Penns Neck | |||||||||||
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 Site of the demolished station, as seen in 2016, with rail bridge (at left) above U.S. Route 1 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | U.S. Route 1, midway between Alexander and Washington Roads West Windsor Township, New Jersey | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°19′44″N74°38′26″W / 40.32889°N 74.64056°W /40.32889; -74.64056 | ||||||||||
| System | FormerPennsylvania Railroad station | ||||||||||
| Line | Princeton Branch | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1865–1875 | ||||||||||
| Closed | January 31, 1971 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 1936 | ||||||||||
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Penns Neck was a railway station of thePennsylvania Railroad, in thePenns Neck neighborhood ofWest Windsor Township, New Jersey. It opened sometime between 1865 and 1875 as an intermediate stop on the newly completedPrinceton Branch line, near its midpoint where it crossed the turnpike that is nowU.S. Route 1.[1] The location was originally a grade crossing and later a rail bridge.[2]
Penn Central Transportation took over operations in 1968 and discontinued the little-used station on January 31, 1971.[3] The branch line still provides frequent service betweenPrinceton station (on thePrinceton University campus) andPrinceton Junction (on theNortheast Corridor), as part ofNJ Transit Rail Operations.[4]
Figure 6: Detail of the Everts and Stewart (1875) map: Penns Neck – Flag Sta., Princeton Branch R.R.
Jan. 30, 1971 – Last day of passenger service at Penns Neck station on Princeton Branch.
PENNS NECK (We're not sure of the origin of the name) was located south of the canal where the branch crossed U.S. Route 1. The highway bridge and the shelter are shown here on 14 March 1957.
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