Penns Neck station explained
Penns Neck was a railway station of the Pennsylvania Railroad, in the Penns Neck neighborhood of West Windsor Township, New Jersey. It opened sometime between 1865 and 1875 as an intermediate stop on the newly completed Princeton Branch line, near its midpoint where it crossed the turnpike that is now U.S. Route 1.[1] The location was originally a grade crossing and later a rail bridge.[2]
Penn Central Transportation took over operations in 1968 and discontinued the little-used station on January 31, 1971.[3] The branch line still provides frequent service between Princeton station (on the Princeton University campus) and Princeton Junction (on the Northeast Corridor), as part of NJ Transit Rail Operations.[4]
External links
- Book: Triumph V: Philadelphia to New York 1830–2002 . David W. . Messer . Charles S. . Roberts . 2002 . 89 . PENNS NECK (We're not sure of the origin of the name) was located south of the canal where the branch crossed U.S. Route 1. The highway bridge and the shelter are shown here on 14 March 1957. . October 6, 2016 . October 5, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161005114731/http://orfe.princeton.edu/~alaink/Dinky/PrincetonStation.pdf . dead .
Notes and References
- Book: Penns Neck Area Environmental Impact Statement: Historic Architectural Survey, Volume 1 . Douglas C. . McVarish . Richard . Meyer . John Milner Associates . May 2003 . January 29, 2017 . Figure 6: Detail of the Everts and Stewart (1875) map: Penns Neck – Flag Sta., Princeton Branch R.R..
- Book: Lipp, Delmar . A Short History of the Princeton Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad . Princeton History: Papers presented before the Historical Society of Princeton, Volume 2 . March 20, 1939 . 14–34 . Princeton Public Library.
- Web site: Baer . Christopher T. . A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1971 . . April 2015 . October 6, 2016 . Jan. 30, 1971 – Last day of passenger service at Penns Neck station on Princeton Branch.. 5.
- Web site: Princeton Junction & Back: Our Dinky Archives . April C. . Armstrong . Princeton University . September 2, 2015 . April 14, 2017.
