Lebanon Valley Railroad
Appearance
The Lebanon Valley Railroad is a railroad line between Harrisburg and Reading in Pennsylvania, United States. The line opened on 18 January 1858.
The road was acquired by the Reading Company on 20 March 1858, which put them in direct competition with the Pennsylvania Railroad for the Philadelphia to Harrisburg route.
The line now belongs to Norfolk Southern Railway and is part of its Harrisburg Line running between Harrisburg and Philadelphia.
Passenger service
The line was the basis until the 1960s for passenger trains between Harrisburg and Jersey City, yet bypassing Philadelphia, most famously, the 'Queen of the Valley.' Intermediate stations included Lebanon, Reading, Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, Bound Brook and Bayonne.
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- Lebanon Valley Railroad
- Railway companies established in 1850
- Railway companies disestablished in 1858
- Defunct Pennsylvania railroads
- Predecessors of the Reading Company
- 1850 establishments in Pennsylvania
- 1858 disestablishments in Pennsylvania
- American companies disestablished in 1858
- American companies established in 1850
- United States rail transportation stubs