Millstone and New Brunswick Railroad

Passenger service permitted Millstone residents easy access to New Brunswick for shopping on weekends and allowed New York City businessmen the opportunity to commute.

[2] The Jersey Avenue Park & Ride station operated by NJ Transit (NJT) opened October 24, 1963 by the Pennsylvania Railroad and uses part of the old branch.

[8] PC filed for bankruptcy in 1970, and sold all railroad assets to the new government-created Conrail (CR) on April 1, 1976.

complained that the poorly maintained grade crossing near Colonial Park was causing damage to their cars.

By this time, there were no active customers past the Route 27 crossing; the branch fell into disrepair and became overgrown with vegetation.

In 2001 three luxury homes on the outskirts of East Millstone were built on top of the right-of-way that borders Colonial Park.

Service is provided by the "Metuchen local" that works the branch late at night (12am-2am) a few times per week.

As of 2011, Hermann Warehouse Corp re-located out of the Clyde Road facility and there has not been rail service into that building since then.