Penns Neck station

Penns Neck
Former Pennsylvania Railroad station
Site of the demolished station, 2016
Location U.S. Route 1, midway between Alexander and Washington Roads
West Windsor Township, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°19′44″N 74°38′26″W / 40.32889°N 74.64056°W / 40.32889; -74.64056Coordinates: 40°19′44″N 74°38′26″W / 40.32889°N 74.64056°W / 40.32889; -74.64056
Line(s) Princeton Branch
History
Opened 1865–1875
Closed January 31, 1971[1]
Electrified 1936
Services
  Former services  
Preceding station   Pennsylvania Railroad   Following station
Terminus
Princeton Branch
Terminus

Penns Neck was a former station of the Pennsylvania Railroad, in the Penns Neck neighborhood of West Windsor Township, New Jersey. It opened sometime between 1865 and 1875 as an intermediate stop on the newly completed Princeton Branch line, near its midpoint where it crossed the turnpike that is now U.S. Route 1.[2] The location was originally a grade crossing and later a rail bridge.[3]

Penn Central Transportation took over operations in 1968 and discontinued the little-used station in January 1971.[1] The branch line still provides frequent service between Princeton station (on the Princeton University campus) and Princeton Junction (on the Northeast Corridor), as part of NJ Transit Rail Operations.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Baer, Christopher T. (April 2015). "A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1971" (PDF). Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society. p. 5. Retrieved October 6, 2016. Jan. 30, 1971 – Last day of passenger service at Penns Neck station on Princeton Branch.
  2. ↑ McVarish, Douglas C.; Meyer, Richard (May 2003). Penns Neck Area Environmental Impact Statement: Historic Architectural Survey, Volume 1. John Milner Associates. Retrieved January 29, 2017. Figure 6: Detail of the Everts and Stewart (1875) map: Penns Neck – Flag Sta., Princeton Branch R.R.
  3. ↑ Lipp, Delmar (March 20, 1939). "A Short History of the Princeton Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad". Princeton History: Papers presented before the Historical Society of Princeton, Volume 2. Princeton Public Library. pp. 14–34.
  4. ↑ Armstrong, April C. (September 2, 2015). "Princeton Junction & Back: Our Dinky Archives". Princeton University. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  • Messer, David W.; Roberts, Charles S. (2002). Triumph V: Philadelphia to New York 1830–2002 (PDF). p. 89. 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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