Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines was a railroad that operated in southern New Jersey in the 20th century. It was created in 1933 as a joint venture of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) and the Reading Company (RDG). At the end of 1970 it operated 314 miles of road on 440 miles of track; that year it reported 136 million ton-miles of revenue freight and 4.7 million passenger-miles.
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