New Jersey Transit Corporation , labeled as NJ Transit ( NJT ; distribute as NJ TRANSIT ), is status- owning a public transport system serving the state of New Jersey, along with parts of New York State and Pennsylvania. It operates state-of-the-art buses, light rail and commuter rail services, connecting major commercial and work centers both within the state and in the adjacent major cities of New York and Philadelphia.
Covering a service area of ​​5,325 square miles (13,790 km 2 ), NJT is the largest statewide public transportation system and the third largest provider of buses, trains and light trains by motorists in the United States. Union.
NJT also acts as a purchasing agent for many private operators in the state, mainly supplying buses to serve routes not served by transit agencies.
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NJT was founded on July 17, 1979, a descendant of the New Jersey Transportation Department (NJDOT), mandated by the state government to deal with many urgent transportation problems. It emerged with the passage of the 1979 Public Transport Act to "acquire, operate, and contract for transport services for the public good." NJT initially acquired and managed a number of private bus services, one of the largest operated by the country's largest power company, the Electricity Company and the Public Service. It gradually acquires most of the country bus services. In northern New Jersey, many bus routes are arranged on the web. In southern New Jersey, most routes are arranged in "talk-and-hub" mode, with routes from Trenton, Camden, and Atlantic City. In addition to the routes run by NJT, it subsidizes and provides buses for most of the country's private operators that provide fixed routes or commuting services, such as Coach USA, DeCamp, Lakeland, and Academy.
In 1983, NJT assumed the operation of all New Jersey commuter train services from Conrail, which had been established in 1976 through the incorporation of a number of financially problematic train tracks and operated commuter train services under a contract from NJDOT. It now operates every passenger and commuter train line in the state except Amtrak; The Trans-Hudson Port Authority (PATH), owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; PATCO's Speedline, owned by the Delaware River Port Authority; two lines of SEPTA Regional Rail, West Trenton Line and Trenton Line; and several tourist trains in the south and northwest of New Jersey. From the beginning, the railroads have increased fourfold.
In the 1990s the rail system was expanded, with the new Midtown Direct service to New York City and new equipment. On October 21, 2001, he opened a new station at Newark Liberty International Airport. On December 15, 2003, he opened the Secaucus Junction transfer station, connecting two major parts of the system, allowing passengers on trains to Hoboken Terminal to transfer trains to Midtown Manhattan, saving about 15 minutes while connected to the PATH train in Hoboken. On October 31, 2005, NJT took over Clocker (NY-Philadelphia) service from Amtrak. Four new trains were added to the schedule, but cut back to Trenton.
During Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, NJ Transit rail operations center was flooded by 8 feet (2.4 m) of water and submerged emergency generators. The flood damaged at least 65 locomotives and 257 trains.
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Government
The governor of New Jersey appointed seven members of the Board of Directors, four members of the general public and three state officials. The governor has a veto on the decisions made by the council.
Current operation
The NJT operation is divided into three classes: buses, trains and light trains, operated by three legal businesses: Transit Bus Operations NJ, Inc , for buses and Newark Light Rail, subsidiaries NJ Transit Mercer, Inc. for buses around Trenton, and Transit Rail Operations, Inc. , for commuter trains.
Bus
NJT operates 871 bus routes using 2,477 buses (leasing the remainder to private operators) and Newark Light Rail with 20 light rail vehicles (with many other lines subsidized by NJT). The bus fleet includes buses purchased for other New Jersey carriers above 2,477.
Light rails
NJT operates three light rail lines:
- Hudson-Bergen Light Rail - a 24-stop multi-branch line along 20.6 miles (33.2 km) along the Gold Coast from Bayonne to North Bergen, with major stops at Hoboken Terminal, all at Hudson County. The fleet consists of 52 Kinki Sharyo light electric rail vehicles owned by NJT and operated under contract by 21st Century Rail.
- Newark Light Rail - two segments serving Newark and the surrounding area. The Newark City Subway has 12 stops, 4.3 miles (6.9 km) long, connecting Newark Penn Station to North Newark and Bloomfield. The Broad Street Extension has five stops, 1.0 mile (1.6 km) in length, and links Newark Penn Station to Newark Broad Street Station. The fleet consists of 21 Kinki Sharyo light electric rail vehicles owned and operated by the NJT Bus Operations Center Division.
- River Line - 21-stop lane 34 miles (55 km) from Trenton to Camden along the Delaware River, mostly along the Bordentown Secondary line previously owned by Conrail and CSX. The fleet consists of 20 lightweight GTT Stadler GTW rail diesel vehicles and is operated under contract by Bombardier Transportation.
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NJT has 11 commuter train lines:
- Atlantic City Line
- Bergen County Line
- Main Line
- Meadowlands Train Line
- Montclair-Boonton Line
- Morris & amp; Essex Lines, consist of:
- Morristown Line
- Gladstone Branch
- North Jersey Beach Line
- Northeast Corridor Line (including Princeton Branch)
- Pascack Valley Line
- Raritan Valley Line
Additional special event services are provided on the Meadowlands Train.
NJT operates more than 100 diesel locomotives, 11 supplied by Metro-North Railroad as part of an operating agreement for Port Port Jervis, and 61 electric locomotives. It has more than 650 push-pull cars, of which 65 are supplied by Metro-North, and 230 units of double electric cars.
Police
The New Jersey Transit Police Department (NJTPD) is a transit NJ Transit police agent. The New Jersey Transit Police operates under the authority of Chapter 27 of the Revised Statute of NJ. Title 27: 25-15.1 states in section "The designated Transit Police Officer shall have the general authority, without limitation, to exercise the powers and duties of the police, as provided by law for police officers and law enforcement officials, in all criminal and past across time throughout the State and, in addition, to enforce such rules and regulations as companies should adopt and deem appropriate. "
One of the main responsibilities of the Transit NJ Police is to provide police services and security to hundreds of bus terminals, railway stations, light rail stations and all other properties owned, operated and leased by NJ Transit across the state. The department employs about 250 sworn Police Officers.
Project
Ongoing projects
Projects of repair, recovery and resilience
Superstorm Sandy, on October 29, 2012, caused a tidal wave of 13 feet that flooded many coastal communities. A report released in December 2013 by Texas A & amp; M Engineering Extension Service found that NJT ignores flood warnings and does not follow its own damage mitigation plan. Storm after leaving a dry trail; movement of bridge gear beam; flood railway station; catenary fall and damage to over 300 rail equipment remaining in the lowlands. NJT has undertaken various projects to recover and replace damaged infrastructure and take steps to reduce future damage and improve the system. The creation of a "train paradise" in County Yard begins in January 2014. NJT has proposed the construction of a new generator at Kearny Meadows that will withstand flooding. and support an electric "micro-grid" that is specific to rail services.
Bus rapid transit
Bus rapid transit in New Jersey includes limited stop bus lanes, exclusive bus lanes (XBL) and bypass bus shoulders (BBS). Next Generation Bus is a term used by NJT to refer to the development of state-wide bus rapid transit (BRT) systems being studied by agencies, NJDOT, metropolitan planning organizations New Jersey (MPO), and contract bus operators. In 2011, NJT announced that it will equip all bus fleets with real-time locations, creating the basis for scheduling information of "next bus" at bus stops and web-abled devices and considered an important feature of BRT.
Northern Branch
NJT plans to extend Light Rail Hudson-Bergen to Englewood or Tenafly along the Northern Branch, freight rail. In 2012, a draft environmental impact statement has been released, but no funding has been identified.
Lackawanna Cut-Off
In May 2001, the State of New Jersey obtained a shortcut from Lackawanna Cut-Off. Built by Delaware, Lackawanna and the Western Railroad between 1908 and 1911, it provides a direct route with a minimum curve and value between Slateford Junction, two miles (3.25 km) under the Delaware Water Gap, and the summit of the DAS on Hopatcong Lake (Port Morris Junction), connect with NJT Montclair-Boonton Line. This will restore the remote service that Erie Lackawanna last provided with Lake Cities in 1970.
At the time of Cut-Off construction, DL & W has extensive experience with concrete construction, but not on a scale to be used on Cut-Off. All structures, including stations, bridges, interlocking towers and two large viaduks and thousands of fence posts, are made of concrete. Despite the lack of maintenance on this structure over the past four decades (and in some cases longer), most are still in operational or near-operational conditions. A 2009 study by NJT estimates that bringing the line back into operation to Scranton, PA will cost approximately $ 551 million, although the service can be extended in several temporary phases before it reaches Scranton.
In 2011, a Cut-Off rerun from Port Morris to Andover, a distance of 7.3 miles (11.8 km), began. The project was delayed due to lack of environmental permits to clear the road between Lake Lackawanna and Andover. Based on the current projection of NJ Transit, restart construction, including extensive work on the Roseville Tunnel, will occur in mid to late 2016. The reopening of services to Andover is projected to occur in October 2018. The proposed rehabilitation west of Andover, which has not been funded , will provide commuter train services between Hoboken Terminal and Penn Station New York, and will serve the growing community exurban in Monroe County, Pennsylvania and Poconos, as well as northern Warren County and Southern Sussex County in New Jersey. In October 2015, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) requested that preliminary technical studies be undertaken to update cost figures in previous studies. Funding for this study is being sought.
Glassboro-Camden Path
The Glassboro-Camden Line is a 18-mile (28.97 km) dual diesel (DMU) rail system planned for the southwestern part of New Jersey in the United States. At its northern end of Camden will be connected to River LINE whose infrastructure and vehicle will be compatible. In the northern terminal, Walter Rand Transportation Center, paid transfers will be made possible to PATCO Speedline.
Proposed project
West Trenton
The West Trenton Line is a proposed service for connecting West Trenton Station with Penn Station Newark, connecting with the Raritan Valley Line at Bridgewater. In 2004, the estimated cost of NJT was $ 197 million. To date, no funds have been secured. The service ran on the line before 1983.
Coastal Commuter Line Train
While the Northern Branch has already proceeded to the EIS Stage, the West Coast Route is still proposed and has been included in the NJ Transit section of the Metropolitan Transportation Agency Transportation Planning (TIP) Program designed by the Federal Government for Fiscal Year 2016- 2019. This route may be the greatest promise in all over New Jersey as it travels through the heart of Midtown Transit Bus Operations, with four bus routes (165, 167, 168 & 177) running well beyond capacity. Right-of-way has room for four tracks from Croxton Yard to north to Dumont. Problems in starting the commuter rail service are:
- CSX has a trackage and uses it to connect the NYC area to their national network in Selkirk Yard in upstate New York.
- CSX offers to allow the use of NJ Transit from ROW if the agency builds voice barriers along long lines for commuting operations.
- The city terminal is not connected to this line, because Weehawken & amp; The Pavonian terminal was destroyed several decades ago. A loop connecting this line with North River Tunnels to New York Penn Station where the West Shore Track passes under the Northeast Corridor just south of NJ Route 3 and Tonnelle Ave will connect this line directly to New York Penn Station. This configuration will provide a 25-minute travel time to New York Penn Station, but will pass through Secaucus Junction, leaving the West Shore without a transfer connection to the rest of New Jersey apart from the possible transfer station on Tonnelle Ave with Hudson Bergen Light Rail.
With this considerable construction problem, and no space available at New York Penn Station for the West Shore Line train, this proposal was postponed until capacity in New York increased.
The municipal leadership along the route has been organizing for decades to get the service running again and has been rezoning in areas around the former train station since being told by NJ Transit that the number of motorists projected is too low to justify the investment.
Passaic-Bergen Rail Line
The Passaic-Bergen Passenger Rails Project will reintroduce passenger services in New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway right-of-way between Hawthorne and Hackensack using the new Diesel Multiple Unit rail car.
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The Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex (MOM) line is the proposed southern and central New Jersey commuter train routes to New Brunswick, Newark and New York's Penn Station. This will restore the services previously provided by Central Railroad of New Jersey. This line was originally proposed by the Ocean County Elected Board of Trustees in March 1980. It will run in a 40.1-mile train corridor and will provide a commuter diesel rail service from Monmouth Junction (South Brunswick), where the Jamesburg Branch partially joins the Northeast Corridor (NEC), south to Lakehurst in the interior of northern Ocean County. In 2006, the line was opposed by Jamesburg and Monroe Township.
From Monmouth Junction the line will continue southeast to Jamesburg, Monroe, Englishtown, Manalapan, Freehold Borough, Freehold Township, Howell, and Farmingdale. New rail connections will be required in Farmingdale. It will continue south from Farmingdale to Lakehurst, past Howell, Lakewood, Jackson, Toms River Township, and Lakehurst/Manchester. The railway will also operate at NEC between Monmouth Junction and Newark. Passengers for New York will move to Newark. Eight new stations and train storage pages will be built.
In mid-February 2008, New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine attracted the alignment of Monmouth Junction of the MOM Plan. Corzine chose to support the two remaining alternative alignments (via Red Bank or Matawan-Freehold, the latter currently part of the Henry Hudson Rail Trail). NJT still plans to study all routes not to delay further action on the EIS, and says the three routes are still for evaluation, although this will take into consideration the Governor's comments.
At the end of May 2009, representatives from three districts agreed to support a potential route from Ocean County to Red Bank, rather than to Monmouth Junction, to end years of deadlock. Under the compromise, the southern end of the line is at Lakehurst, and will cross Lakewood along the existing freight line to join the North Jersey Coast Line at Red Bank. This also includes the possibility of spurting between Freehold and Farmingdale.
In August 2010, NJT received $ 534,375 in the Federal Fund to investigate possible MOM lines. Since then there has been no further progress from this project. This inertia is partly due to the cancellation of Access to Core Projects.
Lehigh Valley
In November 2008, the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (LVEDC), together with both Lehigh and Northampton districts, commissioned research to explore expanding the Raritan Valley Line to the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, potentially including stops in Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton. This will continue the passenger service previously provided by Lehigh Valley Railroad and Central Railroad of New Jersey. These cities were last served in 1967.
Canceled project
Access to Region Core
NJT intends to build two new Hudson River tunnels adjacent to two Northeast Corridor tunnels built in the early 20th century by the Pennsylvania Railroad. NJT refers to the project as Access to Core Areas , which will use the dual-power locomotive and the new railroad crossing in Secaucus, allowing for a train ride between Port Jervis, Main, Bergen County, Pascack Valley and Raritan Valley and New York Penn Station. Renewal plans for Lehigh and West Trenton will require additional capacity and the ARC project will provide that capacity.
The project broke out in June 2009. Both the Federal Transit Administration and the Port Authority made a public commitment of $ 3 billion for the project. However, the project was suspended on October 7, 2010 due to concerns that the State of New Jersey will be fully responsible for the projected $ 5 billion loss. On October 27, 2010, Governor Chris Christie made the final decision to cancel the project. Amtrak then launches Project Gateway, which addresses some of the issues that ARC wants to solve.
Newark-Elizabeth Railway
Planning to connect Downtown Newark and Elizabeth via Newark Liberty International Airport, NJT no longer pursues Newark-Elizabeth Rail Link. The airport has a monorail link to the Northeast Corridor NJT Line and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, both heading to Newark and Elizabeth.
Incident
- In December 1985, a train crashed into a concrete bumper at Hoboken Terminal, wounding 54 people. The reason is the lubricant applied to the track to test the train wheel.
- Around 8:40 am on February 9, 1996, two trains, 1254 eastwards and westward 1107, collided almost near Secaucus, New Jersey. Both train engineers and a passenger on the 1254 train were killed. The accident was caused when the 1254 train emitted a red signal.
- On the morning of September 29, 2016, Pascack Valley Line commuter line # 1614 failed to slow down as it approached the Hoboken Terminal, and fell. The train came from Spring Valley station in Spring Valley, New York. According to eyewitnesses, the train hit a bumper block into the passenger room. One person died, with about 100 people injured.
See also
- George Warrington
- James Weinstein
- AirTrain Newark
- List of New Jersey railroads
- List of the United States railroads
- Metropolitan Transport Authority
- Sunnyside Yard
References
External links
- Official website
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