New York Branch

New York Branch
An illustration of The Crusader on the West Trenton Railroad Bridge
Overview
Status	Conveyed to Conrail
Service
System	Reading Company
History
Opened	1 May 1876 (1876-05-01)
Philadelphia and Reading lease	14 May 1879 (1879-05-14)
Electrified to West Trenton	26 July 1931 (1931-07-26)
Conveyed to Conrail	1 April 1976 (1976-04-01)
Technical
Line length	47.6 mi (76.6 km)
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	12 kV 25 Hz overhead line
Route map Legend mi CNJ Main Line LV Main Line Bound Brook 58.4 Bound Brook Junction 57.3 CNJ Main Line LV Main Line Port Reading Branch 56.3 Weston 50.1 Belle Mead 45.8 Skillman 42.6 Hopewell 37.9 Pennington 32.6 Trenton Branch to Trenton 32.5 West Trenton West Trenton Railroad Bridge 30.7 Yardley 26.4 Woodbourne Morrisville Branch 25.3 Fairless Junction 23.9 Langhorne 21.2 Neshaminy New York Short Line 21.1 Neshaminy Falls 19.9 Trevose 18.2 Somerton 17.7 Forest Hills 16.4 Philmont 15.1 Bethayres 14.8 Newtown Branch 13.8 Meadowbrook 12.8 Rydal 12.0 Noble 10.8 Jenkin Bethlehem Branch This diagram: view talk edit

The New York Branch or the Bound Brook Route was a railway line in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. It was operated by the Reading Company and owned by two of its subsidiaries, the North Pennsylvania Railroad and the Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad. It formed part of the Reading's route from Philadelphia to New York City, used by the famed Crusader. The line was transferred to Conrail in 1976 and was split into the Neshaminy Line and Trenton Line. SEPTA continues to operate commuter trains to West Trenton as part of its West Trenton Line.