Editing NJ Transit Rail Operations (section)

=== 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]]