Reporting mark NJTR | Dates of operation 1983–present | |
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Locale North and Central Jersey, White Horse Pike corridor, Hudson Valley Track gauge 4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Headquarters 1 Penn Plaza East
Newark, NJ 07105 Parent organization THE NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION | ||
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NJ Transit Rail Operations (reporting mark NJTR) is the rail division of NJ Transit. It provides commuter rail service in New Jersey, with most service centered on transportation to and from New York City, Hoboken, and Newark. NJ Transit also operates rail service in Orange and Rockland counties in New York under contract to Metro-North Railroad. This does not include NJ Transit's light rail operations.
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Lines
As of 2012, NJ Transit's commuter rail network consists of 11 lines and 164 stations, primarily concentrated in northern New Jersey, with one line running between Atlantic City and Philadelphia. These lines are listed below.
Current lines
Operations are in two divisions:
Freight usage
Although NJ Transit itself does not carry freight, NJTR allows freight service to be operated over its lines via 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 NJ Transit lines. The Morristown & Erie Railway can only use NJT trackage to get between its owned trackage; it cannot serve customers on NJ Transit 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:
Non-passenger lines
NJTR also owns several lines not used for regular passenger service. These lines were purchased by the New Jersey Department of Transportation in the late 1970s for railbanking purposes, with ownership transferring to NJ Transit upon its creation in 1979. These lines are either leased for freight/tourist service, interim rail trail use, or remain derelict:
Ownership
NJT owns most of its tracks, infrastructure, bridges, tunnels and signals. The exceptions are:
Yards and maintenance
NJ Transit's main storage and maintenance facility is the Meadows Maintenance Complex in Kearny, New Jersey. Other major yard facilities are located at Hoboken Terminal. Amtrak's Sunnyside Yard in Queens, New York serves as a layover facility for trains to New York Penn Station. Additional yards are located at outlying points along the lines. These include:
NJT has a fleet of maintenance crews and vehicles that repair tracks, spread ballast, deliver supplies and inspect infrastructure. There are eight non-revenue work diesels used for these purposes.
Movable bridges
NJT utilizes numerous moveable bridges:
Reporting marks
All NJ Transit Rail Operations equipment in both revenue and non-revenue service carry AAR reporting marks of NJTR without exception. Equipment owned by Metro-North carries AAR reporting marks MNCW without exception.
Active revenue
These locomotives carry NJTR reporting marks for revenue service. Not included are the EMU cars, which are technically locomotives, but are listed in the Passenger Cars roster below. ONLY active revenue locomotives are listed, retired equipment is unlisted.
Non-revenue
All non-revenue locomotives are diesel-powered and legally carry the same "NJTR" AAR reporting marks as all other equipment without exception. As these locomotives lack HEP, they do not haul trains in passenger service unless performing a rescue.
Passenger cars
NJ Transit has a fleet of over 1,000 passenger cars. The fleet and examples are described below.
Except for the Comet IIM (which are all trailers), all examples shown are cab cars leading or on the tail end of trains.
Car groupings are, except for the Arrow III MUs, arranged in the following order: cab cars, trailers with lavatories, and trailers without lavatories, where applicable.
Single Arrow III MU's are GE Model MA-1J, married pairs are GE Model MA-1H.
Stations
NJ Transit provides passenger service on 12 lines at total of 165 stations, some operated conjunction with Amtrak and Metro North (MNCW).