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Tom’s Raritan River
Railroad Page |
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Timetables from the
Raritan River Railroad 1912-1941 |
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Click on the No. or the
Year to see the time schedule |
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Number |
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Supplement |
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Round Trips |
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Supplement
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3/18/1912 |
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11/18/1912 |
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7/19/1915 |
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9/20/1915 |
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No. |
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3/19/1917
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33 |
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23 |
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6/24/1918 |
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Seems
like this was the busiest period on the RRRR as per the timetables. With 11 daily round trip trains and seven
round trip Sunday trains, its was said that they moved 9000 passengers per
day. With 22 daily trains, that would
avaerage 400 people per train! With
roughly 80 people per car, thats an average passenger train of 5 cars. |
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No. |
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3/16/1919
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were sixteen 1st class weekday trains, and eight 1st class Sunday only
trains. Train No.9 noted to not carry
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cancelled all eight 1st class Sunday only trains. This would leave 16 daily trains, 8
westward and 8 return. |
Supplement
No.1 to Timetable No.86 Effective 12:01 A.M. Sunday, April 6th, 1919, Trains
No. 41,42,43,44,45,46,47, and 48 are discontinued until further notice. |
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changed the schedule of trains no.21 and 22 to allow it to continue past its
final stop at South River and instead stop at Milltown, then head back to East. |
Supplement
No.2 to Timetable No.86 Effective Monday, October 13th, 1919, trains no.21
and 22 will run on the following schedules.
See link for changes |
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n/a Spring 1920 |
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1919 Timetable, and instead it jumped No.87 to Spring 1920. |
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n/a Fall 1920 |
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4/25/1921 |
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Sunday, and one odd Saturday only train. |
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7/1/1921 |
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This
Timetable is unnumbered and shows four connecting CNJ trains from New York
City to South Amboy and seven connecting CNJ trains from South Amboy to New
York. I believe it was for use on
connecting lines. |
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9/26/1921 |
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This
Timetable is unnumbered and shows four connecting CNJ trains from New York
City to South Amboy and seven connecting CNJ trains from South Amboy to New
York. I believe it was for use on
connecting lines. |
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4/17/1922 |
supplement? |
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5/1/1922 |
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9/25/1922 |
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11/6/1922 |
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4/30/1923 |
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7/30/1923 |
X? |
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10/1/1923 |
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4/28/1924 |
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9/29/1924 |
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4/27/1925
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4/27/1925 |
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9/28/1925
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9/28/1925 |
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No. |
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4/26/1926
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of the eight 1st class trains don't run on Saturday, and one 1st class train
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4/26/1926 |
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9/27/1926
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9/27/1926 |
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4/25/1927 |
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9/26/1927 |
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No. |
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4/30/1928 |
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10/1/1928
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were three Daily Except Sunday 1st class trains, two Daily Except Saturday
and Sunday 1st class trains, and the odd Saturday Only train. This seems to be the turning point, as
there were an equal amount of 3rd class freight only trains as compared to
the passenger only class 1 trains. |
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No. |
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10/1/1928 |
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4/29/1929 |
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11/25/1929
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small pocket size Time Tables only listed
the passenger trains. (1st
Class) |
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No. |
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4/28/1930
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4/28/1930
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9/29/1930 |
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cancelled three of the 3rd class trains, also express trains were cut back
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12/1/1930 |
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No. 1 Effective 12:01 A.M. Decmeber 1, 1930
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9/29/1930
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4/27/1931
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9/28/1931
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4/25/1932
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4/25/1932
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9/26/1932
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5/1/1933
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9/25/1933
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is a printed note in the timetable that 1st class eastward train no.8 will
not carry passengers after Sept. 29, 1933.
This implies that there would be only three 1st class trains moving
passengers at this time. But that
implies that there would only be 1 round trip train, the morning run from SA
(6.45AM) to NB (7.24 AM), and then leave NB (7.35 AM) back to SA (8.03
AM). The afternoon run (train no.7)
from SA (4.36 PM) to NB (5.11 PM) doesn't come back with any passengers
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4/29/1935
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1 round trip |
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9/30/1935
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4/27/1936
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1 round trip |
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9/28/1936
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passengers. Train no.8 has been moved
to 2nd class. This implies that there
would be only two 1st class trains moving passengers at this time, one
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No. |
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9/28/1936
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all purposes, it should be noted that there is one passenger train per day,
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No. |
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4/26/1937
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supplement cancelled all 1st class and 2nd class passenger trains, leaving
only four 3rd class freight trains.
Officially, all passenger service on the RRRR was now cancelled. Oddly, train No 9 (3rd class) was only
annulled Stevens Ave to Bergen Hill, it still went from Bergen Hill to
Parlin! I wonder if some company
official still needed a short ride? |
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River Rail Road Co. Supplement No.1 to
Timetable No.124 In Effect 12:01 A.M.
Monday, April 18,1938 Train Nos
1,2,7&8 are annulled. Train No.9
is annulled Stevens Ave to Bergen Hill.
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4/25/1938
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Other Fine Sites
Dedicated to the Raritan River Railroad |
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www.RaritanRiverRailroad.com |
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http://www.geocities.com/transit383/rrhist.html |
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http://jcrhs.org/raritanriver.html |
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Here is an entire forum
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