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Princeton Branch
The Princeton Branch is a commuter rail line and service owned and operated by New Jersey Transit (NJT) in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The line is a short branch of the Northeast Corridor Line, running from Princeton Junction northwest to Princeton with no intermediate stops. Also known as the Dinky Line, or the Princeton Junction and Back (PJ&B), the branch is served by special shuttle trains. At it is the shortest scheduled commuter rail line in the United States. The run takes 4 minutes, 47 seconds. In conjunction with Princeton University, NJT intends to shorten the line by approximately .
==History==
When the Camden and Amboy Rail Road and Transportation Company opened its original Trenton-New Brunswick line in 1839, the line was located along the east bank of the Delaware and Raritan Canal, about one mile (2 km) from downtown Princeton.〔, June 2004 Edition〕 The new alignment (now the Northeast Corridor Line) opened in 1863,〔, June 2004 Edition〕 but some passenger trains continued to use the old line until the Princeton Branch opened on May 29, 1865, using a Grice & Long steam dummy for passenger service.〔, June 2004 Edition〕
The Pennsylvania Railroad leased and began to operate the C&A, including the Princeton Branch, in 1871.〔, January 2005 Edition〕 Penn Central Transportation took over operations in 1968. When Conrail was formed in 1976, the Final System Plan called for the transfer of the Princeton Branch to Conrail and then to the New Jersey Department of Transportation, but the transfer to NJDOT was not made until 1984.〔1975 Conrail Final System Plan〕
The Princeton train, locally called the "Dinky"〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.princeton.edu/pr/visitors/traintravel.shtml )〕 or the "PJ&B" (for "Princeton Junction and Back"),〔 is a unique symbol of Princeton University that has grown over time to emblemize the University. It is mentioned in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "This Side of Paradise", featured in the TV program "Family Ties" when young Alex P. Keaton goes for his on-campus interview, and it is also in the 1934 Bing Crosby Movie "She Loves Me Not". The theme of Princeton and the train is repeated again in the University's own traditional homecoming song "Going Back to Nassau Hall" by Kenneth S. Clark (1905). In it, the line "We'll clear the track as we go back" refers to the Princeton Branch tracks that stop on campus.
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