The New Jersey Junction Railroad (NJJ) was part of the

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and ran along the

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, from the

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(NYCRR) yards at

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south to

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yard from the original line. The company was incorporated under the laws of

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on February 27, 1886. On July 1, 1886, it was leased for 100 years to the

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. The line opened for freight in May 1887 and passengers in June 1887. About 0.24 mile of the

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was leased to the New Jersey Junction Railroad on June 30, 1886. The NJJ owned the entire stock of the

New Jersey Shore Line Railroad The New Jersey Shore Line Railroad was part of the New York Central Railroad and ran along the Hudson River in New Jersey, from the West Shore Railroad (NYCRR) yards at Guttenberg, New Jersey, Guttenberg north to the Erie Terminals Railroad at t ...

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, and

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; only the former constructed track. On October 24, 1914, the NJJ was reorganized as a merger with the

. In 1952, the

officially subsumed the New Jersey Junction Railroad, which it had controlled since its beginning. The line eventually passed under control of

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and

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as their River Line and Weehawken Branch. The southern section is now being used for

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's Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, from

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south to

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, with freight now running along the former Northern Railroad of New Jersey on the other side of the

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