Penns Neck (PRR station)

Penns Neck
Former Pennsylvania Railroad station
Site of the demolished station, as seen in 2016, with 1956 rail bridge (at left) above U.S. Route 1
Coordinates	40°19′44″N 74°38′26″W / 40.32889°N 74.64056°WCoordinates: 40°19′44″N 74°38′26″W / 40.32889°N 74.64056°W
Line(s)	Princeton Branch
History
Closed	1971
Electrified	1933
Services
Former services   Princeton Terminus Princeton Branch Princeton Junction Terminus

Penns Neck was a former station of the Pennsylvania Railroad, in the Penns Neck neighborhood of West Windsor Township, New Jersey. It was constructed as an intermediate stop on the Princeton Branch line, near its midpoint where it crossed the turnpike that is now U.S. Route 1.

Penn Central Transportation took over operations in 1968 and discontinued the little-used station in January 1971.^[1] The branch line, established in 1865, 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.

References

1. 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. Retrieved October 6, 2016. Jan. 30, 1971 – Last day of passenger service at Penns Neck station on Princeton Branch.

External links

• 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.