New York and Long Branch Railroad

The New York and Long Branch Railroad (reporting mark NYLB) was a railroad in central New Jersey, running from Bay Head Junction in Bay Head to Perth Amboy, where it connected to the Central Railroad of New Jersey's Perth Amboy and Elizabethport Railroad.[1] The railroad was jointly owned and operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Central Railroad of New Jersey and became property of Conrail in 1976.[1] It is now part of New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line.[1]

New York and Long Branch Railroad
Overview
Reporting markNYLB
LocalePerth Amboy, NJ to Bay Head, NJ
Dates of operation1875–1976
SuccessorConrail
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

Connections

The railroad had the following connections to others, from north to south:

History

The company was incorporated on April 8, 1868; its line from Perth Amboy to Long Branch was built in 1875. On December 20, 1881 the following companies were merged into it, listed from north to south:

  • New Egypt and Farmingdale Railroad (inc. March 17, 1869, built 1876 from Long Branch to Belmar and the rest of the line to New Egypt never built)
  • Long Branch and Sea Girt Railroad (inc. June 18, 1875, built 1876 from Belmar to Sea Girt)
  • New York and Long Branch Extension Railroad (inc. March 10, 1880, built 1880 from Sea Girt to Point Pleasant)
  • Long Branch and Barnegat Bay Railroad (inc. September 23, 1880, built 1881 from Point Pleasant to Bay Head Junction)

At first, the railroad was leased by the CNJ; the PRR had plans for a parallel Perth Amboy and Long Branch Railroad. A January 3, 1882 agreement split the property between the CNJ and PRR, with trackage rights for each over the whole line. When Penn Central (the PRR's successor) and the CNJ merged into Conrail in 1976, the railroad was finally under control of one company. It is now part of New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line (NJCL)

Stations
Asbury Park – Ocean Grove station of the NY&LB Railroad in 1908
New York and Long Branch Railroad Stations (From N to S)[2]
MilepostName
38.6Perth Amboy
37.1P.R.R. Crossing/SA/Essay Tower
36.6South Amboy
32.6Clifwood[3]
31.4Matawan
29.6Hazlet
25.0Middletown
21.6Red Bank
19.3Little Silver
16.8Branchport
15.7Long Branch
15.0Hollywood and West End
13.4Elberon
12.0Deal Beach
11.5Interlaken
North Asbury Park
10.0Ocean Grove and Asbury Park
8.1Avon and Key East
7.4Belmar and Ocean Beach
Como
5.4Spring Lake
3.9Sea Girt
3.1Manasquan
2.5Brielle
1.1Point Pleasant
0.0Bay Head Junction
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See also

References
  1. Staples, Robert A. "The North Jersey Coast Line/ New York & Long Branch". Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2009.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  2. Travelers official Guide of the Railways; June 1893: National Railway Publication Company.
  3. Map of new Jersey Cliffwod Beach is between South Amboy and Matawan
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