![]() ![]() Newark - Perth Amboy - South Amboy - Matawan - Red Bank, New Jerseyįreehold - Matawan - Highlands, New Jersey High Bridge - Hopatcong Junction - Rockaway, New Jersey Jersey City - Elizabeth - Phillipsburg, New JerseyĮaston - Bethlehem - Allentown - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pennsylvania PhotosĮlizabethtown & Somerville (February 9, 1831) Today, little remains of the old Jersey Central lines, many of which have been abandoned across its home state and eastern Pennsylvania. These issues ultimately led to the railroad’s bankruptcy and inclusion into Conrail in 1976. However, for all of these setbacks the railroad was further burdened by heavy taxation through the state of New Jersey. The demise of the CNJ was the result of several factors including a region too saturated with railroads, stiff government regulation, and markets already served by more efficient competitors (such as the Pennsylvania and Reading). It also acquired a part of the old Lehigh & New England during the 1960s to pick up desperately need freight tonnage. The Jersey Central served much of its home state along with northwestern Pennsylvania, including Easton, Bethlehem, and Wilkes-Barre. Regardless of its many titles the CNJ was a New Jersey institution although it was only regional in operation and, at its peak, just 711 miles in length. Names from CNJ to Jersey Central, and the aforementioned moniker. The Central Railroad of New Jersey has gone by a number of different ![]()
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