it brought us back to the station. Nothing more, nothing less. The only upside to this station is the free parking.

Would be better if the trains were more frequent. Parking is free, which is great, but it takes more than an hour and a half to get to and from the Airport. Also the trains back from Center city stop too early.

Free parking. Why not? Buy one way and you get the receipt to buy a ticket with reduced fare. I went to Market East. So it’s 10+8, and that’s all.
Better than Trenton Transit Center. You get 15 round-​trip but plus parking.

You are not deserving of being the final stop on this line.
It’s a cement pad, one bench, the ‘indoor’ area makes you want to hold your breath… but the schedule is only posted inside, so you haveee to go in.
bleh, bleh.

Christopher M.‘s comment has nothing to do with West Trenton Station. I have to wonder if his review is just some kind of spam. There is no information booth at this station, so there is no line to wait in! There are no restrooms; this is a tiny, bucolic suburban train station with an enclosed waiting area, nothing more. I was really surprised to even see it listed on Unilocal.And, if you’re in NYC, you’d better like walking, because West Trenton trains don’t go to NYC, they only go to Philly.
@melmoth. I take it you mean «distant» not «distal». Yes, it’s the north terminus of SEPTA. I’ve never had to pay a surcharge for buying a ticket on the train at West Trenton — in fact, if you’re connecting through Philly to another suburban point, it’s cheaper to buy your whole itinerary on the train. You only have to pay a surcharge if there is a ticket window that’s open and there haven’t been machines or ticket agents at West Trenton since probably before I was born. Now, it IS ridiculous that SEPTA charges $ 2.50 more each way to go out of West Trenton than Yardley, which is only 2 miles away, but in PA. However, the lot’s still always full, so I guess they’re not losing riders.

This station has a very old fashioned vibe. The building on the east side isn’t really part of the station any more, but it is really nice to look at.
There are no amenities of any kind, other than a one-​room building to sit or stand in while you wait. The bike rack sucks and its the kind of place that you may lose your seat, your grips, or worse.
This station is the most distal stop on the R3 line from downtown Philadelphia. It will get you to Suburban Station in about 1h 15min. Ridiculously, SEPTA charges you extra for buying a ticket on the train, even though there is no way to buy a ticket at this station, so buy a one-​way ticket from the conductor on the train, and then be sure to use your punched ticket to get a reduced return fare from the ticket counter in Philadelphia. Just ask the person at the SEPTA ticket window in Philadelphia for the reduced fare, and show them your one-​way ticket that you used for the way in.