The was a railroad in central
New Jersey , running from
Bay Head Junction in
Bay Head to
Perth Amboy , where it connected to the
Central Railroad Of New Jersey 's
Perth Amboy And Elizabethport Railroad . The railroad was jointly owned and operated by the
Pennsylvania Railroad and the
Central Railroad Of New Jersey . It is now part of
New Jersey Transit 's
North Jersey Coast Line , owned by
Conrail .
The railroad had the following connections to others, from north to south:
The company was incorporated on
April 8 ,
1868 ; its line from
Perth Amboy to
Long Branch was built in
1875 . On
December 20 ,
1881 the following companies were merged into it, listed from north to south:
At first, the railroad was leased by the CNJ; the PRR had plans for a parallel
Perth Amboy And Long Branch Railroad . A
January 3 ,
1882 agreement split the property between the CNJ and PRR, with
Trackage Rights for each over the whole line. When
Penn Central (the PRR's successor) and the CNJ merged into
Conrail in
1976 , the railroad was finally under control of one company. It is now part of New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line (NJCL)
