Cape May City Rail Terminal

Cape May
Suspended CMSL excursion station
General information
Coordinates38°56′07″N 74°55′21″W / 38.9352°N 74.9226°W / 38.9352; -74.9226
Owned byCape May Seashore Lines
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks3
Connections
Shuttle Bus MAC Trolly
Construction
AccessibleYes
Suspended services
Preceding station Cape May Seashore Lines Following station
Rio Grande
Terminus
 Rio Grande – Cape May
(suspended since 2012)
 Terminus
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Following station
Cold Spring
toward Camden
 ACRR Cape May Branch Terminus

The Cape May City Rail Terminal is a passenger train station in Cape May, New Jersey. The station offered train service from 1863 through 1981.

The station area last had regional passenger train service by the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines in the mid-1960s. Final service into Camden, New Jersey (across the Delaware River from Philadelphia) ended in January 1966, while service to Lindenwold station ended in October 1981.[1]

Train service resumed in 1999, but stopped in 2005 due to structural concerns, but resumed again in 2010.[2] The terminal is located at the intersection of Lafayette and Elmira Streets.[3] Service was suspended after 2012 following extensive vandalism of the rail line.[4] In 2015 the City of Cape May announced a proposal for parking space expansion that would pave over the tracks.[5]

  1. ^ About, Cape May Seashore Lines. Accessed July 8, 2019. "PRSL 'through' service to Camden continued until January 14, 1966, and to Philadelphia until September 30, 1969, requiring the remaining passengers to change trains at Lindenwold.... Passenger service between Lindenwold and Ocean City ended on August 13, 1981, and to Cape May City on October 2, 1981."
  2. ^ Tischler, Susan (1 August 2003). "All Aboard! The train is now leaving the station". CapeMay.com. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  3. ^ Degener, Richard (18 August 2010). "Seashore Line resumes train service to Cape May as tourist attraction". Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  4. ^ Degener, Richard (2012-03-21). "3 arrested in thefts of metal pieces used to fasten railroad track to ties". Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  5. ^ Degener, Richard (5 August 2015). "Cape May wants to turn unused train tracks into parking lot". Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved 30 June 2020.