Talk:Yardley station

Failed Verification tags

I added two failed verification tags to the article regarding the dates. While the Bound Brook railway with the railway bridge to Yardley undoubtedly had the April and May of 1876 dates on them as the article specifies, it is not clear whether the Yardley (or then Yardleyville) station was already there beforehand. The Bound Brook Railways as specified by the two sources seems to specifically refer to the railway from Jersey City to the Yardleyville Centennial Bridge (since replaced by the West Trenton Railroad Bridge) spanning the Delaware river. The article on the opening of the Bound Brook line says The new line [the Bound Brook line], is of course, in opposition to the Pennsylvania railroad. It extends over the roads of three companies, the tracks of only one of the corporations being new. Which puts doubt in my mind as to if the line was new. There is, however, an even more confusing sentence later on From Yardleyville the road is through Montgomery and Bucks counties in Pennsylvania, and forms a junction at Jenkintown with the Northern Pennsylvania railroad to Philadelphia. All along the route bunting was displayed and the people hailed with delight the opening of the new road. It is still unclear at that point in the article if the new railroad was the one from Yardley[ville] to Jenkintown, or just the new railroad connects to that pre-existing railroad. TartarTorte 16:45, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

By three companies, they probably mean North Pennsylvania Railroad, the Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad, and the Central Railroad of New Jersey. See New York Branch for more details. The new part of the line included Jenkintown through West Trenton to Bound Brook, including Yardley, and it opened in 1876. Mackensen (talk) 20:51, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

Thank you! The source from that article "Eight-Wheelers Between New York and Philadelphia 1870 - 1900" is very helpful. I'm adding it in here as well. TartarTorte 15:19, 15 August 2022 (UTC)