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The Jersey City, Hoboken and Rutherford Electric Railway was incorporated in 1893, and leased from 1894-1899 to the
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Company. The line was operated by
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. The track length was 18.57 miles. The rail line in
Hoboken, New Jersey Hoboken ( ; Unami: ') is a city in Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 60,417. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 58,690 i ...
, was controversial at the time. Officials were concerned that an electric railway would endanger the public and frighten horses.


See also

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Paterson Plank Road Paterson Plank Road is a road that runs through Passaic, Bergen and Hudson Counties in northeastern New Jersey. The route, originally laid in the colonial era, connects the city of Paterson and the Hudson River waterfront. It has largely been su ...
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List of New Jersey street railroads The following street railway, street, interurban, or other electric railways operated in New Jersey. Companies marked (PS) were or became part of the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey. *American Railways Company *Asbury Park and Belmar St ...
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Paterson, Passaic and Rutherford Electric Railway The Paterson, Passaic and Rutherford Electric Railway was a trolley line of 40.57 miles in track length incorporated in 1893 as a consolidation of Paterson & Little Falls Electric Railway Co., Grant Street Electric Railway Co., People's Park Ra ...


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