Central Railroad of New Jersey

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The Central Railroad of New Jersey was a major northeastern U.S. railroad that primarily served New Jersey and the New York City area before its operations were absorbed into Conrail in the 1970s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad
railroad company
abbreviation CNJ
CRRNJ
alsoKnownAs Jersey Central
BlueCometRoute Jersey City–Atlantic City
BlueCometType luxury passenger train
ceasedIndependentOperations 1976
chartered 1847
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateDissolved 1976
enteredBankruptcy 1967
hadFerryServiceTo Lower Manhattan
hadReportingMark CNJ
hadTerminalAccessTo Battery Park City Ferry Terminal
surface form: Liberty Street Ferry Terminal
headquartersLocation Jersey City
surface form: Jersey City, New Jersey
inception 1849
jointlyOperatedLine New York and Long Branch Railroad
jointlyOperatedWith Pennsylvania Railroad Company
surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
mainHub Communipaw Terminal
mainPassengerTerminal Jersey City Communipaw Terminal
operated Blue Comet
operatedLine CNJ Main Line
Lehigh Valley Railroad
surface form: Lehigh and Susquehanna Division

New York and Long Branch Railroad
Southern Division
operatedService freight rail service
passenger rail service
operationsAbsorbedBy Conrail
predecessor Elizabethtown and Somerville Railroad
Somerville and Easton Railroad
primaryCommodity anthracite coal
general freight
servedArea New Jersey, United States
surface form: New Jersey

New York metropolitan area
surface form: New York City metropolitan area
servedCity Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
surface form: Allentown, Pennsylvania

Elizabeth, New Jersey
Jersey City
surface form: Jersey City, New Jersey

Newark
surface form: Newark, New Jersey

Phillipsburg, New Jersey, United States
surface form: Phillipsburg, New Jersey

Plainfield, New Jersey
Somerville, New Jersey
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States
surface form: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
servedFacility Port of New York and New Jersey
servedIndustry coal mining
manufacturing
servedRegion Lehigh Valley region
surface form: Lehigh Valley

Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area
surface form: Scranton–Wilkes-Barre area
servedState New Jersey, United States
surface form: New Jersey

New York
Pennsylvania
successor Conrail

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Conrail precededBy Central Railroad of New Jersey
Raritan Valley Line historicalPredecessor Central Railroad of New Jersey
this entity surface form: Central Railroad of New Jersey main line
Baldwin Locomotive Works servedClient Central Railroad of New Jersey
Consolidated Rail Corporation tookOverOperationsOf Central Railroad of New Jersey
United States Railway Association appliesToJurisdiction Central Railroad of New Jersey
CR formedFrom Central Railroad of New Jersey
subject surface form: Conrail
Lehigh and Hudson River Railway connectedTo Central Railroad of New Jersey
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad competedWith Central Railroad of New Jersey
Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal formerOperator Central Railroad of New Jersey
Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal servedRailroad Central Railroad of New Jersey
Long Branch station formerOperator Central Railroad of New Jersey
West Trenton, New Jersey railLineHistoricallyServedBy Central Railroad of New Jersey
Somerville train station formerOperator Central Railroad of New Jersey
RVL openedAsPartOf Central Railroad of New Jersey
this entity surface form: historic Central Railroad of New Jersey main line
Westfield station formerOperator Central Railroad of New Jersey
Westfield station formerRailroad Central Railroad of New Jersey
Dunellen station formerOperator Central Railroad of New Jersey
Raritan station formerOperator Central Railroad of New Jersey
Plainfield station formerOperator Central Railroad of New Jersey
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania hasRailServiceHistory Central Railroad of New Jersey
High Bridge station formerRailroad Central Railroad of New Jersey
Phillipsburg, New Jersey, United States hasRailHistory Central Railroad of New Jersey
subject surface form: Phillipsburg, New Jersey