Ferry Avenue (PATCO station)
Encyclopedia
Ferry Avenue is a PATCO
High-Speedline station located in Camden, New Jersey
and Woodlynne, New Jersey
.
was abducted from the station's parking lot and killed. Two men, Ryshaone H. Thomas and Marcus Toliver, where charged with murder, robbery, kidnapping and weapons offenses in connection with the crime.
On January 12, 2005, Thomas and Toliver pled guilty in New Jersey Superior Court
in order to avoid the death penalty.
Port Authority Transit Corporation
The PATCO Speedline, also known colloquially as the High Speed Line, is a rapid transit system operated by the Port Authority Transit Corporation, which runs between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Camden County, New Jersey...
High-Speedline station located in Camden, New Jersey
Camden, New Jersey
The city of Camden is the county seat of Camden County, New Jersey. It is located across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 77,344...
and Woodlynne, New Jersey
Woodlynne, New Jersey
Woodlynne is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 2,796.Woodlynne was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 19, 1901, from portions of Haddon Township...
.
Layout
The fare control is located at street level and the platform is elevated. For most of the platform, there are two tracks, serving the Philadelphia and Lindenwold bound trains. There is also a third track that starts some halfway down the platform. The platform splits and the train can come up into this spot. It was once used by Ferry Avenue Local trains that originated here and went to Philadelphia, but the service has been discontinued. The third track is now used to store a train mid-day.Crime
On November 12, 2001, Christine Lynn Eberle, 27, a PATCO commuter and resident of Washington Township, Gloucester County, New JerseyWashington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey
Washington Township is a township in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. In the 2010 United States Census, Washington Township's population was 48,559, having grown from 47,114 in the 2000 Census....
was abducted from the station's parking lot and killed. Two men, Ryshaone H. Thomas and Marcus Toliver, where charged with murder, robbery, kidnapping and weapons offenses in connection with the crime.
On January 12, 2005, Thomas and Toliver pled guilty in New Jersey Superior Court
New Jersey Superior Court
The Superior Court is the state court in the U.S. state of New Jersey, with state-wide trial and appellate jurisdiction. The Superior Court has three divisions: the Appellate Division is essentially an intermediate appellate court while the Law and Chancery Divisions function as trial courts...
in order to avoid the death penalty.