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User:Mackensen/Low Grade branch

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Mackensen/Low Grade branch
Technical
Line length1.8 mi (2.9 km)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Route map

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1.8
Newtown Junction
Wayne Junction
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The Low Grade branch was a railway line in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built by the Philadelphia and Reading Railway as a freight-only line connecting the Richmond branch and the New York Short Line, bypassing the Ninth Street Branch and the busy passenger hub at Wayne Junction. It was opened in 1915 and part of the Reading Company system until 1976, when it was conveyed to Conrail. Today, the line forms part of the Trenton Subdivision of CSX.