was sold to receivers in March 1875. By December 1878, a dispute broke out between various bondholders, some of whom disputed that the Hudson Connecting Railway should be included in the proceedings. On February 21, 1880, the NJ Midland, along with the Hudson Connecting Railway, was sold to Charles Parsons, who represented the bondholders of the first and second mortgages; the two railroads were combined into one. In June 1881 the NJ Midland was consolidated with five other railroads to form the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway with Frederic A. Potts and Garret Hobart serving as chief officers. The company expanded west into Pennsylvania along the Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad. The NYS&W later shifted its mainline to run along the ROW developed by the Lehigh and Hudson River Railway, designating the NJ Midland portion above Sparta Junction the Hanford Branch. Stations and possible future use Commuter service ended in 1966, but has been considered for restoration as the part of the Passaic–Bergen–Hudson Transit Project is a project by NJ Transit to possibly reintroduce passenger service on a portion of the NYSW right-of-way (ROW) in Passaic, Bergen and Hudson counties using newly built, FRA-compliant diesel multiple unit rail cars (with stations at Vreeland Avenue and Vince Lombardi Park & Ride, among others. Existing original station buildings from the NJ Midland era can be found at Bogota, Maywood, Rochelle Park, Wortendyke, Butler, and Newfoundland among other places. See also NYSW (passenger 1939-1966) map Timeline of Jersey City area railroads Northern Branch North Bergen Yard Ridgefield Park (NYCRR/NYS&W station) Hackensack station (New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad) References External links Two Sets of Bondholders, New York Times December 16, 1878 page 8 New-Jersey Midland to be Sold, New York Times May 27, 1879 page 2 New-Jersey Midland, New York Times February 11, 1880 page 8 The New-Jersey Midland Sold, New York Times February 22, 1880 page 12 Defunct New Jersey railroads Predecessors of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway Railway companies established in 1869 Railway companies disestablished in 1880 Transportation in Hudson County, New Jersey 1869 establishments in New Jersey