Editing Swedesboro, New Jersey (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:2018-08-25 12 15 05 View north along Gloucester County Route 551 (Auburn Avenue) just north of Gloucester County Route 671 (Locke Avenue) in Swedesboro, Gloucester County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[[County Route 551 (New Jersey)|County Route 551]] in Swedesboro]]

===Roads and highways===
{{As of|2010|5}}, the borough had a total of {{convert|10.94|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|7.29|mi}} were maintained by the municipality and {{convert|3.65|mi}} by Gloucester County.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Gloucester.pdf Gloucester County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed July 18, 2014.</ref>

There are several main roads serving Swedesboro.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/gis/maps/Gloucester.pdf Gloucester County Highway Map], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed February 27, 2023.</ref> The most significant are [[County Route 538 (New Jersey)|County Route 538]]<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000538__-.pdf County Route 538 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated June 2012. Accessed February 27, 2023.</ref> and [[County Route 551 (New Jersey)|County Route 551]].<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000551__-.pdf#page=6 County Route 551 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated June 2012. Accessed February 27, 2023.</ref> [[U.S. Route 322 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 322]] and the [[New Jersey Turnpike]] can be accessed in neighboring Woolwich Township.

===Public transportation===
[[NJ Transit]] provides bus service between [[Salem, New Jersey|Salem]] and [[Philadelphia]] on the [[401 (New Jersey bus)|401]] route.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090522212325/http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesGloucesterCountyTo Gloucester County Bus / Rail Connections], [[NJ Transit]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of May 22, 2009. Accessed August 31, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.co.gloucester.nj.us/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=3955 Gloucester County's Transit Guide], [[Gloucester County, New Jersey]]. Accessed November 7, 2019.</ref>

The Woodbury and Swedesboro Railroad was incorporated in 1854 to build a rail line from [[Woodbury, New Jersey|Woodbury]] to Swedesboro, but construction never commenced.<ref>{{cite book | editor-last=Robson | editor-first=Charles | title=The Biographical Encyclopaedia of New Jersey of the Nineteenth Century | url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Biographical_Encyclopaedia_of_New_Je/qmBhXvE2zl8C | date=1877 | publisher=Galaxy Publishing Company | location=Philadelphia |page=54}}</ref> This line was ultimately built by the [[Swedesboro Railroad]], opening in October 1869 under lease to the [[West Jersey Railroad]].<ref name=cc>{{Coverdale & Colpitts 4 |pages=214–216}}</ref> In February 1883, the [[Woodstown and Swedesboro Railroad]] opened an extension of the line southward to [[Woodstown, New Jersey|Woodstown]] and a junction with the Salem Railroad at Riddleton, which was also leased by the West Jersey Railroad.<ref name="cc" /> The combined lines were operated as the [[Salem Branch]].

The line continues to operate today as a freight railroad. The line north of Swedesboro, the former Swedesboro Railroad, is operated by the [[Southern Railroad of New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web|title=JP Rail, Inc. d/b/a Southern Railroad Company of New Jersey-Lease and Operation Exemption-Consolidated Rail Corporation|publisher=Surface Transportation Board|date=April 17, 2018|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/04/17/2018-08024/jp-rail-inc-dba-southern-railroad-company-of-new-jersey-lease-and-operation-exemption-consolidated|access-date=February 20, 2025}}</ref> The line to the south, the former Woodstown and Swedesboro Railroad, is operated by [[SMS Rail Lines]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/07/15/2022-15196/sms-rail-service-inc-change-in-operator-exemption-including-acquisition-by-lease-salem-branch-line | title=SMS Rail Service, Inc.-Change in Operator Exemption Including Acquisition by Lease-Salem Branch Line in Salem and Gloucester Counties, N.J. | date=February 21, 2025}}</ref>