Port Reading Junction
Port Reading Junction is a major rail junction (MANS) in Manville, New Jersey serving rail freight travelling between the Port of New York and New Jersey in Gateway Region of western New Jersey and points to the south and west. It is the site of Manville Yard.{{cite web|url=https://www.csx.com/index.cfm/about-us/state-information/new-jersey/?mobileFormat=true|title=CSX.com - New Jersey|publisher=|accessdate=2 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917145401/https://www.csx.com/index.cfm/about-us/state-information/new-jersey/?mobileFormat=true|archive-date=17 September 2016|url-status=dead}}{{citation | title = Manville Yard Agreement | publisher = Conrail | date = December 31, 2001 | url = http://www.bletconrail.org/docs/Manville%2DNJ%5FAgreement%2Epdf | accessdate = 1 September 2016 }}
History
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The junction was originally developed in 1890 by the Reading Railroad Trenton Line near the Lehigh Valley Railroad Main Line to access Port Reading on the Arthur Kill in Woodbridge Township,[https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-32.pdf New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32)], United States Census Bureau, August 2012. Accessed November 30, 2012.[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US34023 GCT-PH1 - Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for Middlesex County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212200723/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US34023 |date=2020-02-12 }}, United States Census Bureau. Accessed November 30, 2012. mostly for coal transshipments.{{cite web|url=http://patch.com/new-jersey/woodbridge/an-iconic-port-reading-historic-site-hangs-on-by-a-thread|title=An Iconic Port Reading Historic Site Hangs on by a Thread|date=20 March 2012|publisher=|accessdate=2 September 2016}} and a spur to Perth Amboy.
The railyard adjacent to the junction is sometimes still referred to as Weston as the part of Manville was once called from the larger community Weston.
Freight rail
The junction is at the convergence of the Norfolk Southern Railway Lehigh Line, the Conrail Shared Assets Operations Lehigh Line, and the CSX Transportation Trenton Subdivision,{{Cite web |url=http://www.conrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Upgrading-Conrail.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-09-16 |archive-date=2016-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917091236/http://www.conrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Upgrading-Conrail.pdf |url-status=dead }} the last of which runs along the original ROW for Reading Line and the proposed West Trenton Line connection to the Raritan Valley Line.{{cite web | author = Jacobs Engineering n association with A. Strauss-Wieder, Inc. Atlantic Rail Services, Inc. | title = Freight Rail Grade-crossing Assessment Study | publisher = North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority | date = September 2008 | url = http://www.njtpa.org/planning/regional-studies/completed-studies/freight-rail-grade-crossing-assessment-study/njtpafreightrailcrossingandsafetyassessmentstudy/njtpa_grade_crossing_assessment | accessdate = September 1, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160808102222/http://www.njtpa.org/planning/regional-studies/completed-studies/freight-rail-grade-crossing-assessment-study/njtpafreightrailcrossingandsafetyassessmentstudy/njtpa_grade_crossing_assessment | archive-date = August 8, 2016 | url-status = dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/AppK_Public_Involvement.pdf|title=Proposed Restoration of Passenger Rail Service on the West Trenton Line Appendix K: Public Involvement|last=|first=|date=November 2007|website=njtransit.com|publisher=New Jersey Transit|access-date=1 September 2016}} The junction was expanded in 2008 to accommodate the approximately 40 trains per day that were using it. It now consists of four tracks.{{cite web | title = New Jersey State Rail Plan | publisher = NJDOT | date = April 2015 | url = http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/NJStateRailPlan.pdf | accessdate = September 1, 2016}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/works/libertycorridor/portreading.shtm|title=Liberty Corridor, Port Reading Junction, Phase I Projects, In the Works|first=NJDOT Web Development|last=Unit|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rccfabricators.com/projects/detail/port-reading-junction|title=Port Reading Junction|publisher= REC Fabricators}}
See also
References
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Category:Rail yards in New Jersey
Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Middlesex County, New Jersey
Category:Lehigh Valley Railroad