Instead, the company settled on a terminal on the mouth of the Assiscunk Creek in East Burlington, crossing and connecting with the Camden and Amboy a short distance to the south.

Construction began in December,[2] and the company's initial line extended 7.15 miles (11.51 km) south from East Burlington to Mount Holly, New Jersey.

The railroad initially experimented with an omnibus service to pick up passengers in Mount Holly, but this was discontinued after the first year.

Building south from Grant Street, the extension crossed the looping North Branch Rancocas Creek three times before turning east, paralleling the creek to the south before crossing it once more east of Birmingham and terminating at a station on the north side of Pemberton.

Track in East Burlington and from Grant Street to the junction at Mount Holly was retained for some time to serve local industries.