New Jersey's Commuter Rail Network Evolution

[@VanishingUnderground]

The Atlantic City line is included in my Philadelphia commuter rail video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHWzdpR9ja2FnNk CORRECTION: On the Montclair-Boonton line, the locations of Little Falls and Wayne Rt 23 should be switched.

[@StrawPlayz1]

Dope

[@corllectanelson4244]

Ok

[@MarceloPlus]

Could u make a PATH/Hudson Bergen LRT evolution?

[@VanishingUnderground]

Coming later this month

[@Georgiarailvideos6325]

can you do metro north evolution

[@btomimatsucunard]

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

[@robertcrafton7187]

Totally agree. Especially now that the systems are getting progressively more complex.

[@ErelH]

Definitely

[@bahnspotterEU]

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.

[@tealmer3528]

He's saying that to fit the format and to exclude the Atlantic City Line, I think.

[@bahnspotterEU]

@@tealmer3528 I guess, but then something like “Northern New Jersey” would have been better. With these systems you just can’t reduce them down to one city. If anything I would group NJ Transit with Metro-North and the LIRR as serving the Greater NYC metro area.

[@boriszakharin3189]

@@bahnspotterEU He could have used Secaucus, although, of course that didn't exist when NJT took over NJ's T

[@tealmer3528]

@@bahnspotterEU The reason he said that was because the system converges on Newark. Also, that's a bit of a mouthful.

[@yiannisd8286]

He was a little lazy with the video but it's still half decent

[@RaisedLetter]

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

[@Ahub61248]

LMAO SOON AS I HEARD THAT I STARTED LOOKIN IN THE COMMENTS

[@MirzaAhmed89]

Same difference. Both cities are shitholes.

[@chriscubingclips]

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.

[@Fan652w]

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.

[@NJT7023]

Is also in Pennsylvania

[@dijikstra8]

I would say these lines can mostly be compared to RegionalBahn and RegionalExpress in Germany. Not always electrified, not always high frequency, and connecting over large distances.

[@yiannisd8286]

There are a number of light rail lines too, 3 in Hudson County, 2 in Newark, and 1 in south jersey. Not to mention bus and brt

[@yeahman70]

NJ transit doesn’t just operate commuter rail, they also operate buses across the entire state, and light rail in Hoboken and Newark, and a diesel light rail from Trenton to Camden known as the River Line

[@MirzaAhmed89]

​@@NJT7023 NJT is not in Pennsylvania. The lines connecting Trenton, West Trenton, and Atlantic City to Philadelphia are operated by SEPTA.

[@Conellossus]

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!

[@redlion45]

Doesn't SEPTA operate that?

[@notjamarejammer]

@@redlion45 no.

[@FreedomtowerStudios]

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

[@ROTE]

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

[@StephenN1904]

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.

[@andrewtabatabai9590]

Yea

[@transitschuykill]

Honestly Id say it's more of just all of NJ

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

I think the point is that the video focuses on the Newark-based portion of the network, not the Atlantic City line or River line

[@TheBurlingtonTransitFan]

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

[@exploding_pineapples]

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

[@liammcgrath3114]

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.

[@FadkinsDiet]

From the terminal in Camden, service to Atlantic City, Ocean City, and Cape May. But neither the Pennsy nor the Reading ever wanted tunnel under the Delaware, leading these lines to be neglected. The current PhillyAC service uses a circuitous routing.

[@_SP64_]

@@FadkinsDiet they should've sold the PRSL to NJDOT instead of it disappearing into Conrail

[@yiannisd8286]

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

[@TrainSounds]

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

[@frankeljeff]

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

[@BEAZYWOMACK]

Correct

[@harrisonc985]

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.

[@MirzaAhmed89]

A lot, not alot.

[@videonut1988]

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)

[@295g295]

Transport of New Jersey had been Public Service buses, a part of PSE&G, which began as electric trolleys.

[@MGIC21]

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.

[@nasirroper4011]

I think this new extension is gonna be incorporated with amtraks new plansfor service to sacramento via the morristown line

[@johnfortune9190]

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

[@boeingmd3203]

Great video! I like the new blinking effect

[@drakeil]

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.

[@georgepolasky9809]

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

[@tealmer3528]

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!

[@WJMorris3]

Don't forget PATCO.

[@selx13]

WISH I was in charge of of these rail systems I would Replace Septa regional with NJT trains.NJT direct into Phila. would save commuters a lot of time.

[@DTD110865]

@@selx13 I believe one New Jersey Transit line replaced what is today the SEPTA West Trenton Line north of Ewing, then was decommissioned.

[@blue9multimediagroup]

@@selx13 but it's New Jersey Transit. It's purpose is to serve NJ, not other states. Those are only auxillary connections.

[@mrrockdaddy100]

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

[@henrikvtcodes]

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.

[@Saxshoe]

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.

[@a.j.santiago303]

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.

[@LeoFriedman06]

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

[@UnknownPerson667]

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

[@DanGalanteNYC]

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

[@garfieldclarkjr2483]

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 😀

[@edwardmiessner6502]

That's an impressive piece of work!

[@arjun_amin]

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

[@doesnt_exist_]

Judging by how he didn’t mention pacific electric in the LA video, I’m guessing not.

[@keg13206]

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.

[@dmac6004]

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

[@BruceFJRay]

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.

[@rynovoski]

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

[@joezegers]

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

[@Jacksonart55]

F in the chat for the West Trenton Line to Newark

[@RaisedLetter]

Wish it would come back but I guess CSX would fight to the death over that decision

[@joezegers]

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

[@thekingskid]

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.

[@295g295]

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"

[@SalAvenueNJ]

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.

[@jerseykaari]

You live in NJ and don't drive??? Do you spend most of your day looking over your shoulder afraid that modern anthropologists are going to stalk, grab and tag you, or possibly just keep you for further study??? Seriously though, I live at the shore, just at the very bottom end of NJT bus hub for commuting to NY. You're right, there are really no mass transit options to get anywhere else in the state once you're out of the NYC commuter zone. Outside of the AC/PATCO lines, there are no real train/bus options to Philadelphia from anywhere else in the state, which has always seemed odd to me.

[@_SP64_]

@@jerseykaari a perfect line there would be from Philadelphia to Cape May which begins at Winslow Junction along the Atlantic City Line.

[@rynovoski]

@@jerseykaari Before the pandemic, I never really drove either. Worked fine. You have to choose where you live and work a little carefully, but otherwise, fine.

[@pchou061377]

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...

[@travgames0113]

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

[@VanishingUnderground]

Might be a bit harder to find specific bus route histories for anything before the late 90’s. I’ll add it to my list of video ideas though

[@Gojira160]

​@@VanishingUndergroundCan Metro North come out?

[@tomrice6128]

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.

[@coryphillips8526]

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.

[@Prunejuice928]

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

[@CentralJerseyRailfan]

The first shot was taken in Paterson

[@MattyC62185]

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

[@JerseyRails104]

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

[@davidtsvetovat9419]

It’s been a long time for Philadelphia commuter rail

[@anarcho-pingu]

Transit systems are my mind palace

[@yayayay-s4w]

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.

[@_SP64_]

They do go to New York and even Hoboken just that service is limited. Most of the trains stop at Newark Penn

[@rynovoski]

@@_SP64_ Yeah, I just checked; there's direct service.

[@664theneighbor5]

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

[@trenomanis]

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...

[@TrainSounds]

Do the Philadelphia subway as well

[@FalconsEye58094]

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

[@selx13]

You have to go into Phila then take a slow old train to AC just go into NYC and take the bus

[@blue9multimediagroup]

@@selx13 or you can catch the NEC line to Trenton, River Line to Pennsauken and then ACL from there.

[@rafaelpeguero7586]

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

[@yoyobass100]

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.

[@hirampriggott1689]

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.

[@timectrl]

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

[@Bloor25]

Who thought of putting Penn Station in Central Park

[@174Devin]

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

[@3catfirephotography374]

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.)

[@rynovoski]

Ah, yeah, one single train: 2406.

[@Luna_Potato]

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

[@stefanochiodi8800]

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

[@DTD110865]

Really? I thought that was just the Sunnyside Yard.

[@stefanochiodi8800]

@@DTD110865 yea when i say "Sunnyside, NY" i mean the sunnyside yard. i live near it

[@blue9multimediagroup]

That's not an NJT Depot. That's just AMTRAK Sunnyside Yard.

[@stefanochiodi8800]

@@blue9multimediagroup yes it is, its labled that on maps as a njt amtrak and lirr depot and i frequently see njt trains parked there

[@yankees2864]

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

[@rvp9748]

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

[@alanthefisher]

NJ transit is a land of contrasts haha

[@lilwill06]

You forgot to mention the Atlantic City Line

[@NJT7023]

NJT Usally Goes in 3 states

[@zeldadinosaur]

Are you going to do NYC Subway?

[@rayrayz51233]

I think NJ transit started in 1979

[@jvohanian]

The agency was formed in 1979 but didn't take over railroad operations until 1983. They took over bus operations from TNJ in 1981.

[@rayrayz51233]

@@jvohanian Okay 😎 good point

[@claritychase7378]

Where is the location shown at 11 seconds?

[@rynovoski]

Glen Ridge. One of my favorites. Beautiful. Stream running behind the platform, etc. Racist town, though.

[@pixel6854]

"This is Newark, New Jersey" Shows a photo of Paterson

[@brainwells6634]

Do Chicago next

[@dsystem.]

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

[@RohanBajaj-vj2dp]

You should make a nyc subway network video

[@bryantarailfan]

It start 1979

[@nonenoneonenonenone]

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

[@pahonia6091]

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

[@VanishingUnderground]

I use the sum of all the 16 counties with stations shown on this map. I try to align my population estimate with the service area of the transit system.

[@pahonia6091]

@@VanishingUnderground oh ok

[@jamieknight5345]

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

[@korbermeister1]

Being a relatively small state and being between NYC and Philadelphia is the reason why the lines have such an extensive reach into the state. The demands of NYC necessitated rail to not only bring in people but resources when the were first built, many of those lines also brought in coal, wood from the rural NJ and from northeast Pennsylvania. Also, Newark was its own major capitulation that needed to be supplied, before the riots drove out businesses. www.american-rails.com/nj.html

[@BTman58]

@Corey Mayo The riots didn't drive out business. Businesses were already moving out well before the riots began. Newark had become a small city smothered by its suburbs. Unlike other cities, Newark contracted instead of expending. So had Newark maintained (or even expanded) its original geographical area (all of Eseex County and portions of Union County). Newark today would be a much larger city (within the top five in population), and the rail system would not be so heavily focused towards NYC.

[@rynovoski]

It's true, it's a regional rail system with frequent service all day long.

[@nonenoneonenonenone]

It also goes through Pennsylvania to access Atlantic City.

[@amjkodaz]

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

[@AVeryRandomPerson]

AC Line is with Philadelphia

[@rafjr4264]

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)

[@theautistictransitfan]

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

[@cooliphoneguy2934]

Not NJ Transit but Newark connects way more than 2 states, you can buy a ticket to New Orleans out of Newark Penn if you wanted

[@SwirlyTrainz]

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!

[@drakeil]

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.

[@Railoffroader2]

LIRR is going under Grand Central to a separate station, not into the original.

[@drakeil]

@@Railoffroader2 The platforms are under Grand Central so it is not a separate terminal: all of it will be Grand Central Terminal.

[@blue9multimediagroup]

@@Railoffroader2 they're going to a lower level in the existing station

[@Railoffroader2]

@@drakeil You just repeated what I already wrote and it’s interconnected for passengers/pedestrians to get from one to the other but not the trains. It has the same name but is physically a separate station. Some of us that actually work for a railroad know what we’re saying.

[@Railoffroader2]

@@blue9multimediagroup You repeated part of what I already wrote, but thanks.

[@jimpern]

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.

[@smackingshir1s]

How do you make your maps

[@VanishingUnderground]

I usually just trace the system map in PowerPoint, and make a few modifications to fit in closed stops.

[@jetfan925]

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

[@VanishingUnderground]

Whoops thanks for catching that! I’ll make a note of that for when I remake this video in the future

[@MGIC21]

He did the same with Mount Arlington and Lake Hopatcong too

[@jetfan925]

@@MGIC21 Didn't see it.

[@brendanu1680]

No mainline service to Newark? Atlantic City line isn't here? whoever heard of such a thing! How can we be njt without the main line service to the most populated city in our state and one of our lines missing?

[@korbermeister1]

The mainline name is a relic of when it was owned by the Erie Lackawanna Railroad, it was their main line from NJ to Chicago. The NJTransit line with the most passengers is the northeast corridor line that runs from Trenton NJ TO Manhattan in NYC and is unofficially considered its main line www.american-rails.com/nj.html

[@AVeryRandomPerson]

AC Line is with Philadelphia

[@alexe1707]

What happend to Atlantic City Line?

[@AVeryRandomPerson]

AC Line is with Philadelphia

[@itiseragon]

Would love to see the DART system

[@harveyschwartz6789]

Where do the trains go after Hoboken?

[@frankeljeff]

The Hudson River 😂

[@korbermeister1]

Hoboken is a terminal station

[@AVeryRandomPerson]

Well, they used to just head back to their terminal stations, but they now teleport to Penn Station

[@blue9multimediagroup]

That's why Secaucus Junction was built so you can transfer to NYC bound trains from the Hoboken bound trains since they run on different levels at the station.

[@rynovoski]

They turn around. Or go to the yard.

[@davidtsvetovat9419]

Can you do Chicago el train

[@JoeyDNetsfan]

Great informative video except when you said in the beginning “this is Newark, NJ”, you showed Paterson, NJ. Newark, neither New Jersey has a population of 7.6 million people. NJ’s population is 9 million, where Newark’s population is 300,000. Also, you missed the light rails which definitely have higher ridership than some of the lines here. Speaking of ridership, I wish NJT would bring back some stations on the Montclair-Boonton line. The population is growing and maybe they should consider re-opening Roseville, Ampere, and Grove St as well as Harrison. They need a station bad, because the PATH gets way too cramped

[@AVeryRandomPerson]

As mentioned in the title, this is just commuter rail. Also 7.6M is a combination of all 16 counties serviced by NJT