The Cape May City Rail Terminal is a passenger train station in

Cape May, New Jersey Cape May is a city located at the southern tip of Cape May Peninsula in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States, where the Delaware Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of the country's oldest vacation resort destinations, and part of ...

. The station offered train service from 1863 through 1981. The station area last had regional passenger train service by the

Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines The Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines was a railroad that operated in South Jersey in the 20th century. It was created in 1933 as a joint consolidation venture between two competing railroads in the region: the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Rea ...

in the mid-1960s. Final service into

Camden, New Jersey Camden is a city in and the county seat of Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Camden is part of the Delaware Valley metropolitan area and is located directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the 20 ...

(across the Delaware River from

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) ended in January 1966, while service to

Lindenwold station Lindenwold station is a train station in Lindenwold, New Jersey, United States, served by the NJ Transit Atlantic City Line regional rail service and the rapid transit PATCO Speedline. Lindenwold is the eastern terminus of PATCO; the system's he ...

ended in October 1981. Train service resumed in 1999, but stopped in 2005 due to structural concerns, but resumed again in 2010. The terminal is located at the intersection of Lafayette and Elmira Streets. Service was suspended after 2012 following extensive vandalism of the rail line. In 2015 the City of Cape May announced a proposal for parking space expansion that would pave over the tracks.

Current service

Cape May Seashore Lines Cape May Seashore Lines is a short line railroad in southern New Jersey. It offers two excursion services: a round trip between Richland and Tuckahoe and a round trip between Rio Grande, Cold Spring Village, and Cape May City. The track i ...

References

Cape May, New Jersey Railway stations in Cape May County, New Jersey Former Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1863 Railway stations in the United States opened in 1999 Railway stations closed in 2005 Railway stations in the United States opened in 2010 Former railway stations in New Jersey Railway stations in the United States closed in the 2000s Railway stations in the United States closed in 1983 {{NewJersey-railstation-stub