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Pennsylvania Railroad system map in 1893 ... the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company. ... the first 50 years of the Pennsylvania Railroad; Clear Track Ahead ...
The Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines was a railroad that operated in South Jersey in the 20th century. It was created in 1933 as a joint consolidation venture between two competing railroads in the region: the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Reading Company .
The Burlington and Mount Holly Railroad was consolidated with the Camden, Moorestown, Hainesport and Mount Holly Horse Car Railroad on May 2, 1866, to form the Camden and Burlington County Railroad. [2] The new company built west from Mount Holly to Pavonia (near Camden), also on the Camden and Amboy's main line. This extension was completed on ...
Southern New Jersey Railroad: 1937 1940 N/A Speedwell Lake Railroad: 1904 New Jersey and Pennsylvania Railroad: Squankum and Freehold Marl Company: PRR: 1868 1879 Freehold and Jamesburg Agricultural Railroad: Staten Island Railroad: SIRC B&O: 1971 1991 N/A Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad: B&O: 1880 1899 Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway
The Atlantic City Line (ACL) is a commuter rail line operated by NJ Transit (NJT) in the United States between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Atlantic City, New Jersey, operating along the corridor of the White Horse Pike. It runs over trackage that was controlled by both the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) and the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines.
The service was rerouted to the former Camden and Atlantic Railroad line in 1933 when the Pennsylvania Railroad and Reading Company system's combined their southern New Jersey services as the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines, and the Blue Comet was cut back in 1934 to one round trip a day except in the summer, because of economic conditions ...
Back in 1965, the Central Railroad of New Jersey (which leased the L&S) and the Lehigh Valley Railroad began to work together to eliminate redundant trackage. [30] The Central Railroad of New Jersey was also taken over by Conrail in 1976. The Central Railroad of New Jersey had meanwhile entered bankruptcy as well.
NJ Transit Rail Operations (NJTR) was established by NJ Transit (NJT) to run commuter rail operations in New Jersey. In January 1983 it took over operation from Conrail , which itself had been formed in 1976 through the merger of a number of financially troubled railroads and had been operating commuter railroad service under contract from the ...