for a 1921 map showing it completed.]]
The was part of the
New York Central Railroad and ran along the
Hudson River in
New Jersey , from the
West Shore Railroad (NYCRR) yards at
Guttenberg north to the
Erie Terminals Railroad at the
Hudson /
Bergen County line.
The company was organized on
February 25 ,
1886 , and chartered
March 2 ,
1886 to build a railroad from a point in
Union Township to a point in
Harrington , about 15.5 miles. The entire capital stock was owned by the
New Jersey Junction Railroad Company , which was under lease by the
New York Central And Hudson River Railroad . In 1910, .84 miles of track were built from the
West Shore Railroad Weehawken yards midway through
Guttenberg north to the line with
Bergen County . It opened for traffic on
March 14 ,
1911 , with the first cars passing over it on
May 16 ,
1911 . The rest of the route was never built.
The company was absorbed into the
New Jersey Junction Railroad , which had owned its stock, on
October 24 ,
1914 . Eventually the line passed under control of
CSX and
Norfolk Southern ; it was part of their River Line before it was abandoned.
