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The Pennsylvania and Newark Railroad was incorporated in 1905 to build a low-grade line from Morrisville, Pennsylvania, to Colonia, New Jersey. It was never completed, [37] but some work was done in the Trenton area, including bridge piers in the Delaware River. North of Colonia, the alignment was going to be separate, but instead two extra ...
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 ...
The core of the Delair Branch is the Delair Bridge, which crosses the Delaware River between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Pennsauken, New Jersey, northwest of Camden. The bridge was built between 1895 and 1896 by the Delaware River Railroad and Bridge Company, a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The formal opening of the bridge ...
In 1919, the New Jersey State Highway Commission built a new road that became part of the Lincoln Highway, an early plan to create a transcontinental highway.The stretch was constructed on the west side of the Pennsylvania Railroad (now the Northeast Corridor) from near the northeast of Dow Avenue between Colonia and Iselin to Cedar Street in Menlo Park, to avoid two railroad crossings.
Pennsylvania Railroad: Pennsylvania and New Jersey Railroad: PRR: 1894 1896 Delaware River Railroad and Bridge Company: Pennsylvania and New York Canal and Railroad Company: LV: 1865 1949 Lehigh Valley Railroad: Pennsylvania Northern Railroad: 1911 1913 Lake Erie, Franklin and Clarion Railroad: Pennsylvania and North Western Railroad: PRR: 1889 ...
The New Jersey Railroad Board approved a contract for the rails for the second track between New Brunswick and Rahway to Cooper & Hewitt on February 5, 1859. The completion of the second track was authorized by the Board on April 23, 1859. In May 1859, the New Jersey Railroad began work on the project.
Central Railroad of New Jersey: July 4, 1852 [27] Asbury Park North Jersey Coast Line: Asbury Park: Central Railroad of New Jersey: August 25, 1875 [28] [29] Atco Atlantic City Line: Waterford Township: Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines: September 17, 1989 [21] Atlantic City Atlantic City Line: Atlantic City
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