The western end of the line was in Camden, New Jersey, at Cooper's Point on the Delaware River.

[4] Service to Atlantic City began on July 4, 1854, although at first passengers had to transfer to a ferry pending the completion of a drawbridge.

This was the Atsion branch, built under contract by the Raritan and Delaware Bay Railroad.

[8][9] The company gained its first direct competitor in 1876, with the founding of the Philadelphia and Atlantic City Railway.

[10] The new company completed a 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) narrow gauge line between Camden and Atlantic City in 1877.

[15] In 1890, passenger service in Camden was consolidated at the Pennsylvania Railroad's terminal on Federal Street.