Summary
The Cape May City Rail Terminal is a passenger train station in Cape May, New Jersey. The station offered train service from 1863 through 1981.
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| Suspended CMSL excursion station | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 38°56′07″N 74°55′21″W / 38.9352°N 74.9226°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Cape May Seashore Lines | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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The station area last had regional passenger train service by the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines in the mid-1960s. Final service into Camden, New Jersey (across the Delaware River from Philadelphia) ended in January 1966, while service to Lindenwold station ended in October 1981.[1]
Train service resumed in 1999, but stopped in 2005 due to structural concerns, but resumed again in 2010.[2] The terminal is located at the intersection of Lafayette and Elmira Streets.[3] Service was suspended after 2012 following extensive vandalism of the rail line.[4] In 2015 the City of Cape May announced a proposal for parking space expansion that would pave over the tracks.[5]
Current service edit
References edit
- ^ About, Cape May Seashore Lines. Accessed July 8, 2019. "PRSL 'through' service to Camden continued until January 14, 1966, and to Philadelphia until September 30, 1969, requiring the remaining passengers to change trains at Lindenwold.... Passenger service between Lindenwold and Ocean City ended on August 13, 1981, and to Cape May City on October 2, 1981."
- ^ Tischler, Susan (1 August 2003). "All Aboard! The train is now leaving the station". CapeMay.com. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ^ Degener, Richard (18 August 2010). "Seashore Line resumes train service to Cape May as tourist attraction". Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ^ Degener, Richard (2012-03-21). "3 arrested in thefts of metal pieces used to fasten railroad track to ties". Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ Degener, Richard (5 August 2015). "Cape May wants to turn unused train tracks into parking lot". Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ "Rio Grande–Cape May Line". Cape May Seashore Line. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.