Editing NJ Transit Rail Operations (section)

== Network and infrastructure ==
The lines operated by NJ Transit were formerly operated by the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]], [[Central Railroad of New Jersey]], [[New York and Long Branch Railroad]], and [[Erie Lackawanna Railroad]], most of which date from the mid-19th century. From the 1960s onward, the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] began funding the commuter lines. By 1976, the lines were all operated by [[Conrail]] under contract to NJDOT. The system took its current form in 1983, when NJ Transit took over all commuter service in New Jersey. NJ Transit Rail Operations is divided into the Hoboken Division and the Newark Division. The two networks were not integrated until the opening of [[Secaucus Junction]] in 2003, which enabled passengers to transfer between lines bound for New York and Hoboken.

=== Lines ===
As of 2022, NJ Transit's commuter rail network consists of 12 lines and 165 stations, primarily concentrated in northern New Jersey, with one line running between [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]] and [[Philadelphia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=NJT Facts at a Glance |url=https://www.njtransit.com/about/facts-glance}}</ref>

==== Current lines ====
Operations are in two divisions:
*'''Hoboken Division''', formerly operated by the [[Erie Lackawanna Railroad]], runs from [[Hoboken Terminal]] or through [[Broad Street Station (Newark)|Newark – Broad Street]] and includes Midtown Direct service via the [[Kearny Connection]]. Most station platforms are low-level.
*'''Newark Division''', formerly operated by the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]], [[Central Railroad of New Jersey]] and [[New York and Long Branch Railroad]], operates through [[Newark Penn Station]] via the [[Northeast Corridor]], with most trains continuing to [[New York Penn Station]]. This division also includes the [[Atlantic City Line]] formerly operated by the [[Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines]]. Most station platforms are high-level.

{| class="wikitable"
|+Newark Division
|-
!colspan=2|Lines
!colspan=2|Terminals
|-
|colspan=2|{{RouteBox|Northeast Corridor Line|Northeast Corridor Line|#{{rcr|NJ Transit|Northeast Corridor}}|white}}
|[[New York Penn Station]]
|[[Trenton Transit Center|Trenton]]<br />[[Jersey Avenue station|Jersey Avenue]] (some peak weekday trains)
|-
|colspan=2|{{RouteBox|Princeton Branch|Princeton Branch|#{{rcr|NJ Transit|Princeton}}|white}}
|[[Princeton Junction (NJT station)|Princeton Junction]]
|[[Princeton (NJT station)|Princeton]]
|-
|colspan=2|{{RouteBox|North Jersey Coast Line|North Jersey Coast Line|#{{rcr|NJ Transit|North Jersey Coast}}|white}}
|[[New York Penn Station]]<br>
|[[Long Branch station (NJ Transit)|Long Branch]] (electric service)<br />[[Bay Head (NJT station)|Bay Head]] (diesel service)
|-
|colspan=2|{{RouteBox|Raritan Valley Line|Raritan Valley Line|#{{rcr|NJ Transit|Raritan Valley}}|white}}
|[[Pennsylvania Station (Newark)|Newark Penn Station]] (most trains)<br />[[New York Penn Station]] (limited weekday trains)<br />[[Hoboken Terminal]] (1 inbound weekday train)
|[[Raritan (NJT station)|Raritan]] (most trains)<br />[[High Bridge (NJT station)|High Bridge]] (limited weekday trains)
|-
|colspan=2|{{RouteBox|Atlantic City Line|Atlantic City Line|#{{rcr|NJ Transit|Atlantic City}}|white}}
|[[30th Street Station|Philadelphia 30th Street Station]]
|[[Atlantic City Rail Terminal|Atlantic City]]
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Hoboken Division
|-
!colspan=2|Lines
!colspan=2|Terminals
|-
|colspan=2|{{RouteBox|Main Line|Main Line (NJ Transit)|#{{rcr|NJ Transit|Main}}|black}}
| rowspan="4" |[[Hoboken Terminal]]
|[[Suffern (NJT station)|Suffern]]
|-
|colspan=2|{{RouteBox|Bergen County Line|Bergen County Line|#{{rcr|NJ Transit|Bergen County}}|black}}
|[[Suffern station|Suffern]] (weekday service)<br>[[Waldwick station|Waldwick]] (weekend service)
|-
|colspan=2|{{RouteBox|Pascack Valley Line|Pascack Valley Line|#{{rcr|NJ Transit|Pascack Valley}}|white}}
|[[Spring Valley (Metro-North station)|Spring Valley]]
|-
|colspan=2|{{RouteBox|Port Jervis Line|Port Jervis Line|#{{rcr|MNRR|Port Jervis}}|white}}
|[[Port Jervis (Metro-North station)|Port Jervis]]
|-
|colspan=2|{{RouteBox|Meadowlands Rail Line|Meadowlands Rail Line|#{{rcr|NJ Transit|Meadowlands}}|black}}
|[[Secaucus Junction]]<br>[[Hoboken Terminal]] (limited service)
|[[Meadowlands station|Meadowlands]]
|-
|colspan=2|{{RouteBox|Montclair-Boonton Line|Montclair-Boonton Line|#{{rcr|NJ Transit|Montclair-Boonton}}|white}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Hoboken Terminal]]<br />[[New York Penn Station]] ([[Midtown Direct]] service)
|[[Montclair State University (NJT station)|Montclair State University]] (weekday electric service)<br />[[Hackettstown (NJT station)|Hackettstown]] (limited weekday diesel service)<br />[[Bay Street station|Bay Street]] (weekend service)
|-
|colspan=2|{{RouteBox|Morristown Line|Morristown Line|#{{rcr|NJ Transit|Morristown}}|white}}
|[[Dover (NJT station)|Dover]] (electric service)<br />[[Hackettstown (NJT station)|Hackettstown]] (limited weekday diesel service)
|-
|colspan=2|{{RouteBox|Gladstone Branch|Gladstone Branch|#{{rcr|NJ Transit|Gladstone}}|black}}
|[[Hoboken Terminal]] (weekday service)<br />[[New York Penn Station]] ([[Midtown Direct]] service, weekdays only)<br />[[Summit station (NJ Transit)|Summit]] (weekend service)
|[[Gladstone (NJT station)|Gladstone]]
|}

==== Freight usage ====
[[File:ME Railroad Bridge 20110826-jag9889.jpg|thumb|[[Morristown and Erie Railroad]], one of the freight operators authorized to operate on the [[NJ Transit]] system, crossing the [[Passaic River]] in [[Roseland, New Jersey|Roseland]]]]
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. [[Conrail Shared Assets Operations]] (CSAO), [[CSX]], [[Norfolk Southern]] (NS) and several short lines ([[Cape May Seashore Lines]] (CMSL), [[Dover and Delaware River Railroad]] (DD), [[Morristown & Erie Railway]] (M&E), and [[Southern Railroad of New Jersey]] (SRNJ) 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:

*Morristown Line: DD, M&E
*Montclair-Boonton Line: DD, M&E
*Main Line: NS, M&E
*Bergen County Line: NS, M&E
*Pascack Valley Line: NS
*Raritan Valley Line: CSAO
*North Jersey Coast Line: CSAO
*Atlantic City Line: CSAO, SRNJ

==== 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/[[Heritage railway|tourist]] service, interim [[rail trail]] use, or remain derelict:
*Harrison-[[Kingsland (NJT station)|Kingsland]] Branch: derelict
*Raritan Valley Line:
**[[High Bridge, New Jersey|High Bridge]]-[[Bloomsbury, New Jersey|Bloomsbury]]: NS
**[[Bloomsbury, New Jersey|Bloomsbury]]-[[Phillipsburg, New Jersey|Phillipsburg]]: trackage removed due to construction of [[Interstate 78 in New Jersey#Warren County|Interstate 78]] in 1989
*[[Red Bank, New Jersey|Red Bank
]]-South Lakewood: [[Conrail Shared Assets Operations]] (CSAO), [[Delaware and Raritan River Railroad]]
*Woodmansie-Winslow Junction: derelict
*Beesley's Point Secondary:
**[[Winslow Junction, New Jersey|Winslow Junction]]-Palermo/Beesley's Point: CSAO, [[Cape May Seashore Lines]]
**Palermo-Ocean City: leased to city of [[Ocean City, New Jersey|Ocean City]] in 1999 for use as interim [http://www.traillink.com/trail/ocean-city-bike-path.aspx Ocean City Bike Path] rail trail
*[[Tuckahoe, New Jersey|Tuckahoe]]-[[Cape May, New Jersey|Cape May]]: Cape May Seashore Lines
*HX Interlocking ([[Hackensack River]])-[[Croxton Yard]]: realigned for [[Secaucus Junction]], used as yard lead by NS
*[[Freehold Borough, New Jersey|Freehold]]-[[Farmingdale, New Jersey|Farmingdale]]: derelict
*[[Freehold Borough, New Jersey|Freehold]]-[[Matawan, New Jersey|Matawan]]: leased to Monmouth County Park System until 2020 as interim section of [[Henry Hudson Trail]]

=== Ownership ===
NJT owns most of its tracks, infrastructure, bridges, tunnels and signals. The exceptions are:
*'''Atlantic City Line''' – [[Philadelphia]] [[30th Street Station]] to [[Frankford Junction]] (owned by [[Amtrak]]) and Frankford Junction to [[Pennsauken, New Jersey|Pennsauken]] [[Delair Bridge|Delair Junction]] (owned by [[Conrail Shared Assets Operations|Conrail]])
*'''Northeast Corridor Line''' – entire line except Morrisville Yard (owned by [[Amtrak]])
*'''Port Jervis Line''' – Suffern to Port Jervis (owned by [[Norfolk Southern]] and leased by [[Metro-North Railroad|Metro-North]])
*'''Raritan Valley Line''' – [[Aldene Connection|Aldene]] to [[Hunter Connection|Hunter]] (owned by [[Conrail Shared Assets Operations|Conrail]])

=== 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 (state)|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:<ref>{{cite news|last = Rouse|first = Karen|title = NJ Transit's rail fleet hit hard by storm|newspaper = The Record|date = November 16, 2012|url = http://www.northjersey.com/news/state/NJ_Transit_tallies_rolling_stock_losses_due_to_Sandy.html?page=all|access-date = August 11, 2013}}</ref>

*'''Main and Bergen County Lines''':
**[[Erie Railroad Signal Tower, Waldwick Yard|Waldwick Yard]]
**Suffern Yard
*'''Montclair-Boonton Line''':
**[[Great Notch (NJT station)|Great Notch Yard]], Little Falls
*'''Morris and Essex Lines''':
**Gladstone Yard
**Summit Yard
**Dover Yard
**[[Port Morris Junction|Port Morris Yard]]
*'''North Jersey Coast Line''':
**Long Branch Yard
**Bay Head Yard
*'''Northeast Corridor''':
**[[Morrisville Yard]], Morrisville, PA (near the [[Trenton Transit Center]])
**[[County Yard]], New Brunswick (near [[Jersey Avenue (NJT station)|Jersey Avenue]])
**Hudson Yard, Harrison (Serves mostly Raritan Valley Line trains)
*'''Pascack Valley Line''':
**Woodbine Yard, Spring Valley, NY
*'''Port Jervis Line''':
**Port Jervis Yard, Port Jervis, NY
*'''Raritan Valley Line''':
**Raritan Yard
**Hudson Yard, Harrison (Shared with Northeast Corridor)

NJT has a fleet of maintenance crews and vehicles that repair tracks, spread [[Track ballast|ballast]], deliver supplies and inspect infrastructure. There are eight non-revenue work diesels used for these purposes.

=== Movable bridges ===
NJT utilizes numerous [[moveable bridge]]s:

*[[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'')
**[[Portal North Bridge]] is a replacement adjacent to original Portal Bridge
*[[Newark Draw]], 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 and Pascack Valley Line (bascule)
*[[Lyndhurst Draw]], Lyndhurst (Passaic River) – Main Line (swing)
*[[River Draw]], South Amboy (Raritan River) – North Jersey Coast Line (swing)
*[[Morgan Draw]], Old Bridge (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 (Beach Thorofare) – Atlantic City Line (swing)
*[[Delair Bridge]], Pennsauken (Delaware River) – Atlantic City Line (vertical lift) (''owned and operated by Conrail'')