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===Transportation=== ====Roads and highways==== [[File:2021-07-16 11 08 35 View north along U.S. Route 1 (Trenton-New Brunswick Turnpike) from the overpass for Mercer County Route 533 (Quaker Bridge Road-Province Line Road) in West Windsor Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|[[U.S. Route 1 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 1]] in West Windsor]] {{As of|2010}}, the township had a total of {{convert|151.84|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|123.43|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|24.16|mi}} by Mercer County and {{convert|4.25|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Mercer.pdf Mercer County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction], New Jersey Department of Transportation, May 2010. Accessed December 2, 2013.</ref> [[U.S. Route 1 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 1]] is the largest and busiest highway in West Windsor, crossing the northwestern sections of the township, oriented southwest to northeast.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000001__-.pdf#page=4 U.S. Route 1 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated May 2018. Accessed December 2, 2019.</ref> [[County Route 533 (New Jersey)|CR 533]] (Quakerbridge Road) passes along the western border with Lawrence.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000533__-.pdf#page=3 County Route 533 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated November 2012. Accessed December 2, 2019.</ref> [[County Route 526 (New Jersey)|CR 526]]<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000526__-.pdf County Route 526 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated October 2012. Accessed December 2, 2019.</ref> and [[County Route 571 (New Jersey)|CR 571]]<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000571__-.pdf#page=15 County Route 571 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated October 2012. Accessed December 2, 2019.</ref> are multiplexed together from the northwestern part of the township until they split in the center of the municipality. [[County Route 535 (New Jersey)|CR 535]] passes through in the south and serves Mercer County Community College.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000535__-.pdf#page=3 County Route 535 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated October 2012. Accessed December 2, 2019.</ref> [[New Jersey Route 64|Route 64]] is a short, unsigned state highway that runs {{convert|0.32|mi}} concurrent with CR 526/CR 571 where they cross the [[Northeast Corridor]] rail line.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000064__-.pdf Route 64 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated March 2014. Accessed December 2, 2019.</ref> Other major roads that are accessible in neighboring municipalities include: [[Interstate 295 (Delaware–Pennsylvania)|Interstate 295]] in Hamilton and Lawrence, [[Interstate 195 (New Jersey)|Interstate 195]] in Hamilton and Robbinsville, and the [[New Jersey Turnpike]] ([[Interstate 95 in New Jersey|Interstate 95]]) in Robbinsville (Exit 7A) and East Windsor (Exit 8). ====Public transportation==== [[Image:Acela2007.jpg|thumb|right|An ''[[Acela Express]]'' speeding through West Windsor.]] [[Princeton Junction station]], a [[Northeast Corridor]] stop on [[Amtrak]] and [[NJ Transit]], is located within West Windsor. Amtrak's [[Keystone Service]] and [[Northeast Regional (Amtrak)|Northeast Regional]] routes stop at Princeton Junction which is ranked as one of the ten busiest train stations in the Northeast.<ref name ="NJT12" /> The station had 6,800 average weekday boardings in 2012, the fourth-highest of any NJ Transit station in the state.<ref name ="NJT12">[http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/FactsAtaGlance.pdf NJ Transit Facts at a Glance – Fiscal Year 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906064945/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/FactsAtaGlance.pdf |date=September 6, 2015 }}, New Jersey Transit. Accessed December 2, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://westwindsornj.weebly.com/train-station.html Train Station], West Windsor Township Business Opportunities. Accessed December 2, 2013. "The Princeton Junction Train Station (PJC) is the second busiest train station on the Northeast corridor of New Jersey and the eighth most heavily used Amtrak station in New Jersey, providing efficient rail service into important business destinations such as New York, Philadelphia, and Newark Liberty International Airport."</ref> Running between the Princeton Junction station and the [[Princeton station (NJ Transit)|Princeton station]] is what is known to locals as the "[[Princeton Branch|Dinky]]." The Dinky is a one-car train that shuttles back and forth many times a day between the two stations. Traveling {{convert|2.7|mi}} each way, it is the shortest regularly scheduled passenger route in the United States.<ref>Reed, J. D. [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/31/nyregion/the-little-engine-that-can.html "The Little Engine That Can"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 31, 2002. Accessed May 10, 2011. "So the single car, operated by New Jersey Transit, plies back and forth about every half hour between the magnolia-budded tranquility of the university campus and the hard-edged, workday bustle of Princeton Junction a mere {{convert|2.7|mi|km}} away, making it perhaps the shortest regularly scheduled passenger route in America."</ref> NJ Transit bus service to [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]] is provided via the [[600 (New Jersey bus)|600]], [[603 (New Jersey bus)|603]], [[609 (New Jersey bus)|609]], with other area service on the [[605 (New Jersey bus)|605]] route.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090522212335/http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesMercerCountyTo Mercer County Bus/Rail Connections], New Jersey Transit, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 22, 2009. Accessed September 17, 2011.</ref><ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/maps/sam/148samap.pdf Mercer County Rider Guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191126071745/https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/maps/sam/148samap.pdf |date=November 26, 2019 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 27, 2019.</ref> The Greater Mercer Transportation Management Association offers service on Route 130 between the West Windsor Campus of [[Mercer County Community College]] and [[East Windsor Township, New Jersey|East Windsor Township]] / [[Hightstown, New Jersey|Hightstown]].<ref>[https://gmtma.org/mercer-county-bus-service/ Mercer County Bus Service], Greater Mercer Transportation Management Association. Accessed December 2, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://gmtma.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/mccc-east-windsor-hightstown-flyer-5.pdf Route 130 Bus Service from East Windsor-Hightstown to MCCC's West Windsor Campus], Greater Mercer Transportation Management Association. Accessed December 2, 2019.</ref>
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