&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:The_Crusader.JPG) The 1937-built Crusader trainset | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | Inter-city rail |
| Status | Discontinued (partially replaced by the West Trenton Line) |
| Locale | Northeastern United States |
| First service | December 13, 1937 |
| Last service | July 30, 1981 |
| Former operator(s) | Reading Railroad Conrail (1976–1981)[1] |
| Route | |
| Termini | Reading Terminal Communipaw Terminal |
| Distance travelled | 90.2 miles (145.2 km) |
| Average journey time | 1 hr 38 min |
| Service frequency | 2 daily round trips (6 days per week) |
| On-board services | |
| Seating arrangements | coach |
| Catering facilities | dining car with cocktail lounge |
| Observation facilities | observation car |
The Crusader was a 5 car stainless steel streamlined express train that ran on a 90.3-mile (145.3 km) route from Philadelphia's Reading Terminal to Jersey City's Communipaw Terminal, with a ferry connection to Lower Manhattan at Liberty Street. The Reading Railroad provided this service in partnership with the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ), in which it was the majority owner of capital stock. Trains including the Crusader ran on Reading Railroad tracks from Reading Terminal in Philadelphia to Bound Brook, NJ, where they continued on CNJ tracks to Communipaw Terminal in Jersey City.[3] Passengers then left the train and walked aboard the ferry or boarded busses that loaded onto the ferry.[4] Introduced in 1937, the Crusader service declined during the 1960s, and the name was ultimately dropped in 1981.
- ^ The Official Railway Guide North American passenger travel edition: United States, Canada and Mexico September 1976. National Railway Publication Company. September 1976. p. 81.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "File:BELLE MEAD 19740930.jpg". September 30, 1974.
- ^ Smith, Douglas N.W. "Train of two countries". Passenger Train Journal. 19 (2): 22–27.
- ^ Discussion of the history of Commnipaw: Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal