NJ Transit

"NJT" redirects here. For other uses, see NJT (disambiguation).

NJ Transit
NJ Transit provides bus service throughout New Jersey, commuter rail service in North and Central Jersey and along the US Route 30 corridor, and light rail service in Hudson and Essex counties, and elsewhere in the Delaware Valley
NJ Transit provides bus service throughout New Jersey, commuter rail service in North and Central Jersey and along the US Route 30 corridor, and light rail service in Hudson and Essex counties, and elsewhere in the Delaware Valley
Overview
LocaleNew Jersey (statewide), New York, Rockland and Orange counties in New York State, and Philadelphia and Northampton counties in Pennsylvania
Transit type
Number of lines
  • 12 (commuter rail)
  • 3 (light rail)
  • 253 (bus)
Number of stations
  • 165 (rail)
  • 86 (light rail)
  • 26 (bus terminals)
  • 15991 (bus stops)
  • (2022 figures, all modes[1])
Annual ridership209,259,800 (2023)[2]
Chief executiveKevin Corbett
Headquarters2 Gateway Center, Newark, New Jersey
Websitenjtransit.com
Operation
Began operationJuly 17, 1979; 45 years ago (July 17, 1979)
Operator(s)
Number of vehicles
  • 1,231 (commuter rail)
  • 93 (light rail)
  • 2,221 (bus)
  • (2023 figures, all modes[1])
Technical
System length
  • 1,000.8 mi (1,610.6 km) (rail)
  • 116.2 mi (187.0 km) (light rail)
  • (2018 figures[1])

New Jersey Transit Corporation, branded as NJ Transit or NJTransit and often shortened to NJT, is a state-owned public transportation system that serves the U.S. state of New Jersey and portions of the states of New York and Pennsylvania. It operates buses, light rail, and commuter rail services throughout the state, connecting to major commercial and employment centers both within the state and in its two adjacent major cities, New York City and Philadelphia. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 209,259,800.

Covering a service area of 5,325 square miles (13,790 km2), NJT is the largest statewide public transit system and the third-largest provider of bus, rail, and light rail transit by ridership in the United States.[3][4]

NJT also acts as a purchasing agency for many private operators in the state; in particular, buses to serve routes not served by the transit agency.

  1. ^ a b c "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 30, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  3. ^ Vantuono, William C. "New Jersey's innovators: New Jersey Transit's billion-dollar capital budget is focused on creating a unified, statewide network of commuter and light rail lines. New technologies are a key part of that strategy" Archived May 27, 2012, at archive.today, Railway Age, April 2004. Accessed August 22, 2007. "In late 2003, 20 years after portions of the Pennsylvania, Erie-Lackawanna, Jersey Central, and Lehigh Valley railroads or their successors were combined to form the nation's third-largest commuter rail system, Secaucus Junction opened."
  4. ^ Vantuono, William C. (November 4, 2015). "Jersey Transit Strong". Archived from the original on April 18, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2016.