List of Rail Trails in New Jersey - Proposed Rail Trails

Proposed Rail Trails

• Camden County, New Jersey - The William Penn Foundation has granted $77,000 to the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy to study the development of rail trails on unused rail lines in and around the city of Camden, New Jersey and surrounding suburban areas. The study is a one year project called the Camden Metro Region Trails Strategy. Source: Rails to Trails, Fall 2006, Page 7.

• Rahway Valley Railroad - The status of this partially abandoned railroad between Summit, New Jersey and Cranford, New Jersey is uncertain. Rail Trail groups would like to turn it into a permanent rail trail. Union County, New Jersey is actively pursuing reactivation of the old railroad right-of-way for freight service. The southern portion of the line near Kenilworth, New Jersey is not in active use and the rails and ties have even been ripped up near the Galloping Hill Road grade crossing.

• Former Central Railroad of NJ line from Lakehurst to Winslow Junction - Momentum is increasing for support of the proposed Wharton Rail-trail in southern Jersey. The line was a remnant of the Conrail bailout of 1976 and has been out of service since that date. Since then, trees have grown up through the rails. Most bridges remain intact and the right-of-way and its access roads are being used by rogue ATV's, mountain bikers and hikers alike. The area eastward beyond the Batsto River is barren and uneventful, and absolutely impossible to ride. However, westward to County Route 536, there are several interesting trestles over tea-colored cedar water streams and hardwood groves amongst the solitude of pine trees. This latter route is mostly single track and double track in places west of U.S. Route 206 at Atsion. The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) will be studying the conversion of the line this fall. More Info: Wharton Trail Website (out of date)