The Chambersburg and Shippensburg Railway was an interurban trolley system of the early 20th century in south central

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. Built in 1914, the line ran from

Chambersburg Chambersburg is a borough in and the county seat of Franklin County, in the South Central region of Pennsylvania, United States. It is in the Cumberland Valley, which is part of the Great Appalachian Valley, and north of Maryland and the Mas ...

to Shippensburg. The line was abandoned at the same time as much of the nearby Chambersburg, Greencastle and Waynesboro Street Railway, on July 31, 1926. Had the Cumberland Railway venture from

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to Shippensburg succeeded, there would have been continuous trolley service from

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to the

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, where the Shady Grove station provided a transfer to the standard-gauge

Hagerstown and Frederick Railway The Hagerstown & Frederick Railway, now defunct, was an American railroad of central Maryland built in the 19th and 20th centuries. History Early development The Hagerstown & Frederick Railway, a suburban (later interurban) trolley system was d ...

in Maryland. The C&S used a

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, similar to other Pennsylvania

interurban The Interurban (or radial railway in Europe and Canada) is a type of electric railway, with streetcar-like electric self-propelled rail cars which run within and between cities or towns. They were very prevalent in North America between 1900 a ...

lines.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chambersburg Shippensburg Railway Defunct Pennsylvania railroads Interurban railways in Pennsylvania Transportation in Franklin County, Pennsylvania American companies established in 1914 Railway companies established in 1914 Railway companies disestablished in 1928 5 ft 2½ in gauge railways in the United States 1914 establishments in Pennsylvania 1928 disestablishments in Pennsylvania

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