Traffic & Transit

NJ Transit Aims To Start Walter Rand Transportation Center This Year, Advance Glassboro-Camden Rail Line Plans

Plans to break ground could still be years away and a website for the project currently estimates service to start in 2028.

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February 21, 2025

South Jersey needs the long-awaited Glassboro-Camden train line to help grow the region's economy and build out an "eds and meds" corridor that connects schools like Rowan University, Rutgers University-Camden, and hospitals to the surrounding communities, NJ Transit's top official said Wednesday.

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And despite opposition, he signaled it's likely happening.

As the Southern New Jersey Development Council met at Rowan University in Glassboro, President and CEO Kris Kolluri and other local leaders made the case for the train line to decision-makers from around the region.

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A rendering of a Glassboro Camden Line train at a stop. The train line has been in talks for decades but the new CEO and President of NJ Transit wants to move the project further along in 2025/Glassboro Camden Line/CBS

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