Newark Branch

[3] Service began by 1870 but was hindered by unresolved issues with landowners opposed to the seizure of their riverfront property.

[7] The company was re-organized in 1872 and renamed the Paterson, Newark, and New York Railroad[1] when a crossing was developed at the site of NX Bridge.

[13] By the 1960s, only one of the two tracks was in a suitable condition, The line became part of Conrail and later Norfolk Southern Railway.

In 1977 the line was severed when the NX Bridge over the Passaic River was taken out of service and left in the open position.

[citation needed] A portion of the line along the west bank of the Passaic River, known as the Newark Industrial Track, is still used to serve one customer in Clifton, Van Ness Plastics.