New Jersey's Commuter Rail Network Evolution 

The Atlantic City line is included in my Philadelphia commuter rail video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZDPEaGXHRfw.html CORRECTION: On the Montclair-Boonton line, the locations of Little Falls and Wayne Rt 23 should be switched.

Dude the blinking station dots were a great idea for these videos! It makes it so much easier to see what changes are made!

I find it a little strange that you refer to NJ Transit as “Newark’s commuter rail system” when it really is New Jersey’s system. Newark is important in the network, but not even all lines pass through there, and the service area is so big, that it’s hard to justify as being dominated by the parts running through Newark.

"This is Newark, New Jersey" *Shows Paterson Station

thanks for the blinking dots dude, they really help to show what's changing and they remind me of the 'train approaching' dots at DC Metro stations.

Great video! My only criticism is the missing Atlantic City line but since you said it will be in the Philadelphia Commuter Rail video I guess it’s fine. I can’t wait to see you do videos on LIRR and MNR!

Many thanks for an extremely informative video! I am British and I now know that NJ transit is NOT a metro/subway system. Rather it is a system of commuter lines connecting towns in northern New Jersey with both New York city and with Newark. I am not surprised that NJ transit uses double-deck trains on some of its lines. That is similar to continental Europe, especially Germany.

Great video, even though the first shot shows Paterson Station, not Newark Penn Station. :-)

Although NJT serves the state, Newark is its home base when they took over the Commuter Lines (two years after NJT had rebranded itself from Transport of New Jersey)

Nice video! I will say though, NJT isn't just Newark's network, per say. It's more so part of the greater NYC metro area commuter network. But I digress.

The fact that NJ transit+metro north is probably the best public transport in the US makes me scared considering the amount of delays and cancellations that happen

I’m glad you did my home commuter rail :). Great video!

NJ transit decided to take over *all* conrail operations in 1983, but was formed in 1979. So by arbitrarily starting in 1983, there is no mention of the west Trenton line, which NJ transit discontinued in 1982

South NJ used to have a thriving commuter rail network. I know you'd included the ACL in the Philadelphia video but I would've loved to have seen a video showing its decay.

The intro has changed so much! Awesome! Do BART next!

Okay, so once you do Newark, LIRR, and MNRR, please do the Philadelphia commuter rail and the Philadelphia subway, El, light rail, subway-surface trolley, & Norristown high speed line network please!

Great video! I like the new blinking effect

Thanks for the history, when I do my NJ transit station series, I’m gonna be talking about the history of those stops

I grew up along the Gladstone branch and the 1996 change made a massive difference. service into the city was cut down to 30 minutes on express 45 minutes local so the real estate values skyrocketed in towns along the line past Newark in the recent years. Alot of people from the city have since moved here because the travel time into Manhattan was better than the subway in Brooklyn and queens or the Lirr.

It is all of new Jersey but I kind of understand why he said that because Newark is the hub and the major city of the state and most of the service go through Newark NJ

Great videos! You should do one about Philadelphia's SEPTA. Keep up the great work

F in the chat for the West Trenton Line to Newark

Great video. It's great to know the history of the transit I ride.

Once I saw eight minutes, I knew there was no way you can capture all of NJ's commuter rail history in that timeframe. Alas, it is really the history of NJ Transit commuter operations. Still a good video, though.

That's an impressive piece of work!

My home railroad! Thank you for doing NJ Transit! It will be cool if you did metro north and long island railroad too. Also NJ Transit has some future extensions planned, one being a new line branching after Lake Hopatcong to Andover and eventually into Pennsylvania.

Hey , finally got a around to comment . Love this video too especially the music . I've rode NJT myself and i didn't know the history of the routes , interesting that the Montclair-Boonton line were two separate routes . I lost your email and me being from the NY/NJ area i would definitely love to collaborate with you when you do a video on the Metro-North & LIRR 😀

Tremendous video. Also, the Jersey City one was great.

Love it, I only wish you had gone more into detail in schedule patterns wrt electrification. A video that begins with the private building and operation (c. 1833) would be cool but a much larger undertaking.

When you do the Bay Area soon, are you going to mention the historical networks like the Oakland Key and old San Francisco streetcars?

Transit systems are my mind palace

This was a really good video! Quite the change but I wish they had not gotten rid of all the stations!

The morristown line and Gladstone branch are collectively known as the “Morris & Essex Line”

Nice video but you forgot to mention the seasonal ACES (Atlantic City Express Service) train that ran from NYC to AC for a couple of years.

You missed a detail about the North Jersey Coast line; in 2012, NJCL service to Hoboken was indefinitely cancelled as a result of Hurricane Sandy.

Very nice. Minor comment the Wayne station is west of Little Falls not east on your animated map. It is correct on the final map. Great Job thankyou

No mention of the extension to Scranton PA by both NJ transit and AMTRAK. This is sort of understandable as there is no firm timetable for this extension as of this date, 12/26/21.

Thank you for a very interesting video. Growing up in Paterson some 50 yrs. ago, It seems to me that the first view in the video is the downtown Paterson station of the old ERIE RR 'main line'. At Market St. and Park Ave. Originally, this was the beginning area of the Paterson and Ramapo RR.

Very good video! The only thing you missed was the end of North Jersey Coast line trains to Hoboken, besides that very good

It’s been a long time for Philadelphia commuter rail

January 1983: Service begins with 12 lines, with the state of NJ acquiring the commuter rail from Conrail * Two lines went from New York Penn Station to Rahway, with the North Jersey Coast Line (NJCL; ex-CRRNJ) continuing southeast to Bay Head and the Northeast Corridor Line (NEC; ex-PRR) continuing southwest to Trenton, with a branch shuttle (the Dinky) going from Princeton Junction to Princeton University * The Raritan Valley Line (RVL; ex-CRRNJ) went from Newark Penn Station to Philipsburg * Four lines head west from Hoboken, with the Gladstone Branch (ex-DL&W) going to Gladstone, the Morristown Line (ex-DL&W) sharing the tracks to Summit before going to Netcong, the Montclair Branch (ex-DL&W) going to Bay Street, and the Boonton Line (ex-DL&W) going on separate stations before joining the Morristown Line in Denville. These lines except for the Boonton Line are collectively known as the Morris & Essex Lines (M&E) * Four lines head north from Hoboken, with the Pascack Valley Line (PVL; ex-Erie) going to Spring Valley, and the Main Line and Bergen County Line (ML and BCL; ex-Erie) sharing stations to Ridgewood before rejoining to go to Suffern, New York; the Port Jervis Line (PJL; ex-Erie) continued further into Port Jervis April 1983: PJL stations from Harriman to Middletown relocated onto suburban stations December 1983: RVL cut back to High Bridge September 1984: M&E stations at Harrison and Roseville Stations closed due to proximity to Newark Broad Street June 1985: Calco station opens on the RVL April 1986: Grant Avenue on the RVL and North Newark on the Boonton Line both close due to low ridership October 1986: South Paterson on the Main Line and New Milford on the PVL both close due to low ridership April 1991: Ampere Station on the Montclair Branch and Grove Street on the rest of the M&E both close due to low ridership and proximity to Newark Broad Street September 1991: Waterfront Connection opens, providing service on the NJCL to Hoboken 1993: North Rahway on the NJCL and NEC closes due to maintenance issues 1994: Boonton and Morristown lines extended to Hackettstown June 1996: Kearny Connection opens, providing service on the M&E lines to New York Penn Station, providing service from there to stations as far west as Gladstone and Dover (the best decision in NJ Transit history, I think) 1996: Calco station on the RVL renamed Bridgewater 1999: Hamilton station on the NEC opens, Matawan station on the NJCL renamed Aberdeen-Matawan October 2001: Newark Airport station on the NEC and NJCL opens, providing service on the airport's monorail to its terminals September 2002: Montclair Branch and Boonton Line merge to become Montclair-Boonton Line (MBL) via a new track connection north of Bay Street, providing service to New York Penn Station and leading to the closure of Arlington, Rowe Street, and Benson Street stations April 2003: Union station on the RVL and Montclair State University on the MBL open; the latter provides a transfer between electric and diesel trains on the MBL August 2003: Harmon Cove station on the BCL closes December 2003: Secaucus Junction opens, as a replacement for Harmon Cove and a transfer point between nine train lines August 2004: Ramsey Route 17 station opens on the ML, BCL, and PJL October 2006: Finderne station on the RVL closes due to low ridership January 2008: Wayne Route 23 station and Mount Arlington station open on the MBL; the latter is also used by the Morristown Line April 2009: North Hackensack on the PVL renamed to New Bridge Landing April 2009: Meadowlands Line opens, for special events to MetLife Stadium January 2010: Great Notch station on the MBL closes due to low ridership March 2014: RVL extended to New York Penn Station May 2016: Wesmont station on the BCL opens

I'm curious if you'd do a evolution of the network on a bus system. The CCRTA on Cape Cod is kinda complex.

Thank you so much! I found out how get from where my college is (Convent Station by Fairleigh Dickinson University) to my home (Bay Street in Montclair) without having my parents picking me up, All they have to do is drive about 5 minutes rather than 40

as someone born in 2004, and who's transfered to ny pen via secacus many many times, I'm shocked to learn its only as old as I am 🤯. i always thought it was older

Hello. I enjoyed your video. Except the fact that you did not mention the Atlantic City Line. Which runs from Atlantic City, next to the Atlantic City Convention Center, to Philadelphia, PA at 30th Street Station. Other than that, pretty good and informative.

Good informations for New Jersey people who travel by public rail transport

Have you tried to do a video on metro north, and Long Island rail Road?

Actually, this was the Jersey City/ Hoboken commuter rail network, as the the original rail lines (Pennsylvania, Jersey Central, Lackawana & Erie) all terminated in Jersey City and Hoboken. Newark a city this lines passed through.

I live in New Jersey and don't drive. Depending on NJ Transit to get around is a nightmare. As for the trains, the lines talked about for seven and a half minutes of this video only cover the northernmost 3rd of the state. In the southern two thirds of the state train lines are practically non existent.

Yup...was wondering whatever happened to the Atlantic City line...please also include PATCO as part of Philadelphia for the same reason!!! Moreover, you missed the RIVER Line from Trenton to Pennsauken and beyond...it is officially part of the NJT system... Also, officially atleast, NJT shows it's services terminate at Suffern on the Main and Bergen County lines...everything beyond that (till Port Jervis) is shown to be part of MTA Metro-North...

Do the the PATH, PATCO, and NJT light rails in the future. Those have some history to them, particularly the PATH, PATCO, and Newark light rail; the River and Hudson-Bergen Lines, not so much because they're more modern.

I was pretty sure most Port Jervis expresses used the Bergen County Line (the Bergen Cut-off, it was originally called).

Do the Philadelphia subway as well

All the rail infrastructure was originally Pennsylvania Railroad & Penn Central, Erie/DL&W/Erie Lackawanna, Central New Jersey, and shared by Reading and B&O at some point.

Please do Portland, OR!!! Im a bus Operator for TriMet so I can do my best to help any way I can too!!

You should also do the metro north or long island railroad.

Can you please do Oslo in Norway, I know it’s outside of the us but I would really like to see it in your style

Hey Zach, I'm here to tell you one minor thing you miss. The Raritan Valley line don't go to New York anymore, They end at Newark Penn now, but you still got one or two trains to Hoboken station.

Πολύς κόσμος και πολύς πληθυσμός και όλοι αυτοί πρέπει να εξυπηρετηθούν. Συγχαρητήρια για την ανάπτυξη και λειτουργία των δικτύων αυτών. Εύχομαι να προτιμώνται από το επιβατικό κοινό και να έχουν και περισσότερη ανάπτυξη...

0:33 - Here, history begins in 1983. There's no mention of Pennsylvania, Erie, Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, or Central of New Jersey railroads. ... hmm.. okay -- "public operations"

The first shot was taken in Paterson

Awesome Video, but the first station shown at 0:01 to 0:05 is NOT Newark. Its Paterson. Other then that, great video, very informative

Do you have to take a connection just to go from Newark to Atlantic City?

NJ transit is a land of contrasts haha

Another video!

Can you do history of MTA’s commuter rail? Thanks

Uhh that first picture is of Paterson. Notice how the sign says “Paterson Station.” Paterson != Newark.

How do you make your maps

njt has a depot in Sunnyside, NY that it shares with Amtrak (Acela included) and LIRR

Do Chicago next

Would love to see the DART system

I wonder where the north Newark and Roseville ave stations were since this is my neighborhood

You forgot to mention the Atlantic City Line

You should make a nyc subway network video

It start 1979

You forgot about the ACL and there in a rariten valley train that goes to Hoboken. Also there is no coastline service to Hoboken,(been the case since the pandemic.)

I would have referred to this as "North Jersey Commuter Rail" because it includes far more than Newark. I'd do the same for the equivalent Subway & Light Rail video.

Are you going to do NYC Subway?

The system actually spans three states not two. Pennsylvania is the state you left out. Via the Atlantic City Rail Line into Philadelphia. 0:10

NJT serves more stations in New York than it does it South Jersey. NJT is not the railroad for NJ, it's the railroad for North Jersey. South Jersey just has the AC line, Patco, and the Riverline. No route connecting through the center of the state, no routes to shore in the south, and no connections to towns in southern jersey. Larger cities as Vineland, Millville, Glassboro, and others haven't had a commuter train since the early '70s. Yes, I'm aware of the Glassboro to Camden light rail, but It's not good enough when NJT can operate high-frequency commuter services everywhere else except for the residents of South Jersey. Good video tho!

There's also a Cape May railroad, short but there, nonetheless.

...Pretty sure Mount Arlington is before Lake Hopatcong on the Denville - Hacketstown

I think NJ transit started in 1979

You forgot the AC Line Disclaimer: Ik it's irrelevant compared to the northern part of the state, but still part of the system

You have Wayne-Route 23 and Little Falls reversed (Wayne-Route 23 should be where you have Little Falls and you have Little Falls where Wayne-Route 23 should be)

It’s easy to make fun of the “mess” that NJT is, until you move to a place with not enough people to support decent public transportation. Here in Central New York, I wish we had something as good as NJT.

Who thought of putting Penn Station in Central Park

There's a mistake in this video, which you switched the Wayne-Route 23 and Little Falls station. I hope you can fix it.

It also goes through Pennsylvania to access Atlantic City.

This was surprising, as someone who has never been to the US i am quite surprised to see the reach that NJ Transit has compared to the other US States with very limited coverage and few stations for the lines length, also with some of the routes being electrified does that mean NJ transit has one of the most frequent commuter rail networks in the country? And what about the rollingstock, wouldn't you think Multiple units would've been planned yet although this is the US I'm talking about lol

Where is the location shown at 11 seconds?

DO THE LIRR AND METRO NORTH PLS

Can you do Chicago el train

Next should be what is now Metro North including the near future of the East side Connect from the LIRR (Long island Railroad) into Grand Central Terminal. Excuse this if it has already been done.

NJT Usally Goes in 3 states

Where did you get the number 7.6m? Newark's population is like 280k and the state population is 8.9m

What happend to Atlantic City Line?

I love your videos, but you sound like you're trying out to make train announcements at stations :D

A video about a map!!

Imagine is he made a evo of nj transit BUSES, there's like 700 routes 😂