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The Central Railroad of New Jersey, also known as the Jersey Central, Jersey Central Lines or New Jersey Central (reporting mark CNJ), was a Class I railroad with origins in the 1830s. It was absorbed into Conrail in April 1976 along with several other prominent bankrupt railroads of the Northeastern United States .
June: The New Jersey Junction Railroad (NYC) opens for passengers. [8] October: The Lehigh Valley Railroad settles a long legal battle with the Central Railroad of New Jersey, opening the way to build a Jersey City terminal on land originally purchased in 1872 for the New Jersey West Line Railroad. [9]
At Elizabethport, the Jersey Central's Perth Amboy & Elizabethport Branch split from the Main Line and ran as far as South Amboy, where it became the New York and Long Branch Railroad. The NY&LB ran as far as Bay Head Junction, NJ and was owned and operated jointly by the CNJ and PRR.
The Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal, also known as Communipaw Terminal and Jersey City Terminal, was the Central Railroad of New Jersey's waterfront passenger terminal in Jersey City, New Jersey. The terminal was built in 1889, replacing an earlier one that had been in use since 1864.
December 31: Operation of the Central Railroad of New Jersey lines operated by subsidiary Central Railroad of Pennsylvania is returned to the CNJ. [citation needed] 1953. May 25: The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad is reorganized under the same name, [87] exiting a trusteeship that began on June 1, 1937 and control by the Erie ...
The following is a timeline of the history of Jersey City, New Jersey, United States. ... Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal built. 1890 - Population: 163,003. [5]
Central Railroad of New Jersey: Sound Shore Railroad: CNJ: 1894 1917 Central Railroad of New Jersey: South Branch Railroad: CNJ: 1861 1888 Central Railroad of New Jersey: South Easton and Phillipsburg Railroad: L&HR: 1889 1912 Lehigh and Hudson River Railway: South Jersey Railroad: PRSL 1893 1898 Seacoast Railroad: South Mountain and Boston ...
These railroads were bought, leased, or in other ways had their track come under ownership or lease by the Central Railroad of New Jersey. The Central Railroad of New Jersey was consolidated into Conrail. The Allentown Terminal Railroad, Bay Shore Connecting Railroad, Beaver Meadow, Trescow and New Boston Railroad, New York and Long Branch ...