New Jersey's Commuter Rail Network Evolution
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Published 2021-07-21
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New Jersey Bergen County line commuter rail
New Jersey Gladstone Branch commuter rail
New Jersey Main line commuter rail
New Jersey Meadowlands branch commuter rail
New Jersey Montclair-Boonton line commuter rail
New Jersey Morristown line commuter rail
New Jersey Northeast Corridor line commuter rail
New Jersey North Jersey Coast line commuter rail
New Jersey Pascack Valley line commuter rail
New Jersey Princeton Dinky branch commuter rail
New Jersey Raritan Valley line commuter rail
New York Port Jervis line commuter rail
New York Pascack Valley line commuter
All Comments (21)
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The Atlantic City line is included in my Philadelphia commuter rail video: https://youtu.be/ZDPEaGXHRfw CORRECTION: On the Montclair-Boonton line, the locations of Little Falls and Wayne Rt 23 should be switched.
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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.
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Dude the blinking station dots were a great idea for these videos! It makes it so much easier to see what changes are made!
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"This is Newark, New Jersey" *Shows Paterson Station
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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.
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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.
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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!
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Great video, even though the first shot shows Paterson Station, not Newark Penn Station. :-)
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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)
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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
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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.
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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
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The intro has changed so much! Awesome! Do BART next!
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I’m glad you did my home commuter rail :). Great video!
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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.
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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
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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!
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Thanks for the history, when I do my NJ transit station series, I’m gonna be talking about the history of those stops
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Great video! I like the new blinking effect
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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.
