NEW JERSEY TRANSIT RAIL OPERATIONS

'New Jersey Transit Rail Operations' is the rail division of New Jersey Transit that provides regional rail service primarily in northern New Jersey, along with one line in southern New Jersey, with most service centered around transportation to/from New York City, Hoboken, and Newark. New Jersey Transit also operates rail service in Orange and Rockland counties in New York State under contract to Metro-North Railroad.

Contents

Network

Rights-of-way

Non-operated lines

Freight contracts

Movable bridges

Active Rolling stock

Locomotives

Passenger cars

Retired rolling stock

Stations

Owned by Amtrak

Owned by Metro-North Railroad

Leased to Metro-North Railroad

See also

Sources

External links

Network

New Jersey Transit's commuter rail network consists of 11 lines and 162 stations^[1] primarily concentrated in northern New Jersey, with one line running between Atlantic City and Philadelphia. These lines are listed below:

Division	Description	Subdivisions	Lines	Terminals
'Newark Division'	These lines run through Newark Penn on the NEC,and were previously operated by the Pennsylvania RR and CNJ.	N/A	'Northeast Corridor Line' (including the Princeton Branch)	New York Penn Station	Trenton
			'Princeton Branch' of the NEC	Princeton Jct.	Princeton
			'North Jersey Coast Line'	New York Penn Station (service also to Hoboken during rush hours)	Bay Head (electric service terminates in Long Branch)
			'Raritan Valley Line'	Newark Penn Station (some weekend service to Hoboken)	Raritan (rush hour service extended to High Bridge)
'Hoboken Division'	These lines run primarily out of 'Hoboken Terminal', and includes Midtown Direct service via Kearny Junction.	'Erie Lines', composing of lines running along the former Erie Railroad mainline and now via Secaucus Junction, and includes the Port Jervis Line	'Main Line' (via Paterson)	Hoboken Terminal	Suffern Port Jervis Line continues to Port Jervis
			'Bergen County Line' (via Radburn)
			'Pascack Valley Line'		Spring Valley
		'Morris and Essex Lines', running via Newark-Broad Street	'Montclair-Boonton Line'	New York Penn Station (electric via Midtown Direct) ---- Hoboken Terminal (diesel and electric service)	Hackettstown (electric service ends at Montclair State)
			'Morristown Line' of the Morris & Essex Lines		Dover (rush hour diesel service to Hackettstown)
			'Gladstone Branch' of the Morris & Essex Lines	Hoboken Terminal (rush hour service also from New York Penn Station)	Gladstone
'Atlantic City Division'	The lone southern New Jersey line is its own division. The line was formerly operated by the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines.	N/A	'Atlantic City Line'	30th Street Station	Atlantic City

Rights-of-way

New Jersey Transit owns most of its tracks, infrastructure, bridges, tunnels, signals, and right-of-way, as opposed to having them leased via trackage rights from private freight railroads. The exceptions on the NJT system are the following:

★ 'Atlantic City Line' – Philadelphia to Delair Junction (formerly owned by Conrail)

★ 'Northeast Corridor Line' – entire line (owned by Amtrak)

★ 'Port Jervis Line' – Suffern to Port Jervis (owned by Norfolk Southern and operated by Metro North)

★ 'Raritan Valley Line' – Aldene to NK Tower (owned by Conrail)
NJ Transit has a fleet of maintenance crews and vehicles that repair tracks, spread ballast, deliver supplies and inspect infrastructure. There are 8 "non-revenue" work diesels used for these purposes.

Non-operated lines

New Jersey Transit also owns the right of way of several branch lines that it does not operate, some of which are leased to freight railroads to serve freight customers.

★ Harrison-Kingsland Branch

★ Western extension of the Raritan Valley Line from High Bridge to Alpha (track is gone from Ludlow to Bloomsbury)

★ Southern Secondary from Red Bank to South Lakewood. The part from South Lakewood to Lakehurst, New Jersey is owned by Conrail, and from Lakehurst to Woodmansie is owned by Clayton Sand. NJ Transit also owns the final stretch from Woodmansie to Winslow Junction.

★ Beesley's Point Secondary from Winslow Junction to Ocean City

★ Cape May Branch from Tuckahoe to Cape May, plus a branch to Cape May Point

★ Former Bergen County Line from HX Interlocking (Hackensack River) to Croxton Yard, realigned for Secaucus Junction

★ Freehold Secondary from Freehold to Farmingdale

Freight contracts

Although NJ Transit itself does not carry freight, it has trackage rights agreements with several railroads to operate on its lines for freight service. Conrail, CSX, Norfolk Southern and several short lines (Cape May Seashore Lines, Morristown & Erie Railway, Southern Railroad of New Jersey) currently have trackage rights contracts to operate freight service on NJT lines. The M&E can only use NJT trackage to get between its owned trackage; it cannot serve customers on NJT trackage. A similar situation exists for Conrail on the Atlantic City Line.
Below is a list of NJ Transit lines and freight lines that operate on them:

★ Hoboken Division

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★ ''Morris & Essex Lines''

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★ Morristown Line: NS, M&E (West End to Hackettstown)

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★ Gladstone Branch: NS

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★ Montclair-Boonton Line: NS, M&E

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★ Harrison Cut-off (unused by NJ Transit): NS

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★ Main Line: NS, M&E (West End to Rutherford Junction)

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★ Bergen County Line: NS, M&E (Rutherford Junction to Passaic Junction)

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★ Pascack Valley Line: NS

★ Newark Division

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★ Raritan Valley Line: Conrail (Aldene to Bound Brook), NS (west of Bound Brook)

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★ Northeast Corridor Line: Conrail (south of Waverly)

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★ North Jersey Coast Line: Conrail

★ Atlantic City Line: Conrail (west of Pennsauken Junction), SRNJ

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★ Beesley's Point Secondary (unused by NJ Transit): Conrail

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★ Cape May Branch (unused by NJ Transit): CMSL, SRNJ

★ Southern Secondary: Conrail (northern part, north of South Lakewood)

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★ Freehold Secondary: Conrail
The former Boonton Line east of the new Montclair Connection is now owned by Norfolk Southern.

Movable bridges

NJ Transit operates numerous drawbridges, or movable bridges, especially in the northeastern part of the state.
'NJ Transit movable bridges'

★ Dock Bridge, Newark (Passaic River) -Northeast Corridor Line (vertical lift) (''owned and operated by Amtrak'')

★ Portal Bridge, Secaucus (Hackensack River) -Northeast Corridor Line (swing) (''owned and operated by Amtrak'')

★ Broad Street Bridge, Newark (Passaic River) -Morristown Line (swing)

★ Lower Hack Lift, Jersey City (Hackensack River) -Morristown Line (vertical lift)

★ Upper Hack Lift, Secaucus (Hackensack River) -Main Line (vertical lift)

★ HX Draw, Secaucus (Hackensack River) -Bergen County Line (vertical lift)

★ Lyndhurst Draw, Lyndhurst (Passaic River) -Main Line (swing)

★ River Draw, South Amboy (Raritan River) -North Jersey Coast Line (swing)

★ Morgan Draw, Sayerville (Cheesequake Creek) -North Jersey Coast Line (bascule)

★ Oceanport Draw, Oceanport (Oceanport Creek) -North Jersey Coast Line (swing)

★ Shark River Draw, Belmar (Shark River) -North Jersey Coast Line (bascule)

★ Brielle Draw, Brielle (Manasquan River) -North Jersey Coast Line (bascule)

★ Beach Bridge, Atlantic City-Atlantic City Line (swing)

★ Delair Bridge, Camden (Delaware River) -Atlantic City Line (vertical lift) (''owned by Conrail'')

Active Rolling stock

Locomotives

Numbers	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Fuel type
4000-4032	2005-2006	Alstom	PL42AC	Diesel
4100-4112	1968	Electro-Motive Diesel	GP40PH-2
4113-4129, 4191-4194	1981		F40PH-2CAT
4135-4144, 4900-4905	1966-1970		GP40FH-2
4145-4147, 4149-4150, 4190	1968-1971		GP40PH-2
4200-4219	1965-1969		GP40PH-2B
4300-4303	1965-1968		GP40-2
4400-4414	1990	ABB	ALP-44	Electric
4415-4419	1995
4420-4431	1996-1997		ALP-44M
4600-4628	2001-2002	Bombardier	ALP-46

Passenger cars

Manufacturer	Model	Numbers	Year	Type
Budd	Arrow III	1304-1333 (singles-no lavatory) 1334-1533 (paired-lavatory in odd cars)	1978	Electric MU cars with a center door. These cars do not need to be push-pulled by a locomotive.
Pullman Standard	Comet I	5100-5134 (cab cars) 5707-5751 (trailers-no lavatory)	1970-1973	Push-pull cars
St. Louis Car Company	Comet IB	5155-5169 (cab cars) 5220-5234 (trailers-no lavatory)	1968-1969	Push-pull cars rebuilt from former Penn Central Arrow I MUs
Bombardier	Comet IIM	5300-5459 (trailers-no lavatory)	1982-1983, 1987-1989	Push-pull trailer cars, some former cab cars (formerly Comet II/Comet IIB)
	Comet III	5000-5010 (cab cars) 5200-5205 (trailers-lavatory) 5500-5534 (trailers-no lavatory)	1990-1991	Push-pull cars, center door
	Comet IV	5011-5031 (cab cars) 5235-5264 (trailers-lavatory) 5535-5582 (trailers-no lavatory)	1996
Alstom	Comet V	6000-6083, 6700-6714 (cab cars) 6200-6213, 6750-6754 (trailers-lavatory) 6500-6601, 6755-6799 (trailers-no lavatory)	2002-2004	Push pull cars, center door. 67xx cars owned by Metro-North for Port Jervis/Pascack Valley service
Bombardier	Multi-level	7000-7041 (cab cars) 7200-7291 (trailers-lavatory) 7500-7644 (trailers-no lavatory)	2006-2008	Push-pull cars with four doors. Delivery in progress.

Retired rolling stock

Main articles: Retired NJ Transit Rail Fleet

Stations

Main articles: List of New Jersey Transit stations

NJ Transit's rail network has 161 stations, of which vary from major commuter hubs like New York Penn Station, Hoboken Terminal and Newark Penn Station to small trackside plexiglas shelters or simple stops with only a small platform. New Jersey Transit owns and operates all of its rail stations except as listed below.

Owned by Amtrak

★ New York Penn Station

★ Philadelphia-30 Street (NJ Transit uses the Amtrak platforms)

Owned by Metro-North Railroad

All of these stations are on the Port Jervis Line, where the MTA leases trackage from Norfolk Southern.

★ Campbell Hall

★ Harriman

★ Middletown

★ Otisville

★ Port Jervis

★ Salisbury Mills-Cornwall

★ Sloatsburg

★ Tuxedo.

Leased to Metro-North Railroad

These stations are along the Pascack Valley Line, along trackage owned by New Jersey Transit.

★ Nanuet

★ Pearl River

★ Spring Valley

See also

★ Metro-North Railroad

★ Conrail

Sources

★ Railroad.net forum thread

★ NJT press release

External links

★ NJ Transit

★ NJ Transit Rail

★ The Unofficial NJ TRANSIT Website

★ Railroad.net forums

★ NJ Transit Rail GIFs

★ Stan;s Railpix / New Jersey Transit Photo Gallery