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Clocker was an , 1971 bound for Philadelphia. The last Clocker train ran on October 28 , 2005 , after which the service was folded into New Jersey Transit operations and cut back to running between New York and Trenton . Amtrak's Clockers were rush hour trains, mainly serving the Commuter and day trip market to New York City. New Jersey Transit (NJT) passholders could ride ''Clockers'', which were listed in the NJT timetable. They were popular with those who commute to New York from Trenton and Princeton Junction , as they were faster and more comfortable than NJT trains. Clockers made all, or almost all, Amtrak stops between 30th Street Station in Philadelphia and New York Penn Station, unlike Amtrak's '' Regional '' trains which often skipped less-busy stations. The trains were unreserved, coach class only, and used Amfleet rolling stock. The service was discontinued on October 28 , 2005 . On October 31 , 2005 , New Jersey Transit added four new express trains between Trenton and New York City. These new express trains will operate on approximately the same schedule as the discontinued Clocker trains. The term ''Clocker'' originated with the Pennsylvania Railroad which had hourly train service between Penn Station in New York and Broad Street Station in Philadelphia. These were briefly rebranded as ''Acela Commuter'' in 2001 when Amtrak decided to use that moniker in conjunction with most trains along the Northeast Corridor . Following mass rider confusion between this service and the high-speed Acela Express service, the name was returned to ''Clocker'' in 2003. |
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