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====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 β 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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