Lehigh Line (Norfolk Southern)

Lehigh Line
A Norfolk Southern Railway train on the Lehigh Line in Easton, Pennsylvania in October 2006
Overview
StatusOperational
Owner
LocaleNew Jersey and Pennsylvania, U.S.
Termini
Service
TypeFreight rail
SystemNorfolk Southern Railway
History
OpenedJune 11, 1855
Technical
Number of tracks1-2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Operating speed50 miles per hour (80.5 km/h)[1]

The Lehigh Line is a railroad line in Central New Jersey, Northeastern Pennsylvania, and the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It is owned and operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway. The line runs west from the vicinity of the Port of New York and New Jersey in Manville, New Jersey via Conrail's Lehigh Line to the southern end of Wyoming Valley's Coal Region in Lehigh Township, Pennsylvania.

The railroad is part of both Norfolk Southern's Keystone Division and the Crescent Corridor. As of 2021 the line is freight-only, although there are perennial proposals to restore passenger service over all or part of the line.

The Lehigh Line hosts approximately twenty-five trains per day. The line runs from Port Reading Junction in Manville, New Jersey to Penn Haven Junction in Lehigh Township, Pennsylvania. At Port Reading Junction, it meets the Trenton Subdivision. It crosses the Delaware River at Phillipsburg, New Jersey. Most of the traffic along the line consists of intermodal and general merchandise trains going to yards.

  1. ^ "Multimodalways - Norfolk Southern Track Charts".