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  Logo Filename cmsllogogif
  Logo Size 150
  Marks CMSL
  Locale north from Cape May, New Jersey
  Start Year 1984
  End Year present
  Old Gauge


Cape May Seashore Lines is a Short Line Railroad in southern New Jersey . It operates one line, from Tuckahoe, New Jersey , to Cape May, New Jersey , with a spur to Cape May Point . The track is owned by New Jersey Transit and leased to CMSL. Connections are provided with Conrail 's Beesley's Point Secondary , owned jointly by CSX and Norfolk Southern , at the north end in Tuckahoe .

CMSL runs Freight Trains and Excursion Trains .


HISTORY

The line to Cape May was built by the Tuckahoe And Cape May Railroad , and operated by the Reading Railroad and later Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines . Eventually it became part of Conrail , which ended freight service over the line on September 10 , 1983 and sold it to New Jersey Transit as their Cape May Branch. CMSL began operations in January 1984 .


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