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route from Edgewater Ferry Terminal to 125th Street (Manhattan) in 1941]] The Public Service Railway, owned by the '''Public Service Corporation of New Jersey''', operated most of the Streetcar lines in New Jersey by the early 20th Century . Public Service lines stretched from northeast New Jersey to Trenton , and then south to Camden and its suburbs. Major parts of the system were:
The only streetcar route still in operation is the #7 line, now the Newark City Subway . The #7 recently underwent a total line rehabilitation, including new modern light rail cars, and was extended northward into Bloomfield. The former Cedar Street Subway (#13-Broad St., #27-Mt. Prospect, and #43-Jersey City) in Newark, another Public Service trolley line, is being rehabilitated and will open for service in 2006, to serve as a connection between Newark's two train stations. The other two light rail systems in New Jersey Hudson Bergen Light Rail and River Line are built along freight railroad Rights-of-way and public streets, and do not date back to Public Service days. In later years, Public Service Bustituted most routes; many of these lines are still run by New Jersey Transit and even use the same number. |
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