New Jersey Transit Rail Operations

New Jersey Transit Rail Operations
New Jersey Transit provides rail service throughout northern New Jersey and along Route 30 in New Jersey, and in the lower Hudson Valley west of the Hudson River.
Reporting mark	NJTR
Locale	North and Central Jersey, White Horse Pike corridor, Hudson Valley
Dates of operation	1983–present
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge)
Headquarters	1 Penn Plaza East Newark, NJ 07105

New Jersey Transit Rail Operations (reporting mark NJTR) is the rail division of New Jersey Transit. It provides commuter rail service in New Jersey, with most service centered around transportation to and 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. This does not include New Jersey Transit's light rail operations.

Network[edit]

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.

Operations are in two divisions:

• Hoboken Division: formerly operated by the Erie Lackawanna Railroad, the Hoboken Division runs from Hoboken Terminal or through Newark-Broad St. and includes Midtown Direct service via Kearny Junction.
• Newark Division: formerly operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad, Central Railroad of New Jersey and New York and Long Branch Railroad, these lines operate through Newark Penn Station on the Northeast Corridor. The former Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Atlantic City Line is also included in the Newark Division.

Ownership[edit]

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 Delair Junction (owned by 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)
• Raritan Valley Line – Aldene to Hunter (owned by Conrail)
• Montclair-Boonton Line – West of Netcong (owned by Norfolk Southern)

Yards and maintenance[edit]

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:^[2]

• Main and Bergen County Lines:
  • Waldwick Yard
  • Suffern Yard
  • Port Jervis Yard (along the Metro-North-leased line)

• Montclair-Boonton Line:
  • Great Notch Yard, Little Falls, NJ

• Morris and Essex Lines:
  • Gladstone Yard
  • Summit Yard
  • Dover Yard
  • 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, NJ (near Jersey Avenue)
  • Hudson Yard, Harrison NJ (Serves mostly Raritan Valley Line trains)

• Pascack Valley Line:
  • Woodbine Yard, Spring Valley, NY

• Raritan Valley Line:
  • Raritan Yard

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.

Freight usage[edit]

In addition to passenger trains, NJTR allows freight service operated over its lines via trackage rights:

• Morris & Essex Lines:
  • Morristown Line (West End-Hackettstown): Norfolk Southern Railway (NS), Morristown & Erie Railway (M&E)
  • Gladstone Branch: NS
• Montclair-Boonton Line: NS, M&E
• Main Line (West End-Rutherford Junction): NS, M&E
• Bergen County Line: NS, M&E (Rutherford Junction-Passaic Junction)
• Pascack Valley Line: NS
• Raritan Valley Line (Aldene-Bound Brook): CSAO
• North Jersey Coast Line: CSAO
• Atlantic City Line: CSAO, SRNJ

Non-passenger lines[edit]

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 New Jersey Transit upon their creation in 1979. These lines are either leased for freight/tourist service, interim rail trail use, or remain derelict:

• Harrison-Kingsland Branch: derelict
• High Bridge Branch:
  • High Bridge-Alpha: NS
  • Ludlow-Bloomsbury: trackage removed due to construction of Interstate 78 in 1989
• Red Bank-South Lakewood: Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CSAO)
• Woodmansie-Winslow Junction: derelict
• Beesley's Point Secondary:
  • Winslow Junction-Palmero/Beesley's Point: CSAO
  • Palermo-Ocean City: leased to city of Ocean City in 1999 for use as interim Ocean City Bike Path rail trail
• Tuckahoe-Cape May: Cape May Seashore Lines, Southern Railroad of New Jersey
• HX Interlocking (Hackensack River)-Croxton Yard: realigned for Secaucus Junction
• Freehold-Farmingdale: derelict
• Freehold-Matawan: leased to Monmouth County Park System until 2020 as interim section of Henry Hudson Trail

Movable bridges[edit]

NJT utilizes numerous moveable 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)
• 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 (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)

Active rolling stock[edit]

Locomotives[edit]

Revenue[edit]

These locomotives carry NJT markings for revenue service, except for units in bold, which carry Metro-North markings for Metro-North's West-of-Hudson fleet. Not included are the EMU cars, which are technically locomotives, but are listed in the Passenger Cars roster below.

Builder and model	Photo	Numbers	Built	Acquired	Type	Power	Notes
Current stock
EMD GP40PH-2		4100–4112	1968	1983 (inherited at inception)	Diesel	3,000 hp (2,237 kW)	Former CNJ units, Rebuilt by Conrail 1991–93. Assigned to Hoboken Division. 4105 is now MOW engine
EMD F40PH-2CAT		4113–4122, 4124, 4126–4129, 4907–4908, 4912-4914	1979–1981	NJTR:1982 MN: 2000-2004 (4191-4194); 2010–2012 (4907–4908, 4911-4914)	Diesel	3,000 hp (2,237 kW)	4117, 4118 on lease to AMT in Montreal. MN 4907 and 4908 rebuilt from 4191 and 4192, respectively. MN 4911-4914 rebuilt from NJTR 4115, NJTR 4116, NJTR 4123, and NJTR 4125, respectively.
EMD GP40FH-2		4135–4144, 4900–4905	1966–1970	1987–1990	Diesel	3,000 hp (2,237 kW)	Current active locomotives: 4139, 4900–4905 4135, 4137, 4140 and 4143-44 on lease to AMT in Montreal.
EMD GP40PH-2A		4145–4147, 4149–4150, 4219,	1967–1970	1992–1993	Diesel	3,000 hp (2,237 kW)	Replacements for the U34CHs. 4148 wrecked 1996, rebuilt as 4219 by Conrail 1997.
EMD GP40PH-2B		4200–4218	1965–1969	1993–1994	Diesel	3,000 hp (2,237 kW)	ex-Penn Central. Replacements for the U34CHs.
Bombardier ALP-46		4600–4628	2001–2002		Electric	7,100 hp (5,294 kW)	Purchased for service increases related to Midtown Direct.
Alstom PL42AC		4000–4032	2005–2006		Diesel	4,200 hp (3,132 kW) 3,680 hp (2,744 kW) available for traction	Used in all diesel service.
GE Transportation P40DC		4800–4803	1993	2007	Diesel	4,250 hp (3,169 kW) 3,875 hp (2,890 kW) available for traction	Purchased from Amtrak and operated primarily on the Atlantic City Express Service route. With the cancellation of ACES, NJT announced its intentions to sell the units to another commuter agency, or possibly back to Amtrak. However, due to a lack of interest on the part of potential buyers, the locomotives will remain with NJT for an indefinite period of time.
Bombardier ALP-46A		4629–4664	2010–2011		Electric	7,500 hp (5,593 kW)	Newer version of ALP-46, delivery started in 2010.[3] Entered service June 2, 2010.[4]
Bombardier ALP-45DP		4500–4534 35 ordered 54 options	2011–2012		Dual-mode (electric and diesel)	Electric mode 5,365 hp (4,001 kW) Diesel mode 4,200 hp (3,132 kW) 3,000 hp (2,237 kW) available for traction	Locomotives capable of running using wire or under diesel mode.[5] All locomotives have arrived on property and in service (December 2012)

Non-revenue[edit]

All non-revenue locomotives are diesel-powered and carry NJT markings only. As these locomotives lack HEP, they cannot haul trains in passenger service.

Passenger cars[edit]

New Jersey 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

Builder and model	Photo	Numbers	Total	Built	Rebuilt (rebuilder)	Notes
Budd/GE Arrow III		1304–1333 (singles) 1334–1533 (pairs)	30 single cars (no lavatory) 200 paired cars (lavatory in odd cars)	1977–1978	1992–1995 (ABB)	Self-propelled cars Cars have center doors To be replaced by Arrow IVs
Bombardier Comet IIM		5300–5396, 5441–5458, 5460	116 trailers (no lavatories)	1982–1983	1999–2002 (AAI/Alstom)	Formerly Comet II
		5397–5440, 5459	45 trailers (no lavatories)	1987–1989		Formerly Comet IIB
Bombardier Comet IV		5011–5031, 5235–5264, 5535–5582	21 cab cars (lavatory) 30 trailers (lavatory) 48 trailers (no lavatory)	1996		No door at the engineer's position.
Alstom Comet V		6000–6083, 6200–6213, 6500–6601	84 cab cars (lavatory) 14 trailers (lavatory) 102 trailers (no lavatory)	2002–2004		Cars have center doors. Stainless steel cars. Replacement for Comet I low-platform cars Purchased for Midtown Direct service increases
		6700–6714, 6750–6754, 6755–6799	15 cab cars (lavatory) 5 trailers (lavatory) 45 trailers (no lavatory)	2002–2004		Metro-North cars. Cars have center doors. Stainless steel cars. Restroom cars: 6700–6714, 6750–6754
Bombardier MultiLevel Vehicle (MLV)		7000–7051, 7200–7298, 7500–7677	52 cab cars (lavatory) 99 trailers (lavatory) 178 trailers (no lavatory)	2006–2010		Joint order with AMT (Montreal). First cars with quarter-point doors.[6] 45 car option exercised in June 2007.[7] 50-car option exercised in August 2008.[8] 7229–7236 owned by Atlantic City Express Service, LLC, for ACES duty.
Bombardier Bombardier Multilevel II		7052–7061, 7678–7767	10 cab cars (lavatory) 90 trailers (no lavatory)	2012–2013		A 100 car base order was announced on July 14, 2010.[9] It was finalized and awarded to Bombardier on September 1, 2010. The order includes an additional 79 car option.[10][11][12] 54 of these options exercised by MARC to obtain 54 cars with quick turnaround, leaving 25 unexercised options. Currently being delivered; 48 cars delivered as of March 7, 2013.[13]
TBA Arrow IV (Multilevel Power Car)	No photo available.	TBA	TBD	TBD		Will put info as it becomes available. Replacements for remaining Arrow IIIs. NJT has launched a technical study, and intends to procure Multilevel EMU power cars that it would integrate with a portion of the existing Multilevel fleet from Bombardier. This approach would save money, as it would involve the purchase of individual motor cars compatible to existing cars as opposed to an entirely unique fleet of EMUs.

Retired rolling stock[edit]

Stations[edit]

NJ Transit's rail network has 161 stations, varying in size 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[edit]

• New York Penn Station
• Philadelphia-30th Street (NJ Transit stops at the Amtrak platforms on the lower level)

Owned by Metro-North Railroad[edit]

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

• Campbell Hall
• Harriman
• Middletown
• Otisville
• Port Jervis
• Salisbury Mills-Cornwall
• Sloatsburg
• Tuxedo

Leased to Metro-North Railroad[edit]

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

• Nanuet
• Pearl River
• Spring Valley

Owned by The Port Authority of NY & NJ[edit]

• Newark Liberty International Airport Station is owned and operated by the Port Authority, the airport's operator, as it was built as part of the AirTrain Newark project.

Notable incidents[edit]

• NJ Transit Rail Operations were severely impacted by the actions of wind and water from Hurricane Sandy on October 29–30, 2012. The storm damaged one-third of NJ Transit's locomotives and a quarter of railcars.^[14]
• When Hurricane Irene hit on August 28-29, 2011.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: New Jersey Transit rail operations

• NJ Transit
• NJ Transit Rail
• Draft 2012 State Rail Plan

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