Woodbury was a railroad station in Woodbury, New Jersey which operated from 1857–1971. The existing station house was built in 1883 in the Stick style. A new station is proposed for
Glassboro–Camden Line
The Glassboro–Camden Line (GCL) is a planned diesel multiple unit (DMU) light rail, light rail system to be located in South Jersey.
At the northern terminus, the Walter Rand Transportation Center in Camden, New Jersey, Camden, it will conne ...
Camden and Woodbury Railroad
The West Jersey and Seashore Railroad (WJ&S) was a Pennsylvania Railroad subsidiary in the U.S. state of New Jersey with a connection to Philadelphia. It was formed through the merger of several smaller roads in May 1896. At the end of 1925 it ...
, which began in 1837–1838 but ran irregularly and was later abandoned. The
West Jersey Railroad
The West Jersey and Seashore Railroad (WJ&S) was a Pennsylvania Railroad subsidiary in the U.S. state of New Jersey with a connection to Philadelphia. It was formed through the merger of several smaller roads in May 1896. At the end of 1925 ...
(WJ) was granted its charter by the state of New Jersey on February 5, 1853, to build a line from
Camden
Camden may refer to:
People
* Camden (surname), a surname of English origin
* Camden Joy (born 1964), American writer
* Camden Toy (born 1957), American actor
Places Australia
* Camden, New South Wales
* Camden, Rosehill, a heritage res ...
to Cape May. and the directors of the company met on July 15, 1853, to select the route on which they would build. The line was built in stages with the backing of the
Camden and Amboy
The United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company (UNJ&CC) was a railroad company which began as the important Camden & Amboy Railroad (C&A), whose 1830 lineage began as one of the eight or ten earliest permanent North AmericanList of Earliest Am ...
from Camden to Glassboro. The first of the line using the abandoned Camden and Woodbury right-of-way opened on April 15, 1857.
Service was later expanded along the Penns Grove Branch and the Salem Branch, which converge just south of the station at Woodbury Junction. Through mergers and acquisitions the line became part of the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad and then Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines. The line was electrified between 1906 and 1949. The power house north of the station was the last remnant of the electrified rail and was later demolished by Conrail. It later became diesel service.
Passenger service to
Salem
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Canada
Ontario
* Bruce County
** Salem, Arran–Elderslie, Ontario, in the municipality of Arran–Elderslie
** Salem, South Bruce, Ontario, in the municipality of South Bruce
* Salem, Dufferin County, Ontario, part ...
and
Penns Grove
Penns Grove is a borough in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, the borough's population was 5,147,Stick style, has since become a restaurant.
Future
Woodbury is a planned station of the proposed
Glassboro–Camden Line
The Glassboro–Camden Line (GCL) is a planned diesel multiple unit (DMU) light rail, light rail system to be located in South Jersey.
At the northern terminus, the Walter Rand Transportation Center in Camden, New Jersey, Camden, it will conne ...
light rail system, to be located along the Vineland Secondary right-of way. The station design includes a platform station and park and ride. It would be a component of a potential Woodbury Transit Hub, part of transit-oriented development study.