New York and Long Branch Railroad


The New York and Long Branch Railroad 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 and became property of Conrail in 1976. It is now part of New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line.

Connections

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 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

Stations

MilepostName
38.6Perth Amboy
37.1P.R.R. Crossing/SA/Essay Tower
36.6South Amboy
32.6Clifwood
31.4Matawan
29.6Hazlet
25.0Middletown
21.6Red Bank
19.3Little Silver
16.8Branchport
15.7Long Branch
15.0Hollywood and West End
13.4Elberon
12.0Deal Beach
11.5Interlaken
North Asbury Park
10.0Ocean Grove and Asbury Park
8.1Avon and Key East
7.4Belmar and Ocean Beach
Como
5.4Spring Lake
3.9Sea Girt
3.1Manasquan
2.5Brielle
1.1Point Pleasant
0.0Bay Head Junction