Albert Einstein, who lived at 112 Mercer Street in Princeton, used to enjoy sitting at the station and watching the trains go by.

The fire, believed to be caused by rodents eating electrical wire, trapped the station caretaker that lived in the building.

Virginia Worrilow, the caretaker, stated that she heard a crackling noise similar to a fire from several years prior.

[5] In 1965, a prototype for the high-speed Metroliner passed through the station at the record speed (at that time) of 164 miles per hour (264 km/h) on a short demonstration run.

Very few sections of the Northeast Corridor were capable of handling that speed, and most had to be upgraded before Penn Central's Metroliner service was introduced in 1969.

[17] Development adjacent to the station permits higher densities and will include retail end entertainment elements.

The Central Jersey Route 1 Corridor BRT is a proposed bus rapid transit system which would use Princeton Junction as its hub.