Route

Newark to PRINCETON JCT.

2 operators run this water, from 25 min to 33 min — a difference of 8 min on the same crossing. PRINCETON JCT. has an airport 17 km from the quay, so this is a crossing you can make one way and fly the other.

Getting from Newark to PRINCETON JCT.

Somewhere to stay in PRINCETON JCT. partner Left luggage in PRINCETON JCT. Everywhere from Newark Everywhere from PRINCETON JCT.

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Amtrak Newark → PRINCETON JCT. 56 km on the train 25 min rate not held 134 km/h average

NJ TRANSIT RAIL Newark → PRINCETON JCT. 61 km on the train 33 min rate not held 111 km/h average

Other ways to reach PRINCETON JCT.

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach PRINCETON JCT. without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

HAMILTON – PRINCETON JCT. 6 min NJ TRANSIT RAIL

Trenton – PRINCETON JCT. 6 min Amtrak

NEW BRUNSWICK – PRINCETON JCT. 11 min Amtrak, NJ TRANSIT RAIL

JERSEY AVE. – PRINCETON JCT. 12 min NJ TRANSIT RAIL

Metropark Amtrak Station – PRINCETON JCT. 16 min Amtrak

Philadelphia – PRINCETON JCT. 33 min Amtrak

And other ways to reach Newark

ELIZABETH – Newark 3 min NJ TRANSIT RAIL

Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station – Newark 4 min Amtrak, Amtrak Vermonter

SOUTH ORANGE – Newark 4 min NJ TRANSIT RAIL

BRICK CHURCH – Newark 5 min NJ TRANSIT RAIL

Nostrand Avenue – Newark 6 min NJ TRANSIT RAIL

SECAUCUS UPPER LEVEL – Newark 6 min NJ TRANSIT RAIL

BLOOMFIELD – Newark 7 min NJ TRANSIT RAIL

MOUNTAIN STATION – Newark 7 min NJ TRANSIT RAIL

UNION – Newark 8 min NJ TRANSIT RAIL

BAY STREET – Newark 9 min NJ TRANSIT RAIL

Where else these quays go

Also from Newark

ABERDEEN-MATAWAN · AVENEL · BAY STREET · BLOOMFIELD · BRICK CHURCH · CRANFORD · ELIZABETH · HOBOKEN · MAPLEWOOD · MILLBURN · MOUNTAIN STATION · Metropark Amtrak Station · NEW BRUNSWICK · Nostrand Avenue

Also from PRINCETON JCT.

HAMILTON · JERSEY AVE. · Metropark Amtrak Station · NEW BRUNSWICK · Philadelphia · Trenton

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Newark–PRINCETON JCT. crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. The choice between Amtrak at 25 min and NJ TRANSIT RAIL at 33 min is mostly a price decision, and we hold no prices for either.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.