The Woodstown and Swedesboro Railroad was a railway company in the United States.

Work eventually went forward in 1882 with the backing of West Jersey Railroad, a forerunner of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines, and was completed in 1883.

[1] At the time, Woodstown, New Jersey, lacked direct rail service.

[1] The new company had difficulty raising funds, and no work was done for over a decade.

The new route shortened the distance from Camden to Salem, New Jersey, by 9 miles (14 km).