List of New Jersey railroads
Appearance
The following
railroads operate in the U.S. state of New Jersey
.
Common Freight Carriers
Private Freight Carriers
Passenger Carriers
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- New Jersey Transit Rail Operations(NJTR)
- Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) and AirTrain Newark
- Port Authority Transit Corporation: PATCO Speedline(DRPA)
- Trenton Line(SPAX)
Military Railways
- Sandy Hook Bay.
Defunct Railroads
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Name | Mark | System[nb 1] | From | To | Successor | Notes |
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Alloway and Quinton Railroad | PRSL (PRR )
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1891 | 1896 | West Jersey and Seashore Railroad | ||
Anglesea Railroad | PRSL (PRR )
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1882 | 1888 | West Jersey Railroad
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Arlington Railroad | ERIE | 1887 | 1942 | Erie Railroad | ||
Atlantic City Railroad | PRSL (RDG )
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1889 | 1933 | Pennsylvania–Reading Seashore Lines
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Atlantic Highlands Railroad | CNJ | 1889 | 1890 | Freehold and Atlantic Highlands Railroad | ||
Atlantic Port Railway
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1920 | |||||
Baltimore and New York Railway | B&O | 1888 | 1944 | Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | B&O, BO | B&O | 1886 | 1987 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | |
Barnegat Railroad | PRR | 1894 | 1923 | N/A | ||
Barnegat Railroad | 1866 | Manchester and Barnegat Bay Railway | ||||
Bay Creek Railway | LV | 1894 | 1898 | National Docks Railway
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Bay Shore Connecting Railroad | CNJ/ LV | 1904 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation
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Belvidere Delaware Railroad | PRR | 1836 | 1957 | PC
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Bergen County Railroad
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ERIE | 1880 | 1942 | Erie Railroad | ||
Bergen and Dundee Railroad | ERIE | 1885 | 1942 | Erie Railroad | ||
Bergen Neck Railway | LV | 1885 | 1891 | National Docks Railway
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Blairstown Railway | NYSW | 1876 | 1883 | New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
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Bloomfield and Orange Horse Car Railway | ERIE | 1868 | 1870 | Watchung Railway | ||
Bound Brook and Easton Railroad | LV | 1872 | 1872 | Easton and Amboy Railroad | ||
Bridgeton and Port Norris Railroad | CNJ | 1866 | 1878 | Cumberland and Maurice River Railroad | ||
Brigantine Beach Railroad | 1889 | 1896 | Philadelphia and Brigantine Railroad | |||
Buena Vista Railroad | CNJ | 1889 | 1917 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Burlington County Railroad | PRR | 1863 | 1866 | Camden and Burlington County Railroad | ||
Burlington and Mount Holly Railroad and Transportation Company | PRR | 1848 | 1863 | Burlington County Railroad | ||
Caldwell Railway | ERIE | 1890 | 1892 | New York and Greenwood Lake Railway | ||
Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company | PRR | 1830 | 1872 | United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company | ||
Camden and Atlantic Railroad
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PRSL (PRR )
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1852 | 1896 | West Jersey and Seashore Railroad | ||
Camden and Burlington County Railroad | PRR | 1866 | 1915 | Camden and Burlington County Railway | ||
Camden and Burlington County Railway | PRR | 1915 | 1958 | Penndel Company | ||
Camden County Railroad
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PRSL (RDG )
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1889 | 1901 | Atlantic City Railroad | ||
Camden, Gloucester and Mount Ephraim Railway
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PRSL (RDG )
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1873 | 1889 | Atlantic City Railroad | ||
Camden, Moorestown, Hainesport and Mount Holly Horse Car Railroad | PRR | 1859 | 1866 | Camden and Burlington County Railroad | ||
Camden and Woodbury Railroad and Transportation Company
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PRSL (PRR )
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1836 | 1840 | West Jersey Railroad
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Cape May Railroad | PRSL (RDG )
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1894 | 1894 | South Jersey Railroad | ||
Cape May and Millville Railroad
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PRSL (PRR )
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1863 | 1879 | West Jersey Railroad
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Carteret Extension Railroad | CNJ | 1889 | 1917 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Carteret and Sewaren Railroad | CNJ | 1890 | 1917 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Central Railroad of New Jersey | CNJ | CNJ | 1849 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation
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Charlottesburgh and Green Lake Railroad | CNJ | 1876 | 1888 | Morris County Railroad | ||
Chelsea Branch Railroad | PRSL (PRR )
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1889 | 1896 | West Jersey and Seashore Railroad | ||
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | CO | 1987 | 1987 | CSX Transportation | ||
Chester Railroad
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DL&W | 1867 | 1945 | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | ||
Columbus and Kinkora Railroad | PRR | 1866 | 1870 | Columbus, Kinkora and Springfield Railroad | ||
Columbus, Kinkora and Springfield Railroad | PRR | 1870 | 1901 | Kinkora and New Lisbon Railroad | ||
Consolidated Rail Corporation
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CR | 1976 | 1999 | CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway | ||
Constable's Hook Railroad | CNJ | 1882 | 1887 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Cumberland and Maurice River Railroad | CNJ | 1875 | 1917 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Cumberland and Maurice River Extension Railroad | CNJ | 1887 | 1917 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad
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RDG | 1874 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation
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Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | DL&W | DL&W | 1856 | 1960 | Erie–Lackawanna Railroad
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Delaware River Railroad
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PRSL (PRR )
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1879 | 1900 | West Jersey and Seashore Railroad | ||
Delaware River Railroad and Bridge Company | PRR | 1896 | 1954 | Penndel Company | ||
Delaware Shore Railroad
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PRSL (PRR )
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1873 | 1879 | Delaware River Railroad
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Docks Connecting Railway | ERIE | 1886 | 1942 | Erie Railroad | ||
Dover and Rockaway Railroad | CNJ | 1880 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation
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Durham Transport, Inc. | DRHY | 1994 | 2001 | Raritan Central Railway
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East Trenton Railroad | RDG | 1884 | 1955 | Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad
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Easton and Amboy Railroad | LV | 1872 | 1903 | Lehigh Valley Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Edgewater Railway | LV | 1889 | 1891 | Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway | ||
Edgewater and Fort Lee Railroad
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NYSW | 1901 | 1907 | Erie Terminals Railroad
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Elizabeth Extension Railroad | CNJ | 1889 | 1917 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Elizabethtown and Somerville Railroad
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CNJ | 1831 | 1849 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Enterprise Railroad | PRR | 1884 | 1896 | Belvidere Delaware Railroad | ||
Erie Railroad | ERIE | ERIE | 1895 | 1960 | Erie–Lackawanna Railroad
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Erie Railway
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ERIE | 1861 | 1878 | New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad
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Erie–Lackawanna Railroad
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EL | 1960 | 1968 | Erie Lackawanna Railway | ||
Erie Lackawanna Railway | EL | 1968 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation
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Erie Terminals Railroad
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ERIE, NYSW | 1907 | 1942 | Erie Railroad | ||
Farmingdale and Squan Village Railroad | PRR | 1867 | 1879 | Freehold and Jamesburg Agricultural Railroad | ||
Ferro Monte Railroad | 1869 | |||||
Flemington Railroad and Transportation Company
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PRR | 1849 | 1885 | Belvidere Delaware Railroad | ||
Freehold and Atlantic Highlands Railroad | CNJ | 1890 | 1917 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Freehold and Jamesburg Agricultural Railroad | PRR | 1851 | 1958 | Penndel Company | ||
Freehold and Keyport Railroad | CNJ | 1890 | 1890 | Freehold and Atlantic Highlands Railroad | ||
Freehold and New York Railroad | CNJ | 1888 | 1890 | Freehold and Keyport Railroad | ||
Freehold and New York Railway | CNJ | 1877 | 1888 | Freehold and New York Railroad | ||
Glassboro Railroad
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PRSL (RDG )
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1883 | 1889 | Atlantic City Railroad | ||
Green Pond Railroad | CNJ | 1874 | 1876 | Charlottesburgh and Green Lake Railroad | ||
Greenville and Hudson Railway | LV | 1895 | 1903 | Lehigh Valley Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Hackensack Railroad | ERIE | 1878 | 1886 | New Jersey and New York Railroad | ||
Hackensack and Lodi Railroad
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NYSW | 1896 | 1953 | New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
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Hackensack and New York Railroad | ERIE | 1856 | 1873 | New Jersey and New York Railway
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Hackensack and New York Extension Railroad | ERIE | 1869 | 1873 | New Jersey and New York Railway
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Harrison and East Newark Connecting Railroad | PRR | 1898 | 1954 | United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company | ||
Hibernia Branch Railroad | CNJ | 1888 | 1905 | Wharton and Northern Railroad | ||
Hibernia Mine Railroad | CNJ | 1863 | 1930 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Hibernia Underground Railroad | 1879 | |||||
High Bridge Railroad | CNJ | 1872 | 1887 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Hoboken Railroad, Warehouse and Steamship Connecting Company | 1895 | 1978 | N/A (operated by Hoboken Shore Railroad) | |||
Hoboken Land and Improvement Company
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DL&W, ERIE | 1860 | 1886 | Morris and Essex Railroad, New Jersey Junction Railroad | ||
Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad
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1902 | 1954 | Hoboken Shore Railroad | |||
Hoboken Shore Railroad | HBS | 1954 | 1978 | N/A | ||
Hopatcong Railroad | DL&W | 1889 | 1943 | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | ||
Hudson Railroad and Transportation Company | 1907 | |||||
Hudson Connecting Railway
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NYSW | 1869 | 1880 | New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
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Hudson River Railroad and Terminal Company
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NYSW | 1892 | 1893 | New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
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Irvington Railroad | LV | 1904 | 1906 | Lehigh Valley Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Island Heights Railroad | PRR | 1883 | 1885 | Philadelphia and Long Branch Railroad | ||
Jersey City and Albany Railroad
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NYC | 1873 | 1877 | Jersey City and Albany Railway
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Jersey City and Albany Railway
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NYC | 1878 | 1881 | North River Railroad
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Jersey City Belt Line Railway | LV | 1890 | 1913 | Lehigh Valley Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Jersey City, Newark and Western Railway | LV | 1889 | 1891 | Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway | ||
Jersey City Terminal Railway | LV | 1888 | 1891 | Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway | ||
Jersey City and Western Railway | LV | 1889 | 1891 | National Docks Railway
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Jersey Southern Railway | JSRW | 1984 | 1987 | Winchester and Western Railroad | ||
Kaighn's Point Terminal Railroad | PRSL (RDG )
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1888 | 1889 | Atlantic City Railroad | ||
Keyport Railroad | CNJ | 1888 | 1890 | Freehold and Keyport Railroad | ||
Kill von Kull Railway
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LV | 1885 | 1898 | National Docks Railway
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Kinkora and New Lisbon Railroad | PRR | 1903 | 1915 | Pennsylvania and Atlantic Railroad | ||
Lackawanna Railroad of New Jersey
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DL&W | 1908 | 1945 | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | ||
Lafayette Railroad | CNJ | 1889 | 1917 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Lake Hopatcong Railroad | CNJ | 1882 | 1887 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company | CNJ | 1865 | 1978 | Consolidated Rail Corporation
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Lehigh and Hudson River Railroad
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L&HR | 1881 | 1882 | Lehigh and Hudson River Railway | ||
Lehigh and Hudson River Railway | L&HR, LHR | L&HR | 1882 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation
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Lehigh and New England Railroad | LNE | LNE | 1895 | 1961 | N/A | |
Lehigh Valley Railroad | LV | LV | 1855 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation
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Lehigh Valley Railroad of New Jersey | LV | 1903 | 1949 | Lehigh Valley Railroad | ||
Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway | LV | 1891 | 1903 | Lehigh Valley Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Lodi Branch Railroad | NYSW | 1870 | 1953 | New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
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Long Beach Railroad | PRR | 1883 | 1894 | Barnegat Railroad, Philadelphia and Beach Haven Railroad | ||
Long Branch and Barnegat Bay Railroad
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CNJ/ PRR | 1880 | 1881 | New York and Long Branch Railroad | ||
Long Branch and Sea Girt Railroad
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CNJ/ PRR | 1875 | 1881 | New York and Long Branch Railroad | ||
Long Branch and Sea Shore Railroad | CNJ | 1863 | 1879 | New Jersey Southern Railway
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Long Dock Company | ERIE | 1856 | 1942 | Erie Railroad | ||
Longwood Valley Railroad | CNJ | 1867 | 1887 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Lucaston Railroad | 1892 | |||||
Macopin Railroad | ERIE | 1886 | 1926 | N/A | ||
Manahawkin and Long Beach Transportation Company | 1893 | 1909 | N/A (leased the Barnegat Railroad) | |||
Manchester and Barnegat Bay Railway | 1869 | Tuckerton Railroad | ||||
Manufacturers' Railroad | CNJ | 1873 | 1887 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Manufacturers' Extension Railroad | CNJ | 1889 | 1917 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Martins Creek Railroad | PRR | 1885 | 1896 | Belvidere Delaware Railroad | ||
Maurice River Railroad
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PRSL (PRR )
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1887 | 1887 | West Jersey Railroad
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May's Landing and Egg Harbor City Railroad | PRSL (PRR )
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1871 | 1882 | N/A (leased by Camden and Atlantic Railroad )
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Mercer and Somerset Railway | PRR | 1870 | 1879 | N/A | ||
Middle Brook Railroad | CNJ | 1899 | 1917 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Middle Valley Railroad | CNJ | 1897 | 1917 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Middlesex Railway | LV | 1888 | 1903 | Lehigh Valley Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Midland Railroad of New Jersey | NYSW | 1880 | 1881 | New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
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Midland Connecting Railway | NYSW | 1881 | 1881 | New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
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Midland Terminal and Ferry Company | NYC | 1873 | 1883 | West Shore and Ontario Terminal Company | ||
Millstone and New Brunswick Railroad | PRR | 1837 | 1915 | United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company | ||
Millville and Glassboro Railroad
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PRSL (PRR )
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1859 | 1868 | West Jersey Railroad
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Mine Hill Railroad
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L&HR | 1891 | 1912 | Lehigh and Hudson River Railway | ||
Monmouth County Agricultural Railroad | CNJ | 1867 | 1877 | Freehold and New York Railway | ||
Monmouth Park Railroad | 1878 | 1889 | N/A | |||
Montclair Railway
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ERIE | 1867 | 1875 | Montclair and Greenwood Lake Railway | ||
Montclair and Greenwood Lake Railway | ERIE | 1875 | 1878 | New York and Greenwood Lake Railway | ||
Morris County Railroad | CNJ | 1885 | 1905 | Wharton and Northern Railroad | ||
Morris County Connecting Railroad | CNJ | 1901 | 1905 | Wharton and Northern Railroad | ||
Morris and Essex Railroad | DL&W | 1835 | 1945 | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | ||
Morris and Essex Extension Railroad | DL&W | 1889 | 1947 | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | ||
Morristown and Erie Railroad
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MT&E, ME | 1903 | 1978 | Morristown and Erie Railway | ||
Mount Holly, Lumberton and Medford Railroad | PRR | 1866 | 1915 | Camden and Burlington County Railway | ||
Mount Hope Mineral Railroad | MHM | CNJ | 1866 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation
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National Docks Railway
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LV | 1879 | 1905 | Lehigh Valley Railroad of New Jersey | ||
National Docks and New Jersey Junction Connecting Railway
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LV | 1888 | 1898 | National Docks Railway
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Navesink Railroad | CNJ | 1891 | 1917 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
New Egypt and Farmingdale Railroad
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CNJ/ PRR | 1869 | 1881 | New York and Long Branch Railroad | ||
New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company
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PRR | 1832 | 1872 | United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company | ||
New Jersey, Hudson and Delaware Railroad | NYSW | 1832 | 1870 | New Jersey Midland Railway | ||
New Jersey Junction Railroad | ERIE, NYC | 1886 | 1952 | New York Central Railroad | ||
New Jersey Midland Railway | NYSW | 1870 | 1880 | New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
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New Jersey and New York Railroad | ERIE | 1874 | 1880 | New Jersey and New York Railway
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New Jersey and New York Railway
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ERIE | 1880 | 1960 | Erie–Lackawanna Railroad
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New Jersey and New York Extension Railroad | ERIE | 1886 | ||||
New Jersey and Pennsylvania Railroad
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1904 | 1915 | Pennsylvania and New Jersey Railroad | |||
New Jersey Shore Line Railroad | NYC | 1886 | 1914 | New Jersey Junction Railroad | ||
New Jersey Southern Railroad | CNJ | 1870 | 1879 | New Jersey Southern Railway
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New Jersey Southern Railway
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CNJ | 1879 | 1917 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
New Jersey Terminal Railroad | CNJ | 1901 | 1917 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
New Jersey West Line Railroad | DL&W | 1870 | 1878 | Passaic and Delaware Railroad | ||
New Jersey Western Railroad
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NYSW | 1867 | 1870 | New Jersey Midland Railway | ||
New Orange Four Junction Railroad | 1901 | 1905 | Rahway Valley Railroad | |||
New York and Atlantic Highlands Railroad | CNJ | 1883 | 1889 | Atlantic Highlands Railroad | ||
New York Bay Railroad | PRR | 1890 | 1956 | United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company | ||
New York and Bull's Ferry Railroad | NYC | 1861 | 1862 | New York and Fort Lee Railroad | ||
New York Central Railroad | NYC | NYC | 1914 | 1968 | Penn Central Transportation Company | |
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
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NYC | 1885 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad | ||
New York Cross Harbor Railroad Terminal Corporation
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NYCH | 1983 | 2006 | New York New Jersey Rail, LLC
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New York and Erie Railroad
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ERIE | 1852 | 1861 | Erie Railway
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New York and Fort Lee Railroad | NYC | 1862 | 1952 | New York Central Railroad | ||
New York and Greenwood Lake Railway | ERIE | 1878 | 1943 | Erie Railroad | ||
New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad
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ERIE | 1878 | 1895 | Erie Railroad | ||
New York, Lake Erie and Western Docks and Improvement Company | ERIE | 1881 | 1942 | Erie Railroad | ||
New York and Long Branch Railroad | NYLB | CNJ/ PRR | 1868 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation
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New York and Long Branch Extension Railroad
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CNJ/ PRR | 1880 | 1881 | New York and Long Branch Railroad | ||
New York and New Orange Railroad | 1897 | 1900 | New Orange Four Junction Railroad | |||
New York, Ontario and Western Railway | O&W, OW | NH | 1883 | 1957 | N/A | |
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
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S&W, NYSW | NYSW | 1881 | 1980 | New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway | |
New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway
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NYC | 1881 | 1885 | West Shore Railroad | ||
Newark Railway | LV | 1890 | 1891 | Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway | ||
Newark Bay Railway | LV | 1890 | 1913 | Lehigh Valley Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Newark and Bloomfield Railroad
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DL&W | 1852 | 1945 | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | ||
Newark and Hudson Railroad | ERIE | 1870 | 1942 | Erie Railroad | ||
Newark and New York Railroad | CNJ | 1866 | 1873 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Newark and Passaic Railway | LV | 1889 | 1891 | Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway | ||
Newark and Roselle Railway | LV | 1889 | 1891 | Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway | ||
North Jersey Railroad | NYSW | 1881 | 1881 | New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
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North River Railroad
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NYC | 1881 | 1881 | New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway
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Northern Railroad of New Jersey
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ERIE | 1854 | 1943 | Erie Railroad | ||
Ocean City Railroad
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PRSL (RDG )
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1896 | 1901 | Atlantic City Railroad | ||
Ocean City Railroad
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PRSL (PRR )
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1884 | 1885 | West Jersey Railroad
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Ogden Mine Railroad | CNJ | 1864 | 1941 | N/A | ||
Passaic and Delaware Railroad | DL&W | 1878 | 1945 | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | ||
Passaic and Delaware Extension Railroad | DL&W | 1890 | 1947 | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | ||
Passaic and New York Railroad | NYSW | 1885 | 1953 | New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
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Passaic River Extension Railroad | CNJ | 1890 | 1917 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Passaic Valley and Peapack Railroad
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DL&W | 1865 | 1870 | New Jersey West Line Railroad | ||
Paterson Extension Railroad | NYSW | 1881 | 1881 | New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
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Paterson and Hudson River Railroad | ERIE | 1831 | 1953 | Erie Railroad | ||
Paterson and Newark Railroad
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ERIE | 1864 | 1871 | Paterson, Newark and New York Railroad
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Paterson, Newark and New York Railroad
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ERIE | 1872 | 1942 | Erie Railroad | ||
Paterson and Ramapo Railroad | ERIE | 1841 | 1946 | Erie Railroad | ||
Pemberton and Hightstown Railroad | PRR | 1864 | 1915 | Pennsylvania and Atlantic Railroad | ||
Pemberton and New York Railroad | PRR | 1870 | 1879 | Pemberton and Sea Shore Railroad | ||
Pemberton and Sea Shore Railroad | PRR | 1879 | 1883 | Philadelphia and Long Branch Railroad | ||
Penhorn Creek Railroad | ERIE | 1897 | 1942 | Erie Railroad | ||
Penn Central Transportation Company | PC | 1968 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation
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Penndel Company | PRR | 1954 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation
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Pennsylvania Railroad | PRR | PRR | 1871 | 1968 | Penn Central Transportation Company | |
Pennsylvania and Atlantic Railroad | PAUT | PRR | 1915 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation
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Pennsylvania and New England Railroad
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LNE | 1880 | 1882 | Pennsylvania, Slatington and New England Railroad
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Pennsylvania and New Jersey Railroad | 1915 | 1917 | N/A | |||
Pennsylvania and New Jersey Railroad | PRR | 1894 | 1896 | Delaware River Railroad and Bridge Company | ||
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York Railroad
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PRR | 1902 | 1907 | Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad
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Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie and Boston Railroad
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LNE | 1887 | 1895 | Lehigh and New England Railroad | ||
Pennsylvania–Reading Seashore Lines
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PRSL | PRSL | 1933 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation
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Pennsylvania, Slatington and New England Railroad
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LNE | 1882 | 1887 | Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie and Boston Railroad
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Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad
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PRR | 1907 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation
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Pequest and Wallkill Railroad
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L&HR | 1866 | 1881 | Lehigh and Hudson River Railroad
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Perth Amboy and Bound Brook Railroad | LV | 1858 | 1872 | Easton and Amboy Railroad | ||
Perth Amboy and Elizabethport Railroad | CNJ | 1869 | 1873 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Perth Amboy and Raritan Railway | LV | 1890 | 1903 | Lehigh Valley Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Perth Amboy and Long Branch Railroad | PRR | 1890 | 1891 | Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Railroad | ||
Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Railroad | PRR | 1855 | 1958 | United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company | ||
Petersburg and Sea Isle Railroad | PRSL (RDG )
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1893 | 1893 | South Jersey Railroad | ||
Philadelphia and Atlantic City Railroad
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PRSL (RDG )
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1883 | 1889 | Atlantic City Railroad | ||
Philadelphia and Atlantic City Railway
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PRSL (RDG )
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1876 | 1883 | Philadelphia and Atlantic City Railroad
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Philadelphia and Beach Haven Railroad | PRR | 1894 | 1935 | N/A | ||
Philadelphia and Brigantine Railroad | 1896 | 1903 | N/A | |||
Philadelphia and Long Branch Railroad | PRR | 1883 | 1915 | Pennsylvania and Atlantic Railroad | ||
Philadelphia and Long Branch Railway | PRR | 1880 | 1883 | Philadelphia and Long Branch Railroad | ||
Philadelphia, Marlton and Medford Railroad
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PRSL (PRR )
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1880 | 1896 | West Jersey and Seashore Railroad | ||
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
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RDG | 1879 | 1896 | Philadelphia and Reading Railway
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Philadelphia and Reading Railway
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P&R | RDG | 1896 | 1924 | Reading Company | |
Philadelphia and Sea Shore Railway | PRSL (RDG )
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1889 | 1892 | Petersburg and Sea Isle Railroad, Richland and Petersburg Railroad, Winslow and Richland Railroad | ||
Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad | PRR | 1837 | 1871 | Pennsylvania Railroad | ||
Pittstown Branch Railway | LV | 1890 | 1903 | Lehigh Valley Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Pleasantville and Ocean City Railroad | PRSL (PRR )
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1880 | 1892 | West Jersey and Atlantic Railroad
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Pochuck Railroad | LNE | 1897 | 1926 | N/A | ||
Pohatcong Railroad | 1907 | |||||
Port Oram Railroad | CNJ | 1886 | 1905 | Wharton and Northern Railroad | ||
Port Reading Railroad | RDG | 1890 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation
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Rahway Valley Company | RV | 1909 | 1992 | N/A (operated the Rahway Valley Railroad) | ||
Rahway Valley Railroad | 1904 | 1992 | N/A | |||
Raritan and Delaware Bay Railroad
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CNJ | 1854 | 1870 | New Jersey Southern Railroad | ||
Raritan North Shore Railroad | CNJ | 1890 | 1917 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Raritan River Railroad | RR | CNJ/ PRR | 1888 | 1980 | Consolidated Rail Corporation
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Raritan Terminal and Transportation Company | LV | 1898 | ||||
Reading Company | RDG | RDG | 1924 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation
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Richland and Petersburg Railroad | PRSL (RDG )
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1892 | 1893 | South Jersey Railroad | ||
Ridgefield Park Railroad
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NYC | 1867 | 1873 | Jersey City and Albany Railroad
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Rockaway River and Montville Railroad | DL&W | 1873 | 1917 | N/A | ||
Rockaway Valley Railroad | 1888 | 1895 | Rockaway Valley Railway | |||
Rockaway Valley Railway | 1895 | 1904 | New Jersey and Pennsylvania Railroad
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Rockaway Valley Extension Railroad | 1889 | 1890 | Rockaway Valley Railroad | |||
Rockaway Valley Manufacturing and Construction Company | 1890 | 1895 | Rockaway Valley Railway | |||
Rockaway Valley Mendham Extension Railroad | 1890 | 1895 | Rockaway Valley Railway | |||
Rockaway Valley Morristown Extension Railroad | 1892 | 1895 | Rockaway Valley Railway | |||
Rockaway Valley Peapack Extension Railroad | 1889 | 1890 | Rockaway Valley Railroad | |||
Rocky Hill Railroad and Transportation Company | PRR | 1853 | 1958 | United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company | ||
Roseland Railway | ERIE | 1891 | 1897 | New York and Greenwood Lake Railway | ||
Roselle and South Plainfield Railway | LV | 1885 | 1891 | Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway | ||
Salem Railroad
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PRSL (PRR )
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1856 | 1887 | West Jersey Railroad
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Salem Branch Railroad | PRSL (PRR )
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1886 | 1887 | West Jersey Railroad
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Seacoast Railroad
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PRSL (RDG )
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1898 | 1901 | Atlantic City Railroad | ||
Shore Fast Line, Inc. | SFLR | 1983 | 1991 | Southern Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Somerville and Easton Railroad | CNJ | 1847 | 1849 | 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
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L&HR | 1889 | 1912 | Lehigh and Hudson River Railway | ||
South Jersey Railroad | PRSL (RDG )
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1893 | 1898 | Seacoast Railroad
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South Mountain and Boston Railroad
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LNE | 1873 | 1880 | Pennsylvania and New England Railroad
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Southern New Jersey Railroad
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1937 | 1940 | N/A | |||
Speedwell Lake Railroad | 1904 | New Jersey and Pennsylvania Railroad
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Squankum and Freehold Marl Company | PRR | 1868 | 1879 | Freehold and Jamesburg Agricultural Railroad | ||
Staten Island Railroad
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SIRC | B&O | 1971 | 1991 | N/A | |
Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad
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B&O | 1880 | 1899 | Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway
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Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway
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SIR | B&O | 1899 | 1971 | Staten Island Railroad
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Stone Harbor Railroad
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PRSL (RDG )
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1912 | 1936 | Pennsylvania–Reading Seashore Lines
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Stone Harbor Terminal Railroad | 1912 | 1921 | Stone Harbor Railroad
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Sussex Railroad | DL&W | 1853 | 1945 | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | ||
Sussex Mine Railroad
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DL&W | 1848 | 1853 | Sussex Railroad | ||
Sussex Valley Railroad | NYSW | 1867 | 1870 | New Jersey Midland Railway | ||
Swedesboro Railroad
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PRSL (PRR )
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1866 | 1887 | West Jersey Railroad
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Toms River Railroad | CNJ | 1881 | 1917 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Toms River and Barnegat Railroad | CNJ | 1893 | 1917 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Toms River and Waretown Railroad | CNJ | 1870 | 1873 | Toms River and Barnegat Railroad | ||
Trenton Delaware Bridge Company
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PRR | 1835 | 1903 | N/A | ||
Trenton–Princeton Traction Company | TPT | RDG | 1922 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation
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Electric until 1940 |
Tuckahoe and Cape May Railway | PRSL (RDG )
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1890 | 1894 | Cape May Railroad | ||
Tuckerton Railroad | 1869 | 1936 | Southern New Jersey Railroad
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Union Transportation Company
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UTR | 1888 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation
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United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company | PRR | 1872 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation
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Vincentown Branch of Burlington County Railroad | PRR | 1861 | 1915 | Camden and Burlington County Railway | ||
Vineland Railroad | CNJ | 1877 | 1917 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Vineland Railway | CNJ | 1867 | 1873 | Vineland Railroad | ||
Vineland Branch Railroad | CNJ | 1909 | 1917 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Warren Railroad | DL&W | 1851 | 1945 | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | ||
Warwick Valley Railroad
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L&HR | 1880 | 1882 | Lehigh and Hudson River Railway | ||
Watchung Railway | ERIE | 1870 | 1893 | New York and Greenwood Lake Railway | ||
Waverly and New York Bay Railroad | PRR | 1889 | 1890 | New York Bay Railroad | ||
Waverly and Passaic Railroad | PRR | 1889 | 1890 | New York Bay Railroad | ||
Wawayanda Railroad
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L&HR | 1879 | 1880 | Warwick Valley Railroad
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Weehawken Transportation Company | NYC | 1871 | 1873 | Midland Terminal and Ferry Company | ||
West End Railroad | CNJ | 1878 | 1917 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
West Jersey Railroad (Pioneer) | WJ | 1988 | 1995 | Southern Railroad of New Jersey | Renamed Pioneer Railcorp .
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West Jersey Short Line, Inc. | 1985 | 1988 | West Jersey Railroad (Pioneer) | |||
West Jersey Railroad
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PRSL (PRR )
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1853 | 1896 | West Jersey and Seashore Railroad | ||
West Jersey and Atlantic Railroad
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PRSL (PRR )
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1879 | 1896 | West Jersey and Seashore Railroad | ||
West Jersey and Seashore Railroad | PRSL (PRR )
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1896 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation
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West Jersey Terminal Railroad | PRSL (PRR )
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1887 | 1887 | West Jersey Railroad
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West Shore Railroad | NYC | 1885 | 1952 | New York Central Railroad | ||
West Shore and Ontario Terminal Company | NYC | 1883 | 1901 | West Shore Railroad | ||
West Side Connecting Railroad | CNJ | 1889 | 1917 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Wharton and Northern Railroad | W&NO, WHN | CNJ | 1905 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation
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Whippany and Passaic River Railroad | 1902 | 1903 | Morristown and Erie Railroad
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Whippany River Railroad | 1895 | 1903 | Morristown and Erie Railroad
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Wildwood and Delaware Bay Short Line Railroad
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W&DB | PRSL (RDG )
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1910 | 1935 | Pennsylvania–Reading Seashore Lines
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Williamstown Railroad
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PRSL (RDG )
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1861 | 1883 | Williamstown and Delaware River Railroad
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Williamstown and Delaware River Railroad
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PRSL (RDG )
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1883 | 1889 | Atlantic City Railroad | ||
Winslow and Richland Railroad | PRSL (RDG )
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1892 | 1893 | South Jersey Railroad | ||
Woodstown and Swedesboro Railroad
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PRSL (PRR )
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1871 | 1887 | West Jersey Railroad
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- Private carriers
See also
Notes
- Class I railroadsthat the railroad became part of, if any.
References
- Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.