The Cumberland Railway was an interurban trolley system of the early 20th century in central

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. Built in 1908, the line ran from

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to Newville. Poorly capitalized, the line failed in 1918 and was scrapped. The line was projected to extend to

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and Shippensburg, where it would have connected to the

Chambersburg and Shippensburg Railway The Chambersburg and Shippensburg Railway was an interurban trolley system of the early 20th century in south central Pennsylvania. Built in 1914, the line ran from Chambersburg to Shippensburg. The line was abandoned at the same time as much of ...

, and through that line to the

Chambersburg, Greencastle and Waynesboro Street Railway The Chambersburg, Greencastle & Waynesboro Street Railway, now defunct, was an American railroad of south central Pennsylvania built in the 19th and 20th centuries. Origins Tracks were first laid in Greencastle in 1903, with operations beginning ...

, providing service from Harrisburg to Maryland. The CR 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:Cumberland Railway Defunct Pennsylvania railroads Interurban railways in Pennsylvania Transportation in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Railway companies disestablished in 1918 5 ft 2½ in gauge railways in the United States 1908 establishments in Pennsylvania 1918 disestablishments in Pennsylvania American companies established in 1908 Railway companies established in 1908