Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad

The Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad (PG&N) was a railway company in the United States.

[2] The company's initial line extended 6 miles (9.7 km) from Philadelphia to Germantown, and opened on June 6, 1832.

[1] The company abandoned its original intention to extend to Norristown from Germantown and instead built west from 16th Street Junction in what is now North Philadelphia.

The Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown took control via stock ownership in 1868, and extended the line another four miles to Oreland and a junction with the North Pennsylvania Railroad.

[10] The Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown's lines, both those that it owned outright and those that it leased or otherwise controlled, are mostly still in use today: