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Parent company | West Jersey Railroad (1868–1887) | ||
Dates of operation | 1856–1887 | ||
Successor | West Jersey Railroad | ||
Technical | |||
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
Length | 17.1 miles (27.5 km) | ||
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The Salem Railroad was a railway company in the United States. It was incorporated in 1857 and completed a line between Salem and Elmer, New Jersey, in 1863. In Elmer, it connected with the Bridgeton Branch of the West Jersey Railroad. The West Jersey, a forerunner of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines, leased the company in 1868 and consolidated it in 1887.
Salem is the county seat of Salem County, New Jersey, and a port on the Delaware River. Local interests desired a year-round transport connection, and the Salem Railroad was incorporated on March 14, 1856. [1] [2] To the east, the West Jersey Railroad opened the Bridgeton Branch between Glassboro and Bridgeton in July 1861. [3] The Salem Railroad began building west from Elmer, on the Bridgeton Branch, on August 31. Trains began running between Elmer and Yorketown on January 14, 1863, and all the way to Salem on July 1. [2]
The West Jersey Railroad leased the Salem Railroad on January 1, 1868. [4] The completion of the Woodstown and Swedesboro Railroad's line between in 1883 created a more direct route between Salem and Camden. [2] [5] The Salem Railroad, Swedesboro Railroad, Woodstown and Swedesboro Railroad, Maurice River Railroad, Salem Branch Railroad, and West Jersey Terminal Railroad were consolidated with the West Jersey Railroad on December 31, 1887. [6]
Under the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines the Salem Railroad's line was administratively split: [7]
The Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Railroad was a railroad company in the state of New Jersey. It was incorporated in 1855, and completed its line between Rahway and Perth Amboy, New Jersey, in 1864. The company became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system and was merged into the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company in 1958. Its line is part of the New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line.
The Millville and Glassboro Railroad was a railway company in the United States. It was incorporated in 1859 and began operating between Millville, New Jersey, and Glassboro, New Jersey, in 1860. The company was merged into the West Jersey Railroad, a forerunner of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines, in 1868. Today its line is part of the Vineland Secondary.
The Cape May and Millville Railroad was a railway company in the United States. It was incorporated in 1863 and began operation between Millville, New Jersey, and Cape May, New Jersey, that same year. The West Jersey Railroad, a forerunner of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines, leased the company in 1868 and formally merged with it in 1879.
The Swedesboro Railroad was a railway company in the United States. It was incorporated in 1866 and completed a line between Woodbury and Swedesboro, New Jersey, in 1869. It was leased by the West Jersey Railroad, a forerunner of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines, that same year, and formally merged in 1887.
The Woodstown and Swedesboro Railroad was a railway company in the United States. It was incorporated in 1871 to build a line between Woodstown, New Jersey, and Swedesboro, New Jersey. Work eventually went forward in 1882 with the backing of West Jersey Railroad, a forerunner of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines, and was completed in 1883. The company was consolidated with the West Jersey Railroad in 1887.
The Maurice River Railroad was a railway company in the United States. It was incorporated in 1887 by the West Jersey Railroad to build a branch from Manumuskin, New Jersey, to Port Norris, New Jersey, along the Maurice River. The line was completed the same year and the company was merged into the West Jersey Railroad.
The Williamstown Railroad was a railway company in the United States. It was incorporated in 1861 and began operating between Williamstown, New Jersey, and Atco, New Jersey, in 1874. It interchanged with the Camden and Atlantic Railroad in Atco. The company came under Philadelphia and Reading Railroad control in 1883 and was reorganized as the Williamstown and Delaware River Railroad. The company's line eventually passed to the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines and was abandoned between 1934 and 1942.
The West Jersey and Seashore Railroad (WJ&S) was a railway company in the U.S. state of New Jersey with a connection to Philadelphia. It was formed through the merger of several smaller roads in May 1896. At the end of 1925 it operated 379 miles (610 km) of road on 717 miles (1,154 km) of track; that year it reported 166 million ton-miles of revenue freight and 332 million passenger-miles. The Pennsylvania Railroad leased the company in 1930; this lease was transferred to the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines in 1933. Its property was conveyed to Conrail in 1976.
The Burlington and Mount Holly Railroad and Transportation Company was a railway company in the United States. It was incorporated in 1848 and opened its first line in 1849. It was consolidated with the Camden, Moorestown, Hainesport and Mount Holly Horse Car Railroad in 1866 to form the Camden and Burlington County Railroad. Its lines eventually became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system and are mostly abandoned.
The Salem Branch is a rail freight line in the southwestern part of New Jersey in the United States between the Port of Salem and Woodbury Junction where it and the Penns Grove Secondary converge with the Vineland Secondary, approximately 8.5 miles (13.7 km) south of Pavonia Yard in Camden.
The Burlington Branch was a railway line in the state of New Jersey, in the United States. It ran approximately 7 miles (11 km) from Burlington, New Jersey, to Mount Holly, New Jersey. The line was built by the Burlington and Mount Holly Railroad and Transportation Company between 1848 and 1849. It eventually became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad's network. It was the site of an early railway electrification experiment between 1895 and 1901. The line was abandoned in 1925.
The Pemberton Branch is a railway line in the state of New Jersey, in the United States. At its fullest extent it ran 22.3 miles (35.9 km) from Pavonia, near Camden, to Pemberton Township. The current line runs from a junction with the Atlantic City Line in Pennsauken Township to Mount Holly. The line was built by the Burlington and Mount Holly Railroad and Transportation Company and its successor the Camden and Burlington County Railroad between 1863 and 1867. It eventually became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad's network and is now owned by Conrail Shared Assets Operations.
The Camden and Burlington County Railroad was a railway company in the United States. It was incorporated in 1866, replacing the Camden, Moorestown, Hainesport and Mount Holly Horse Car Railroad and the Burlington County Railroad. The Camden and Burlington County Railroad extended its network by building from Mount Holly, New Jersey, to Pavonia, in the vicinity of Camden, New Jersey. The Camden and Amboy Railroad leased the company in 1867; this was assumed by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1872. The Camden and Burlington County Railroad was consolidated with the Mount Holly, Lumberton and Medford Railroad and Vincentown Branch of the Burlington County Railroad in 1915 to form the Camden and Burlington County Railway. Of its lines, part of the Pemberton Branch remains.
The Mount Holly, Lumberton and Medford Railroad was a railway company in the United States. It was incorporated in 1866 and opened its line in 1869, at which point it was leased by the Camden and Amboy Railroad. The Pennsylvania Railroad subsequently assumed the lease. The Mount Holly, Lumberton and Medford Railroad was consolidated with the Camden and Burlington County Railroad and Vincentown Branch of the Burlington County Railroad in 1915 to form the Camden and Burlington County Railway. The Mount Holly and Medford Branch was abandoned in 1976.
The Mount Holly and Medford Branch was a railway line in the state of New Jersey, in the United States. It ran approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) from Mount Holly, New Jersey, to Medford, New Jersey. It was built by the Mount Holly, Lumberton and Medford Railroad in 1869, and leased by the Camden and Amboy Railroad upon completion. The Pennsylvania Railroad subsequently assumed the lease. The line was not conveyed to Conrail and was abandoned in 1976.
The Vincentown Branch of the Burlington County Railroad was a railway company in the United States. It was incorporated in 1861 and opened its line in 1864. It was leased in succession by the Burlington County Railroad, Camden and Burlington County Railroad, Camden and Amboy Railroad, and Pennsylvania Railroad. The company was consolidated with the Camden and Burlington County Railroad and Mount Holly, Lumberton and Medford Railroad in 1915 to form the Camden and Burlington County Railway. The Vincentown Branch was abandoned in 1927.
The Vincentown Branch was a railway line in the state of New Jersey, in the United States. It ran 2.77 miles (4.46 km) from Ewansville, New Jersey, to Vincentown, New Jersey. It was built by the Vincentown Branch of the Burlington County Railroad in 1864 and leased by various companies thereafter, becoming part of the Pennsylvania Railroad network in 1871. It was abandoned in 1927.
The Camden and Burlington County Railway was a railway company in the United States. A subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad, it was formed in 1915 from the consolidation of three other companies that owned lines in South Jersey centered on Mount Holly, New Jersey. It was merged into the Penndel Company, a Pennsylvania Railroad holding company, in 1958. Few of its lines exist today.
The Ocean City Railroad was a railway company in the United States. It was incorporated in 1884 by the West Jersey Railroad to build an extension from Sea Isle City, New Jersey, to Ocean City, New Jersey. The line was completed in 1884 and the company was consolidated with the West Jersey Railroad in 1885. None of the line remains today.
The Williamstown Branch was a railway line in the state of New Jersey, in the United States. It ran 22 miles (35 km) from Atco, New Jersey, to Mullica Hill, New Jersey, via Williamstown, New Jersey. It was built between 1861 and 1888 by the Williamstown Railroad and Williamstown and Delaware River Railroad. It became part of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad system in 1883 and was abandoned in 1969.