Penns Neck station

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.[1] The location was originally a grade crossing and later a rail bridge.[2]

Penns Neck
Former Pennsylvania Railroad station
Site of the demolished station, as seen in 2016, with rail bridge (at left) above U.S. Route 1
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
Line(s)	Princeton Branch
History
Opened	1865–1875
Closed	January 31, 1971
Electrified	1936
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Princeton Terminus Princeton Branch Princeton Junction Terminus

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 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. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Armstrong, April C. (September 2, 2015). "Princeton Junction & Back: Our Dinky Archives". Princeton University. Retrieved April 14, 2017.

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.