former Central Railroad of New Jersey main line

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The former Central Railroad of New Jersey main line was a major historic rail route that once connected New York Harbor with central and western New Jersey, serving as a key passenger and freight corridor before most of its services were discontinued or absorbed into modern transit systems.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic railroad route ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
category defunct New Jersey railroads ⓘ
former main line rail corridors in the United States ⓘ
connectedByFerryTo Lower Manhattan ⓘ
connectedTo Lehigh Valley Railroad (via interchange) ⓘ
Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad (via connections) ⓘ
New York Harbor ⓘ
Reading Company (via CNJ–Reading connections) ⓘ
central New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Central New Jersey

western New Jersey ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
declineCause competition from other railroads ⓘ
rise of automobile travel ⓘ
suburbanization patterns shifting travel demand ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
hadTerminal Communipaw Terminal ⓘ
heritage remains visible in surviving stations and rights-of-way ⓘ
historicalSignificance important commuter route for New York City access ⓘ
key route for coal and industrial freight ⓘ
major trunk line between New York Harbor and interior New Jersey ⓘ
locatedIn New Jersey ⓘ
New York Harbor area ⓘ
linked to: New York Harbor
mostPassengerServiceEnded late 20th century ⓘ
opened 19th century ⓘ
operator Central Railroad of New Jersey ⓘ
partiallyIntegratedInto Conrail Shared Assets (freight) ⓘ
linked to: Conrail

NJ Transit commuter rail system ⓘ
partOf Central Railroad of New Jersey network ⓘ
peakEra early 20th century ⓘ
served Lehigh Valley region ⓘ
New York metropolitan area ⓘ
servedCity Bound Brook, New Jersey ⓘ
Easton, Pennsylvania (via Phillipsburg connections) ⓘ
Elizabeth, New Jersey ⓘ
Plainfield, New Jersey ⓘ
Somerville, New Jersey ⓘ
status partially abandoned ⓘ
partially repurposed for commuter rail ⓘ
successor Conrail (freight operations on segments) ⓘ
linked to: Conrail

NJ Transit Raritan Valley Line ⓘ
terminus Jersey City, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Jersey City

Phillipsburg, New Jersey ⓘ
usedFor freight rail service ⓘ
passenger rail service ⓘ

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Union station (NJ Transit) → isOnCorridor → former Central Railroad of New Jersey main line ⓘ
High Bridge station → formerService → Central Railroad of New Jersey main line ⓘ
linked to: former Central Railroad of New Jersey main line
Southern Division → partOfNetwork → Central Railroad of New Jersey main line system ⓘ
linked to: former Central Railroad of New Jersey main line