List of New Jersey railroads
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[edit] Common carriers
- Amtrak (AMTK) [1] (federally owned by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation)
- Belvidere and Delaware River Railway (BDRV) [2]
- Black River and Western Railroad (BRW) [3]
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) [4] (via trackage rights)
- Cape May Seashore Lines (CMSL) [5]
- Conrail (CSAO, formerly CR) [6]
- CSX Transportation (CSXT) [7] (Baltimore Division)
- Durham Transport (DRHY)
- East Jersey Railroad and Terminal Company (EJR) [8]
- Morristown and Erie Railway (ME) [9]
- New Jersey and Northern Railway (?)
- New Jersey Rail Carriers (NJRC?) [10]
- New York Cross Harbor Railroad Terminal (NYCH) [11]
- New York and Greenwood Lake Railway (NYGL)
- New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYSW) [12] (commonly called the Susquehanna)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) [13]
- Port Jersey Railroad (PJRR) [14]
- Raritan Central Railway (RCRY)
- SMS Rail Service (SLRS) [15]
- Southern Railroad of New Jersey [16] (SRNJ)
- Winchester and Western Railroad (WW)
[edit] Commuter railroads
[edit] Subway/Rapid Transit
- Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) [19]
- Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO) [20]
[edit] Defunct major systems
Not all defunct railroads are listed here; most were controlled by a larger railroad.
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
- Central Railroad of New Jersey
- Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
- Erie Railroad
- Lehigh Valley Railroad
- New York Central Railroad
- New York, Ontario and Western Railroad (had trackage rights over NYCRR)
- Pennsylvania Railroad
- Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
[edit] Later systems
[edit] Defunct independent railroads
- Atlantic City and Ocean City Railroad
- Bay Shore Connecting Railroad (jointly owned by CNJ and LVRR)
- Camden and Woodbury Railroad
- Camden, Gloucester and Mt. Ephraim Railway
- Cape May and Sewell's Point Railroad
- Delaware Bay and Cape May Railroad
- Ferro Monte Railroad
- Hackensack and New York Railroad
- Hibernia Underground Railroad
- Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad
- Langdon Mine Railroad
- Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
- Lehigh and New England Railroad
- Lehigh and Oxford Railroad
- Manahawken and Long Beach Transportation Company (operated some PRR lines)
- Millstone and New Brunswick Railroad
- Monmouth Park Railroad
- Mount Hope Tramway
- New Jersey and New York Railroad
- New Jersey Midland Railroad
- New York and Long Branch Railroad (jointly owned by CNJ and PRR)
- Normandy Road (owned by U.S. Navy)
- Philadelphia and Atlantic Railway
- Rahway Valley Railroad
- Raritan River Railroad
- Rockaway River and Montville Railroad
- Rockaway Valley Railroad
- Torrey Railroad
- Tuckerton Railroad
- Union Transportation Company (operated some PRR lines)
[edit] References
- Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
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