Newark and Roselle Railway
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Lehigh Valley Railroad
The Lehigh Valley Railroad was one of a number of railroads built in the northeastern United States primarily to haul anthracite coal.It was authorized April 21, 1846 in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and incorporated September 20, 1847 as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad...
(LVRR) to advance tracks from the terminus of the Roselle and South Plainfield Railway
Roselle and South Plainfield Railway
The Roselle and South Plainfield Railway was a railroad built by the Lehigh Valley Railroad in 1888 to connect the LVRR's Easton and Amboy Railroad with the Central Railroad of New Jersey , and provided access over the CNJ to the Hudson River waterfront in Jersey City...
at Roselle, New Jersey
Roselle, New Jersey
Roselle is a Borough located in Union County in the state of New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 21,085....
to Pennsylvania Avenue in Newark
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...
. It formed part of the route connecting the LVRR's Easton and Amboy Railroad
Easton and Amboy Railroad
Easton and Amboy Railroad was a railroad built across central New Jersey by the Lehigh Valley Railroad in the 1870s. The line was built to connect the Lehigh Valley Railroad coal hauling operations in Pennsylvania to consumer markets in New York City....
at South Plainfield
South Plainfield, New Jersey
South Plainfield is a Borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 23,385....
to the Jersey City
Jersey City, New Jersey
Jersey City is the seat of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.Part of the New York metropolitan area, Jersey City lies between the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay across from Lower Manhattan and the Hackensack River and Newark Bay...
terminal.
Initially, the Roselle and South Plainfield Railroad had connected with the Central Railroad of New Jersey
Central Railroad of New Jersey
The Central Railroad of New Jersey , commonly known as the Jersey Central Lines or CNJ, was a Class I railroad with origins in the 1830s, lasting until 1976 when it was absorbed into Conrail with the other bankrupt railroads of the Northeastern United States...
(CNJ) at Roselle, and LVRR trains had proceeded to Jersey City over the CNJ.
In 1891 the LVRR consolidated the railroads along the Jersey City route into the Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway
Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway
The Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway was a Lehigh Valley Railroad company organized in 1891 through the consolidation of the companies that formed the Lehigh Valley's route from South Plainfield through Newark to Jersey City via its bridge across Newark Bay...
. Along with the Newark and Roselle, the other consolidated companies were the Roselle and South Plainfield Railway
Roselle and South Plainfield Railway
The Roselle and South Plainfield Railway was a railroad built by the Lehigh Valley Railroad in 1888 to connect the LVRR's Easton and Amboy Railroad with the Central Railroad of New Jersey , and provided access over the CNJ to the Hudson River waterfront in Jersey City...
, the Newark and Passaic Railway
Newark and Passaic Railway
The Newark and Passaic Railway was incorporated on Nov 22, 1889 by the Lehigh Valley Railroad . It was chartered as a short line in Newark, New Jersey from the Passaic River to a connection with the LVRR's Newark and Roselle Railway near Pennsylvania Avenue in Newark...
, the Newark Railway
Newark Railway
The Newark Railway was incorporated on December 10, 1890 and was a short, 1-mile connection between the Lehigh Valley Railroad's Newark and Roselle Railway and the Pennsylvania Railroad...
, the Jersey City, Newark, and Western Railway, the Jersey City Terminal Railway, and the Edgewater Railway.