Paterson, Passaic and Rutherford Electric Railway
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Tram
A tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...
line of 40.57 miles in track length incorporated in 1893 as a consolidation of Paterson & Little Falls Electric Railway Co., Grant Street Electric Railway Co., People's Park Railway Co., Paterson & Passaic Electric Railway Co. and Passaic, Rutherford & Carlstadt Electric Railway Co.
Passaic, Rutherford and Carlstadt Electric Railway
The Passaic, Rutherford and Carlstadt Electric Railway was a trolley line incorporated in 1889 and consolidated into the Paterson, Passaic and Rutherford Electric Railway in 1893....
located in northern New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, the company was leased from 1894–1899 to the New Jersey Electric Railway Co.
See also
- List of New Jersey street railroads
- Jersey City, Hoboken and Rutherford Electric RailwayJersey City, Hoboken and Rutherford Electric RailwayThe Jersey City, Hoboken and Rutherford Electric Railway was incorporated 1893, and leased from 1894-1899 to New Jersey Electric Railway Company The line was operated by Jersey City, Hoboken and Paterson Street Railway. The track length was 18.57 miles....