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Travel Agency The River Line will be carrying some baggage of its own when it begins operating. The 34-mile, Camden-to-Trenton light-rail system has been surrounded by controversy since it was approved during the administration of then-Gov. Christie Whitman in the 1990s.

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Cheap Hotel Detractors have argued that the $1.1 billion transportation system has cost too much. They have predicted that the River Line will have few riders and will carry only crime and noise into the towns along the line.

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Travel Agent "We believe the light rail is going to be terrific for the towns along the line," said Bill Ragozine, executive director of Cross County Connection Transportation Management Asso-ciation, a nonprofit rail advocacy group working with NJ Transit. "... (It will be) a real local and long-distance commuter line."

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Hotel Chicago NJ Transit, the agency in charge of the light-rail system, estimated that during its first year of operation, an average of 2,850 people a day will ride the River Line, which is scheduled to open Sunday.

Online Booking Here is information those people will need to know:

Travel Health Insurance Fares: The one-way fare will be $1.10, regardless of the distance traveled. The one-way fare for senior citizens 65 and older and for the disabled will be 50 cents. For seniors 62 to 64, the 50-cent one-way fare will be available 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. weekdays and all day Saturday and Sunday.

Hotel Reservation Children ages 5 to 11 pay 50 cents for a one-way fare when traveling with an adult. Up to three children ages 4 and under can travel free with a fare-paying adult. On weekends and holidays, up to two children ages 5 to 11 can travel free when accompanied by a fare-paying adult.

London Hotel Booking Groups of 10 or more can save 13 percent on trips if they are booked and paid three weeks in advance.

Discount Travel The line will not sell round-trip tickets. Monthly passes will cost $41.

Orlando Hotel NJ Transit officials said the $1.10 fare is an introductory charge. They have declined to say how long that fare will remain in effect.

Booking Agency Tickets may be purchased at vending machines on the station platforms. The machines will accept cash, credit cards and debit cards. Before boarding, riders will have to validate their tickets in another machine on the platforms. Once validated, a ticket will be good for two hours.

International Travel Medical NJ Transit fare-enforcement officers will randomly board cars to check for tickets. Riders who do not have a validated ticket may be removed from the car and fined up to $100.

New York Hotel Hours of operation: River Line cars will run every 30 minutes daily. A trip from one end of the line to the other will take about 70 minutes.

Online Travel Booking On weekdays, the first car of the day will leave the 36th Street Station in Pennsauken at 5:42 a.m. and head south. The first car to leave the Tren-ton Station at the northern end of the line will depart at 6 a.m. The first car to leave the En-tertainment Center Station at the southern end of the line will also depart at 6 a.m.

Travel Medical Insurance Northbound cars will start at the Bordentown Station at 6:17 a.m. and the Florence Station at 6:23 a.m.

Miami Hotel The last car of the day from the Trenton Station will depart at 9:05 p.m. The final Trenton-bound car from the Entertain-ment Center Station will depart at 9 p.m. The last departure of the day from the Entertain-ment Center will be at midnight, but that car will go no farther north than the 36th Street Station in Pennsauken.

Air Deccan Booking On Saturdays, the only day when the River Line does not share the tracks with Conrail freight trains, the first car will leave the 36th Street Station at 5:27 a.m. and head south. Cars will begin leaving the Trenton and Entertainment Center stations at 6:15 a.m. and 5:45 a.m., respectively.

Las Vegas Nevada Travel The last car from the Trenton Station will depart at midnight. The final Trenton-bound car will leave the Entertainment Center Station at midnight. The last trip from the Entertainment Center Station to the 36th Street Station will begin at 1:15 a.m.

Las Vegas Nv Hotel On Sundays, the first car of the day will leave the 36th Street Station at 5:27 a.m. and head south. Cars will begin operating at the Entertainment Center Station at 5:45 a.m. and at the Trenton Station at 6:15 a.m.

Hotel Florence Booking Online The last Camden-bound car will leave the Trenton Station at 9 p.m. The final Trenton-bound car will leave the Entertainment Center Station at 9 p.m. The last trip from the Entertainment Center to the 36th Street Station will begin at midnight.

Orlando Travel Conrail freight trains will run on the tracks Sunday to Friday from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Hilton Hotel Stations: Each of the 20 stations along the line has a long concrete platform with an open-air shelter, Victorian-style light fixtures, benches, iron railings and bicycle racks. Electronic signs hanging from the beige shelter canopies will flash messages to riders.

Booking Delta Com While the stations are sparse, there are aesthetic touches. Sculp-ted egrets sit atop each roof. Each station has tiles painted with scenes distinctive to the stations location. For ex-ample, at the Riv-erton station, scenes show fish swimming alongside sailboats. At the Beverly stop, the tiles show flowers, bees and knotted ropes, the latter referring to a former rope company in the city.

Travel Insurance Online The Florence, Burlington South and Pennsauken/Route 73 stations are designated as "park and ride" stops. NJ Transit defines a "park and ride" stop as one that is located off a major roadway and that has a large parking lot, encouraging people to leave their cars and take the rail system.

London Hotel Cars: Each of the systems 20 cars is 101 feet long, 13 feet high and 10 feet wide. A car consists of two passenger compartments connected by a passageway. Each car can seat 90 passengers, with standing room for about 100 more. The cars are accessible to passengers in wheelchairs.

Online Hotel Booking Conductor compartments at both ends of a car allow the car to run in either direction without the need to turn around. The mechanical systems are between the two passenger compartments.

Travel Insurance In most light-rail systems, the cars are powered by overhead electric lines or by a charged third rail, but the River Line is diesel-powered. The air-conditioned River Line cars have luggage and bicycle racks, as well as an on-board speaker system for announcements.

Paris Hotel At some points along the route, the cars will reach speeds of up to 60 mph. However, when the cars cross streets in more-populated areas, they will slow to between 25 and 45 mph.

Airline Booking Parking: NJ Transit built 3,300 parking spaces for the River Line. Park-ing is not available at the four Camden stations, the Burlington Towne Center Station on Broad Street in Burlington City or the Cass Street Station in Trenton. The number of parking spaces at the other stations ranges from 25 in Palmyra to 625 in Florence.

Travel Trailer Parking is free except at the Trenton Station.

San Francisco Hotel Security: Each station is equipped with closed-circuit television cameras that will be monitored by NJ Transit workers at an operations center on 36th Street in Pennsauken. If necessary, transit police will be dispatched from Camden or Trenton to the scene of a problem. NJ Transit may also call municipal police, depending on the situation.

Air Ticket Booking Stations also will have call boxes. A person who picks up a call-box phone will be connected with a NJ Transit employee who will be able to answer questions about schedules and destinations.

Cheap Travel "The box is there to provide passengers information so you can figure out what to do with the remainder of your trip," said Charles Ingoglia of NJ Transits light-rail construction office.

Bangkok Hotel Signs on the call-box phones will advise people to go to the pay phone at each station and call 911 in case of an emergency.

Music Booking Transfers: The River Line makes it possible for riders to get to New York or Philadelphia without having to deal with bridge tolls or parking costs. For example, a person will be able to park at the Florence Station, take the River Line to Trenton and transfer to a NJ Transit or Amtrak train headed to New York. That person also will be able to take the River Line south to the Walter Rand Transportation Center Station in Camden, transfer to the PATCO High Speed Line and travel into Philadelphia.

Travel And Tourism "You can park free and hop on it to (get to) New York," Ragozine said. "The (River Line fare) is so cheap, its almost nonexistent."

New York City Hotel At the Walter Rand Transportation Center Station in Camden, River Line riders will be able to connect with 200 Delaware River Port Authority PATCO trains that head to Philadelphia or Lindenwold. They also will have access to about 20 NJ Transit bus routes.

Air Asia Ticket Booking In Trenton, riders will have access to 85 NJ Transit trains, 52 SEPTA route R7 regional rail trains and 47 Amtrak trains. They also can link up to the bus loop around the capital.

Los Angeles Travel Transfers to NJ Transit buses will be available at all stations except the Burlington South Station in Burlington City, the Delanco Station, the 36th Street Station in Pennsauken and the Cooper Street/Rutgers University and Entertainment Center stations in Camden.

Cancun Hotel Transfers to Burlington Countys BurLink shuttle buses will be available at the Beverly/Edgewater Park, Burlington Towne Center, Florence and Riverside stations.

Hotel Booking Florence Odds and ends: Up to sixbicycles will be permitted on each car. Smoking, eating and drinking will be prohibited. Passengers may listen to radios or music players as long as they are wearing earphones. The only animals allowed on the River Line will be police dogs, small pets transported in cages and animals accompanying disabled passengers.

Business Travel For more River Line information: Call (800) 626-RIDE or visit www.RiverLINE. com.

Atlantic City Hotel By Josh Bernstein
Burlington County Times - 3/8/2004

Topic: Trains

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