[5] Representatives of each of the constituent lines met on May 2, 1896, and all agreed to the merger, to become effective as soon as paperwork could be filed in Trenton.

[1] The WJ&S, as a subsidiary of the PRR, had two lines coming from its Federal Street Terminal in Camden: On October 28, 1906, an accident in Atlantic City killed 53 people when a three-car train plunged off an open swing bridge.

In late June 1854, it was completed sans the drawbridge over the thoroughfare outside of Atlantic City; regular passenger service started on July 4, with more than 3,000 people carried on the first day.

The West Jersey Railroad (WJ) opened its books on March 29, 1853, subscribing $250,000 in capital.

The right of way is now South Jersey/Philadelphia Shared Assets Operations Vineland Secondary freight rail line.

Construction started in 1867, was leased to the WJ on August 17, 1869,[27] opened on September 11, 1869,[27] and was completed in October 1869.

The Maurice River Railroad was built by the WJ to obtain a share of the lucrative Delaware Bay oyster business.

Incorporated on June 17, 1887, the 9.76-mile (15.71 km) long line stretched from Manumuskin to Maurice River.

[27] In 1879, the PRR directed the WJ to build a line from Newfield to Atlantic City via Mays Landing, New Jersey.

[8] p. 275 In 2003, a portion of the line from Egg Harbor Township to Mays Landing was converted to a rail trail as part of the Atlantic County Bikeway.

[17][note 5] In January 1885 it was operated by the Camden and Atlantic, and later as the Medford Branch of the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad.

[38] The PM&M had stops at Haddonfield, Freeman, Orchard, Springdale, Locust Grove, Cropwell, Marlton, Elmwood Road, Melrose, and Medford.

[40] The Pennsylvania Railroad and Reading Company agreed on November 2, 1932, to merge their operations in southern New Jersey.

[41] The company was renamed the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines (PRSL), effective July 15, 1933, with two-thirds Pennsylvania and one-third Reading ownership.

[40] The West Jersey and Seashore Railroad continued to exist as a non-operating subsidiary and its assets were conveyed to Conrail in 1976.