The Raritan River Railroad was a 12 mile shortline railroad in Middlesex County, New Jersey. Founded in 1888 and based in South Amboy, it ran west as far as New Brunswick, carrying both passengers and freight profitably through much of its existence. It was absorbed into Conrail in 1980 and became a branch line of Conrail Shared Assets Operations, terminating at U.S. Route 1 in North Brunswick. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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The Raritan River Rail Road (reporting mark RR) was a 12-mile (19 km) shortline railroad in Middlesex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey, Founded in 1888, it was based in South Amboy, from which it ran west as far as New Brunswick.
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