West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
| Overview | |
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| Parent company |
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| Headquarters | Camden, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Locale | Camden and Winslow Junction to Atlantic City and Millville/Cape May, New Jersey |
| Dates of operation | 1896–1976 |
| Successor | Conrail |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Electrification | 600 V DC third rail |
The West Jersey and Seashore Railroad (WJ&S) was a railway company in the U.S. state of New Jersey with a connection to Philadelphia. It was formed through the merger of several smaller roads in May 1896. At the end of 1925 it operated 379 miles (610 km) of road on 717 miles (1,154 km) of track; that year it reported 166 million ton-miles of revenue freight and 332 million passenger-miles. The Pennsylvania Railroad leased the company in 1930; this lease was transferred to the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines in 1933. Its property was conveyed to Conrail in 1976.