| Lehigh Line | |
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&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Norfolk_Southern_Railway_SD70M-2_2700_leads_train_21M_through_Easton_PA_July_2006.jpg) A Norfolk Southern Railway train on the Lehigh Line in Easton, Pennsylvania in October 2006 | |
| Overview | |
| Status | Operational |
| Owner |
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| Locale | New Jersey and Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Service | |
| Type | Freight rail |
| System | Norfolk Southern Railway |
| History | |
| Opened | June 11, 1855 |
| Technical | |
| Number of tracks | 1-2 |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Operating speed | 50 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[update] 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.