New Jersey
See also: List of New Jersey street railroads| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asbury Park | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | 19 Sep 1897 | 1931 | |||
| Atlantic City | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 27 Dec 1955 | see also Shore Fast Line. | ||
| Beach Haven | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Bridgeton and Millville Traction Company | Bridgeton | Electric | ? | ? | see also Millville and Vineland. |
| Brigantine | Electric | ? | ? | ||
| Camden | Horse | 1871 | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 1935 | Also served Gloucester City and other neighboring towns. | ||
| ♦ Camden-Trenton | Electric | 190_ | 1931 | Diesel Light Rail line opened 14 Mar 2004 (see River Line (New Jersey Transit)) | |
| Cape May | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Steam | ?
1916 |
1892
1918 |
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| Electric | 1892 | 1913 | |||
| Accumulator (storage battery) | 1916 | 1916 | |||
| Elizabeth | Horse | 1869 | ? | ||
| Gas | ? | ? | Gas refers to town gas, not petrol (gasoline). | ||
| Electric | ? | 18 Feb 1931 | Newark – Elizabeth tramway line closed 3 Jan 1937. Reintroduction planned (see Union County Light Rail). | ||
| Gibbsboro – Lucaston | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Steam | ? | ? | |||
| Hackensack | Electric | ? | 1938 | ||
| Hudson County | Horse | 1860 | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | Last lines using the Hoboken Inclined Elevated viaduct closed 7 Aug 1949. | Reintroduced (Hudson-Bergen Light Rail) 22 Apr 2000. | ||
| Keansburg | Electric | ? | ? | ||
| Keyport | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | 189_ | 1923 | |||
| Long Branch | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | ? | |||
| Metuchen | Electric | ? | ? | ||
| Millville Traction Company | Millville | Electric | ? | ? | see also Bridgeton. |
| Morristown | Electric | ? | 1927 | ||
| Mount Holly | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| New Brunswick | Horse | 1867 | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 1 Aug 1931 | Suburban tramway line closed 26 Oct 1931. | ||
| Newark | Horse | 1859 | 1893 | ||
| Cable | Line built and tested, but not placed in service because of technical problems. | ||||
| Electric | Oct 1890 | see note. | |||
| Ocean City | Electric | ? | ? | see also Atlantic City | |
| Ortley Beach | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Passaic | Electric | ? | ? | Newark – Passaic tramway closed 20 Mar 1937. | |
| Paterson | Horse | 1863 | ? | ||
| Steam | ? | ? | |||
| Gas | ? | ? | Gas refers to town gas, not petrol (gasoline). | ||
| Accumulator (storage battery) | ? | ? | |||
| Electric | ? | 1 May 1928 | Newark – Paterson tramway line closed 1938. | ||
| Phillipsburg | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | 1894 | 31 Oct 1931 | See also Easton, Pennsylvania. | ||
| Plainfield | Electric | 1901 | 1925 | Newark – Plainfield tramway line closed 15 Sep 1935. | |
| Point Pleasant | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 1919 | |||
| Red Bank | Electric | 1896 | 1921 | ||
| Rutherford | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | 1896 | 1921 | |||
| Sea Isle City | Electric | ? | ? | ||
| Stone Harbor – Cape May Court House | Steam | ? | ? | ||
| Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
| Trenton | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 6 Dec 1934 | |||
| Vineland | Electric | ? | ? | ||
| Wildwood | Electric | ? | 1946 |
- Note for Newark: Tram subway, Newark City Subway, opened 26 May 1935. Last Newark tramway line not using the subway closed 1 May 1938. Last surface lines using the subway closed 30 Mar 1952. Also served East Orange and other neighboring towns. (See also Public Service Railway and Newark-Trenton Fast Line).
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