List of New Jersey railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

Common freight carriers

• Belvidere and Delaware River Railway (BDRV)
• Black River and Western Railroad (BRW)
• Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) through subsidiary Delaware and Hudson Railway (DH)
• Cape May Seashore Lines (CMSL)
• Conrail Shared Assets Operations
  • Operates the former Staten Island Railroad
• CSX Transportation (CSXT)
• East Jersey Railroad and Terminal Company (EJR)
• Hainesport Industrial Railroad (HIRR)
• Morristown and Erie Railway (ME)
  • Operates the former Rahway Valley Railroad
• New Jersey Rail Carriers, LLC (NJRC)
• New York and Greenwood Lake Railway (NYGL)
• New York New Jersey Rail, LLC (NYNJ)
• New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYSW)
• Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
• Port Jersey Railroad (PJR)
• Raritan Central Railway (RCRY)
• SMS Rail Service, Inc. (SLRS)
• Southern Railroad of New Jersey (SRNJ)
• Winchester and Western Railroad (WW)

Private freight carriers

• Bayshore Terminal
• Bound Brook and Raritan River Railroad
• FAPS
• New Jersey and Northern Railway

Passenger carriers

• Atlantic City Express Service (ACES)^[1]
• Amtrak (AMTK)
• New Jersey Transit Rail Operations (NJTR)
• Port Authority of New York and New Jersey: Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PANY-NJ) and AirTrain Newark
• Delaware River Port Authority: Port Authority Transit Corporation: PATCO Speedline (DRPA)
• Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority: West Trenton Line and Trenton Line (SPAX)

Defunct railroads

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Name	Mark	System[nb 1]	From	To	Successor	Notes
Alloway and Quinton Railroad		PRSL (PRR)	1891	1896	West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
Anglesea Railroad		PRSL (PRR)	1882	1888	West Jersey Railroad
Arlington Railroad		ERIE	1887	1942	Erie Railroad
Atlantic City Railroad		PRSL (RDG)	1889	1933	Pennsylvania–Reading Seashore Lines
Atlantic Highlands Railroad		CNJ	1889	1890	Freehold and Atlantic Highlands Railroad
Atlantic Port Railway			1920
Baltimore and New York Railway		B&O	1888	1944	Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway
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
Bay Shore Connecting Railroad		CNJ/ LV	1904	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
Belvidere Delaware Railroad		PRR	1836	1958	United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company
Bergen County Railroad		ERIE	1880	1942	Erie Railroad
Bergen and Dundee Railroad		ERIE	1885	1942	Erie Railroad
Bergen Neck Railway		LV	1885	1891	National Docks Railway
Blairstown Railway		NYSW	1876	1883	New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
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		PRSL (PRR)	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		PRSL (RDG)	1889	1901	Atlantic City Railroad
Camden, Gloucester and Mount Ephraim Railway		PRSL (RDG)	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		PRSL (PRR)	1836	1840	West Jersey Railroad
Cape May Railroad		PRSL (RDG)	1894	1894	South Jersey Railroad
Cape May and Millville Railroad		PRSL (PRR)	1863	1879	West Jersey Railroad
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
Charlottesburgh and Green Lake Railroad		CNJ	1876	1888	Morris County Railroad
Chelsea Branch Railroad		PRSL (PRR)	1889	1896	West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	CO		1987	1987	CSX Transportation
Chester Railroad		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	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		RDG	1874	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad	DL&W	DL&W	1856	1960	Erie–Lackawanna Railroad
Delaware River Railroad		PRSL (PRR)	1879	1900	West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
Delaware River Railroad and Bridge Company		PRR	1896	1954	Penndel Company
Delaware Shore Railroad		PRSL (PRR)	1873	1879	Delaware River Railroad
Docks Connecting Railway		ERIE	1886	1942	Erie Railroad
Dover and Rockaway Railroad		CNJ	1880	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
Durham Transport, Inc.	DRHY		1994	2001	Raritan Central Railway
East Trenton Railroad		RDG	1884	1955	Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad
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		NYSW	1901	1907	Erie Terminals Railroad
Elizabeth Extension Railroad		CNJ	1889	1917	Central Railroad of New Jersey
Elizabethtown and Somerville Railroad		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
Erie Railway		ERIE	1861	1878	New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Erie–Lackawanna Railroad	EL		1960	1968	Erie Lackawanna Railway
Erie Lackawanna Railway	EL		1968	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
Erie Terminals Railroad		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		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		PRSL (RDG)	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		NYSW	1896	1953	New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
Hackensack and New York Railroad		ERIE	1856	1873	New Jersey and New York Railway
Hackensack and New York Extension Railroad		ERIE	1869	1873	New Jersey and New York Railway
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		DL&W, ERIE	1860	1886	Morris and Essex Railroad, New Jersey Junction Railroad
Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad			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		NYSW	1869	1880	New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
Hudson River Railroad and Terminal Company		NYSW	1892	1893	New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
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		NYC	1873	1877	Jersey City and Albany Railway
Jersey City and Albany Railway		NYC	1878	1881	North River Railroad
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
Jersey Southern Railway	JSRW		1984	1987	Winchester and Western Railroad
Kaighn's Point Terminal Railroad		PRSL (RDG)	1888	1889	Atlantic City Railroad
Keyport Railroad		CNJ	1888	1890	Freehold and Keyport Railroad
Kill Von Kull Railway		LV	1885	1898	National Docks Railway
Kinkora and New Lisbon Railroad		PRR	1903	1915	Pennsylvania and Atlantic Railroad
Lackawanna Railroad of New Jersey		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
Lehigh and Hudson River Railroad		L&HR	1881	1882	Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
Lehigh and Hudson River Railway	L&HR, LHR	L&HR	1882	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
Lehigh and New England Railroad	LNE	LNE	1895	1961	N/A
Lehigh Valley Railroad	LV	LV	1855	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
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
Long Beach Railroad		PRR	1883	1894	Barnegat Railroad, Philadelphia and Beach Haven Railroad
Long Branch and Barnegat Bay Railroad		CNJ/ PRR	1880	1881	New York and Long Branch Railroad
Long Branch and Sea Girt Railroad		CNJ/ PRR	1875	1881	New York and Long Branch Railroad
Long Branch and Sea Shore Railroad		CNJ	1863	1879	New Jersey Southern Railway
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		PRSL (PRR)	1887	1887	West Jersey Railroad
May's Landing and Egg Harbor City Railroad		PRSL (PRR)	1871	1882	N/A (leased by Camden and Atlantic Railroad)
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
Midland Connecting Railway		NYSW	1881	1881	New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
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		PRSL (PRR)	1859	1868	West Jersey Railroad
Mine Hill Railroad		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		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	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
National Docks Railway		LV	1879	1905	Lehigh Valley Railroad of New Jersey
National Docks and New Jersey Junction Connecting Railway		LV	1888	1898	National Docks Railway
Navesink Railroad		CNJ	1891	1917	Central Railroad of New Jersey
New Egypt and Farmingdale Railroad		CNJ/ PRR	1869	1881	New York and Long Branch Railroad
New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company		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
New Jersey and New York Railway		ERIE	1873	1880	New Jersey and New York Railroad
New Jersey and New York Railroad		ERIE	1880	1967	Erie–Lackawanna Railroad
New Jersey and Pennsylvania Railroad			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
New Jersey Southern Railway		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		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		NYC	1885	1914	New York Central Railroad
New York Cross Harbor Railroad Terminal Corporation	NYCH		1983	2006	New York New Jersey Rail, LLC
New York and Erie Railroad		ERIE	1852	1861	Erie Railway
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		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
New York and Long Branch Extension Railroad		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	S&W, NYSW	NYSW	1881	1980	New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway		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		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
North River Railroad		NYC	1881	1881	New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway
Northern Railroad of New Jersey		ERIE	1854	1943	Erie Railroad
Ocean City Railroad		PRSL (RDG)	1896	1901	Atlantic City Railroad
Ocean City Railroad		PRSL (PRR)	1884	1885	West Jersey Railroad
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
Passaic River Extension Railroad		CNJ	1890	1917	Central Railroad of New Jersey
Passaic Valley and Peapack Railroad		DL&W	1865	1870	New Jersey West Line Railroad
Paterson Extension Railroad		NYSW	1881	1881	New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
Paterson and Hudson River Railroad		ERIE	1831	1953	Erie Railroad
Paterson and Newark Railroad		ERIE	1864	1871	Paterson, Newark and New York Railroad
Paterson, Newark and New York Railroad		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
Penndel Company		PRR	1954	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
Pennsylvania Railroad	PRR	PRR	1871	1968	Penn Central Transportation Company
Pennsylvania and Atlantic Railroad	PAUT	PRR	1915	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
Pennsylvania and New England Railroad		LNE	1880	1882	Pennsylvania, Slatington and New England Railroad
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		PRR	1902	1907	Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad
Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie and Boston Railroad		LNE	1887	1895	Lehigh and New England Railroad
Pennsylvania–Reading Seashore Lines	PRSL	PRSL	1933	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
Pennsylvania, Slatington and New England Railroad		LNE	1882	1887	Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie and Boston Railroad
Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad		PRR	1907	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
Pequest and Wallkill Railroad		L&HR	1866	1881	Lehigh and Hudson River Railroad
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)	1893	1893	South Jersey Railroad
Philadelphia and Atlantic City Railroad		PRSL (RDG)	1883	1889	Atlantic City Railroad
Philadelphia and Atlantic City Railway		PRSL (RDG)	1876	1883	Philadelphia and Atlantic City Railroad
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		PRSL (PRR)	1880	1896	West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad		RDG	1879	1896	Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Philadelphia and Reading Railway	P&R	RDG	1896	1924	Reading Company
Philadelphia and Sea Shore Railway		PRSL (RDG)	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)	1880	1892	West Jersey and Atlantic Railroad
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
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		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
Raritan Terminal and Transportation Company		LV	1898
Reading Company	RDG	RDG	1924	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
Richland and Petersburg Railroad		PRSL (RDG)	1892	1893	South Jersey Railroad
Ridgefield Park Railroad		NYC	1867	1873	Jersey City and Albany Railroad
Rockaway River and Montville Railroad		DL&W	1899	1917	N/A
Rockaway Valley Railroad			1888	1895	Rockaway Valley Railway
Rockaway Valley Railway			1895	1904	New Jersey and Pennsylvania Railroad
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		PRSL (PRR)	1856	1887	West Jersey Railroad
Salem Branch Railroad		PRSL (PRR)	1886	1887	West Jersey Railroad
Seacoast Railroad		PRSL (RDG)	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		L&HR	1889	1912	Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
South Jersey Railroad		PRSL (RDG)	1893	1898	Seacoast Railroad
South Mountain and Boston Railroad		LNE	1873	1880	Pennsylvania and New England Railroad
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
Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway	SIR	B&O	1899	1971	Staten Island Railroad
Stone Harbor Railroad		PRSL (RDG)	1912	1936	Pennsylvania–Reading Seashore Lines
Stone Harbor Terminal Railroad			1912	1921	Stone Harbor Railroad
Sussex Railroad		DL&W	1853	1945	Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Sussex Mine Railroad		DL&W	1848	1853	Sussex Railroad
Sussex Valley Railroad		NYSW	1867	1870	New Jersey Midland Railway
Swedesboro Railroad		PRSL (PRR)	1866	1887	West Jersey Railroad
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		PRR	1835	1903	N/A
Trenton–Princeton Traction Company	TPT	RDG	1922	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation	Electric until 1940
Tuckahoe and Cape May Railway		PRSL (RDG)	1890	1894	Cape May Railroad
Tuckerton Railroad			1869	1936	Southern New Jersey Railroad
Union Transportation Company	UTR		1888	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company		PRR	1872	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
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		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		L&HR	1879	1880	Warwick Valley Railroad
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	WJ		1988	1995	Southern Railroad of New Jersey
West Jersey Short Line, Inc.			1985	1988	West Jersey Railroad
West Jersey Railroad		PRSL (PRR)	1853	1896	West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
West Jersey and Atlantic Railroad		PRSL (PRR)	1879	1896	West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
West Jersey and Seashore Railroad		PRSL (PRR)	1896	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
West Jersey Terminal Railroad		PRSL (PRR)	1887	1887	West Jersey Railroad
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
Whippany and Passaic River Railroad			1902	1903	Morristown and Erie Railroad
Whippany River Railroad			1895	1903	Morristown and Erie Railroad
Wildwood and Delaware Bay Short Line Railroad	W&DB	PRSL (RDG)	1910	1935	Pennsylvania–Reading Seashore Lines
Williamstown Railroad		PRSL (RDG)	1861	1883	Williamstown and Delaware River Railroad
Williamstown and Delaware River Railroad		PRSL (RDG)	1883	1889	Atlantic City Railroad
Winslow and Richland Railroad		PRSL (RDG)	1892	1893	South Jersey Railroad
Woodstown and Swedesboro Railroad		PRSL (PRR)	1871	1887	West Jersey Railroad

Private carriers

• Langdon Mine
• Lehigh and Oxford Mining Company

See also

• List of New Jersey railroad junctions
• List of New Jersey street railroads

Notes

1. ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

1. ^ While under contract by NJ Transit, ACES is funded by ACES LLC *a joint venture by two casino owners) and (the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, so perhaps it is a separate carrier.

References

• Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.