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First Look: The New Princeton Station
Monday, 17 November 2014
by Andrew Sondern
The new Princeton Station was inaugurated this morning with pouring rain and its first train: the 4:51 am Dinky from Princeton Junction. Princeton University’s Office of Communications was on hand to record the train’s arrival, posted below on Vine: The new station, which was inaugurated with a catered breakfast, features a modern waiting room complete
- Published in Uncategorized
Buy train tickets from your phone! Great job, NJ Transit! (Never thought I’d say that.)
Monday, 31 March 2014
by Matthew Silberman
It was the fastest I had run in my life. My backpack bounced left and right on my back, harshly pressing me on with each step. My brother Ricky, though more stressed than I was, lagged behind. His long-legged strides weren’t fast enough. We were about to miss the Dinky. Okay, okay, so maybe I
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The Death of the Dinky
Thursday, 19 September 2013
by Vivienne Chen
Update: For a quick recap of the Dinky controversy, check out the Ink’s previous coverage: Video: The Dinky Controversy Explained David Walter ’10 and his Dinky piece for the New York Times When we almost thought the Arts and Transit neighborhood was done for Around 4:30pm, the canopy overhanging the old Princeton train station (aka
- Published in Princeton in the News
Spotted: Saving you from Damnation, If Not from Midterms
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
by Julia Bumke
Looking for a way to survive midterms? Maybe Eternal Salvation’s your best bet…at least to hear the evangelicals out by Woody Woo Fountain with their boxes of free Scripture talk about it this morning. Apparently they’ve also been politely prosthelytizing to Forbesians out by the Dinky this week. I’ll give them this: their lime green pocket-sized
- Published in Goings On
IN PRINT: Speaking out for the Dinky
Thursday, 27 May 2010
by Will Saborio
This weekend, while you hop from tent to tent in the bizarre time machine that is Princeton Reunions, think about this: Probably everyone, at some point, rode the Dinky, or at least knows about it. Pretty crazy to think. Which is why some of the reactions to the train’s possible replacement have been so vocal.
- Published in In Print
How Facebook Can Save the Dinky
Saturday, 17 April 2010
by Miriam Geronimus
Since learning in March that the Dinky may be replaced by a bus, University students and Borough residents have expressed both support and opposition. The latest from the nay-sayers is a “Save the Princeton Dinky” Facebook page. In only 9 days, 825 people have already joined, including students, community members, and even pre-frosh (“Class of
- Published in Goings On, Princeton in the News, The INKternet
Notes on Mortality, Squirrels II
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
by Giri Nathan
If you were looking for some finals week levity, this is not the place to find it. This is a tale of unadulterated rodent-based terror.
- Published in Musings
VIDEO: The Dinky Controversy Explained
Sunday, 08 November 2009
by Brian No
460 feet. That’s the distance the Dinky Station would move toward Princeton Junction if the University has its way. But ever since the University announced in 2006 its intention to move the Dinky Station to make room for the Arts and Transit Neighborhood, Borough officials and residents have been up in arms about the proposed
- Published in Goings On