New York and Long Branch Railroad

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The New York and Long Branch Railroad was a historic rail line in New Jersey that provided passenger and freight service along the Jersey Shore and later formed the core of today’s North Jersey Coast Line.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf railroad company ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
category defunct New Jersey railroad ⓘ
predecessor of New Jersey Transit rail operations ⓘ
connectedTo New York metropolitan area ⓘ
Pennsylvania Railroad network ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
electrification partial ⓘ
endPoint Bay Head, New Jersey ⓘ
formedCoreOf North Jersey Coast Line ⓘ
historicalRegion Jersey Shore ⓘ
linked to: New Jersey Shore
historicalSignificance key shore line in New Jersey rail network ⓘ
locatedIn Jersey Shore ⓘ
linked to: New Jersey Shore

New Jersey ⓘ
notableFor forming the basis of NJ Transit’s North Jersey Coast Line ⓘ
opened 1875 ⓘ
operatedAlong Atlantic coast of New Jersey ⓘ
primaryUse passenger rail service ⓘ
railGauge standard gauge ⓘ
regionServed central New Jersey ⓘ
northern New Jersey coast ⓘ
secondaryUse freight rail service ⓘ
servedCity Asbury Park, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Asbury Park

Bay Head, New Jersey ⓘ
Long Branch, New Jersey ⓘ
Perth Amboy, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Perth Amboy

Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey ⓘ
South Amboy, New Jersey ⓘ
servedFunction commuter transportation ⓘ
freight transportation ⓘ
resort access to Jersey Shore ⓘ
servedStations multiple shore resort communities ⓘ
startPoint Perth Amboy, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Perth Amboy
status defunct ⓘ
successorLine North Jersey Coast Line ⓘ
successorOperator New Jersey Transit ⓘ
linked to: NJ Transit
trackConfiguration mostly double-track ⓘ
transportMode rail ⓘ

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North Jersey Coast Line → historicalOrigin → New York and Long Branch Railroad ⓘ
Central Railroad of New Jersey → operatedLine → New York and Long Branch Railroad ⓘ
Central Railroad of New Jersey → jointlyOperatedLine → New York and Long Branch Railroad ⓘ
Avenel station → linePredecessor → New York and Long Branch Railroad ⓘ
South Amboy station → formerOperator → New York and Long Branch Railroad ⓘ
Bay Head station → formerRailroad → New York & Long Branch Railroad ⓘ
linked to: New York and Long Branch Railroad
Manasquan station → formerRailroad → New York and Long Branch Railroad ⓘ