Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines v. Board of Public Utility Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Bigelow, J. A. D.

The appellant Eailroad Company notified the Board of Public Utility Commissioners that it was about to withdraw all passenger service on the branch line that extends from Woodbury to Penns Grove. The Board held a hearing at which no one opposed the discontinuance of service, except a representative of the Brotherhood of Eailroad Trainmen. The Board found:

“In our opinion the evidence wholly fails to support a finding that public convenience and necessity require continuance of passenger train operation on the Penns Grove Branch between…