List of NJ Transit railroad stations

thumb|A [[Dover station (NJ Transit)|Dover station-bound train on the Morristown Line in February 2021]]

NJ Transit Rail Operations provides passenger service on 12 lines at a total of 165 stations, some operated in conjunction with Amtrak and Metro-North Railroad.

NJ Transit Rail Operations was established by NJ Transit to run commuter rail operations in New Jersey. In January 1983 it took over operation from Conrail, which itself had been formed in 1976 through the merger of a number of financially troubled railroads and had been operating commuter railroad service under contract from the New Jersey Department of Transportation. Soon after its creation, NJT commissioned a survey of operating stations, 53 of which were eventually nominated and listed on the state and federal registers of historic places in 1984. Since 2009, NJ Transit is a stakeholder in the state's "smart growth" transit-oriented development initiatives, its transit hubs forming the basis for transit villages.

The regional rail network, which serves the northern and central parts of New Jersey and Rockland and Orange counties in New York, radiates from Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, New York Penn Station and Newark Penn Station. Lines intersect at Secaucus Junction. Amtrak provides service in New Jersey along the Northeast Corridor between Newark and Trenton and at intermediate points.

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|Atlantic City

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|Hoboken

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Hoboken (weekdays)
New York Penn (limited weekdays)
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New York Penn (weekdays)
Hoboken

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New York Penn

Trenton Transit Center
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New York Penn

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(limited weekday service)
(short-turn weekends)

| Hoboken

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Newark Penn
New York Penn (limited weekdays)

(limited weekdays)

Station designations

Historic register listings

In 1981, NJ Transit commissioned the State Historic Preservation Office to conduct a study of 112 train stations under its jurisdiction built before World War II that were still in operation. Many of thematic nomination stations are listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places (ID#5080) on March 17, 1984. Most were along former lines and heritage railroads that had become part of NJ Transit, while West Trenton is used by SEPTA.

The oldest station building, built in 1868 at the Ramsey-Main Street station, was not listed. The oldest active station to be listed on NRHP was Hackensack's 1869-built Anderson Street station, until it was destroyed in a fire and explosion in 2009, and thus was delisted. Proposals to revive service on the West Trenton Line and Lackawanna Cut-Off include the re-use of some listed stations in both New Jersey and northeastern Pennsylvania.

Two significant individually-listed historic stations include Newark Penn Station and Hoboken Terminal, both of which are major stations that also serve as terminals for light rail, PATH subway trains, and in the case of Hoboken, ferries across the Hudson River to Pier 11 at Wall Street and the Battery Park City Ferry Terminal.

Transit villages

The New Jersey Department of Transportation established the Transit Village Initiative in 1999 to promote transit-oriented development (TOD), offering multi-agency assistance and grants to municipalities for projects which fulfill certain conditions to promote higher density development and use of public transportation within a radius of a transit hub, specifying appropriate mixed land-use strategy, available property, station-area management, and commitment to affordable housing, job growth/maintenance, and cultural activities. Transit village development must also preserve the architectural integrity of historically significant buildings and the landscape. , the state had made 30 transit village designations, many of which are centered around "Main Street" or central business district train stations. Since 2008, there has been significant population growth and increased ridership in neighborhoods around stations.

Active stations

Operated by NJ Transit

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Station

! width=13%|Lines

! Location

! Former railroad right-of-way

! Station opened

! Notes

| Matawan

| Central Railroad of New Jersey

| July 1, 1875

| Originally named Matawan

| Absecon

| Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines

| September 17, 1989

| Allenhurst

| Central Railroad of New Jersey

| May 17, 1897

| Hackensack

| Erie Railroad

| September 7, 1869

| Original 1869-built station house destroyed in a January 2009 fire

| Annandale

| Central Railroad of New Jersey

| July 4, 1852

| Waterford Township

| Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines

| September 17, 1989

| Belmar

| Central Railroad of New Jersey

| September 14, 1875

| Berkeley Heights

| Lackawanna Railroad

| January 29, 1872

|

| East Orange

| Lackawanna Railroad

| November 19, 1836

| Bridgewater Township

| Central Railroad of New Jersey

| July 17, 2000

| Replaced former Calco station for American Cyanamid Proposed West Trenton Line (NJ Transit) stop

| Fair Lawn

| Erie Railroad

| October 1, 1881

| Chatham Borough

| Lackawanna Railroad

| September 17, 1837

| Clifton

| Lackawanna Railroad

| December 14, 1870

| Morris Township

| Lackawanna Railroad

| 1867

| Cranford

| Central Railroad of New Jersey

| January 1, 1839

| Clifton

| Lackawanna Railroad

| December 14, 1870

|

| Denville Township

| Lackawanna Railroad

| July 4, 1848

|

| Dover

| Lackawanna Railroad

| July 31, 1848

| Dunellen

| Central Railroad of New Jersey

| January 1, 1840

| Emerson

| Erie Railroad

| March 4, 1870

| Hackensack

| Erie Railroad

| January 21, 1861

| Fanwood

| Central Railroad of New Jersey

| January 1, 1839

| Garfield

| Erie Railroad

| October 1, 1881

| Garwood

| Central Railroad of New Jersey

| August 1892

| Long Hill Township

| Lackawanna Railroad

| January 29, 1872

| Glen Rock

| Erie Railroad

| October 1, 1881

| Glen Rock

| Erie Railroad

| October 19, 1848

| Hammonton

| Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines

| September 17, 1989

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| Ho-Ho-Kus

| Erie Railroad

| October 19, 1848

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| Roxbury

| Lackawanna Railroad

| 1882

| Lebanon

| Central Railroad of New Jersey

| July 4, 1852

| Lincoln Park

| Lackawanna Railroad

| December 14, 1870

|

| Linden

| Pennsylvania Railroad

| Lindenwold

| Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines

| September 17, 1989

| Connection available to PATCO Speedline

| Little Falls

| Erie Railroad

| January 1, 1873

| Little Silver

| Central Railroad of New Jersey

| Long Branch

| Central Railroad of New Jersey

| July 1, 1875

|

| Mahwah

| Erie Railroad

| October 19, 1848

| Located on a spur from the Pascack Valley Line

| Woodbridge Township

| Pennsylvania Railroad

| November 14, 1971

| Metuchen

| Pennsylvania Railroad

| July 11, 1836

| Middletown Township

| Central Railroad of New Jersey

| July 1, 1875

| Montvale

| Erie Railroad

| May 27, 1871

|

| Mount Olive Township

| Lackawanna Railroad

| October 31, 1994

| Denville Township

| Lackawanna Railroad

| Montclair

| Erie Railroad

| January 1, 1873

| Mountain Lakes

| Lackawanna Railroad

| November 10, 1912

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| South Orange

| Lackawanna Railroad

| September 17, 1837

| Plainfield

| Central Railroad of New Jersey

| River Edge

| Erie Railroad

| March 4, 1870

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| Newark

| Lackawanna Railroad

| November 19, 1836

| Newark Penn Station

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| Newark

| Pennsylvania Railroad

| March 24, 1935

| Branchburg

| Central Railroad of New Jersey

| September 25, 1848

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| Elizabeth

| Pennsylvania Railroad

| Oradell

| Erie Railroad

| March 4, 1870

| Peapack-Gladstone

| Lackawanna Railroad

| October 10, 1890

| Connection available with the River Line.

| Perth Amboy

| Central Railroad of New Jersey

| June 28, 1875

| Plainfield

| Central Railroad of New Jersey

| January 1, 1839

| Princeton

| Pennsylvania Railroad

| May 29, 1865

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| West Windsor

| Pennsylvania Railroad

| November 23, 1863

| Radburn

| Erie Railroad

| October 1, 1881

|

| Rahway

| Pennsylvania Railroad

| January 1, 1836

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| Ramsey

| Erie Railroad

| October 19, 1848

| Raritan

| Central Railroad of New Jersey

| Red Bank

| Central Railroad of New Jersey

| July 1, 1875

| Roselle Park

| Lehigh Valley Railroad

| February 3, 1891

| Rutherford

| Erie Railroad

| December 4, 1833

| Secaucus Junction

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| Secaucus

| Pennsylvania Railroad Erie Railroad

| December 15, 2003

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| Short Hills

| Lackawanna Railroad

| July 1879

| Somerville

| Central Railroad of New Jersey

| January 1, 1842

| Long Hill Township

| Lackawanna Railroad

| January 29, 1872

| Montville

| Lackawanna Railroad

| December 14, 1870

| Trenton Transit Center

| Trenton

| Pennsylvania Railroad

| April 20, 1863

| Union Township

| Lehigh Valley Railroad

| April 28, 2003

| Montclair

| Erie Railroad

| January 1, 1873

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| Waldwick

| Erie Railroad

| 1886

| Montclair

| Erie Railroad

| January 1, 1873

| Montclair

| Erie Railroad

| January 1, 1873

| Bloomfield

| Lackawanna Railroad

| December 18, 1855

| Wayne Route 23

| Wayne

| Erie Railroad

| January 12, 2008

| Wood-Ridge

| Erie Railroad

| May 15, 2016

| Westfield

| Central Railroad of New Jersey

| January 1, 1839

Operated by others

Metro-North Railroad's West-of-Hudson service is operated by NJ Transit. NJ Transit owns the Pascack Valley Line right-of-way and stations, which are leased to Metro-North. On the Port Jervis Line north of Suffern, Metro-North owns or leases the ROW under an agreement with Norfolk Southern Railway and operates the stations.

| Metro-North Railroad

| Hamptonburgh, NY

| Erie Railroad

| April 18, 1983

| Built by PANYNJ to connect Newark Airport via AirTrain Newark

| Metro-North Railroad

| Otisville, NY

| Erie Railroad

| November 1, 1846

| Metro-North Railroad

| Pearl River, NY

| Erie Railroad

| May 27, 1871

| Metro-North Railroad

| Port Jervis, NY

| Erie Railroad

| Metro-North Railroad

| Cornwall, NY

| Erie Railroad

| April 18, 1983

| Metro-North Railroad

| Sloatsburg, NY

| Erie Railroad

| Metro-North Railroad

| Spring Valley, NY

| Erie Railroad

| June 30, 1841

| Metro-North Railroad

| Tuxedo, NY

| Erie Railroad

Proposed and future stations

Between 2008 and 2016, New Jersey Transit added four infill stations on existing lines. , one additional infill station is planned.

Several other lines are proposed for restoration. Parts of the Lackawanna Cut-Off Restoration Project in New Jersey have been implemented and there are proposals to extend the line west and into northeastern Pennsylvania. Restoration of service along the West Trenton Line between West Trenton (with connecting service to SEPTA's West Trenton Line) and Bridgewater where it would junction with the Raritan Valley Line (RVL) has been proposed, but not advanced. Extension of the Raritan Valley Line in connection with the Lehigh Line into Lehigh County, Pennsylvania has also been considered.

Infill stations

{| class="wikitable sortable"

!Station

!Line

!Location

!Former railroad ROW

!Opening

!Notes

| North Brunswick

| Pennsylvania Railroad

| TBA

| County Yard is nearby and undergoing expansion

Proposed expansion stations

{| class="wikitable sortable"

!Station

!Line

!Location

!Former railroad right-of-way

!Opening

!Notes

| Analomink, PA

| Lackawanna Railroad

| Proposed

| Andover Township

| Lackawanna Railroad

| 2026

| Lackawanna Cut-Off Phase 1

| West Trenton Line

| Belle Mead

| Reading Railroad

| Closed 1982, proposed restoration of service

| Blairstown

| Lackawanna Railroad

| Closed 1970, restoration of service

| Delaware Water Gap, PA

| Lackawanna Railroad

| Proposed to replace former Lackawanna Depot

| East Stroudsburg, PA

| Lackawanna Railroad

| Closed 1970, proposed to replace relocated former station building

| Hillsborough

| West Trenton Line

| Hillsborough Township

| Reading Railroad

| Proposed restoration of service

| West Trenton Line

| Hopewell

| Reading Railroad

| Closed 1982, proposed restoration of service

| West Trenton Line

| Hopewell Township

| Reading Railroad

| Proposed

| Mount Pocono, PA

| Lackawanna Railroad

| Proposed to replace 1908-built DL&W Depot

| Scranton, PA

| Lackawanna Railroad

| Proposed to replace former Lackawanna Terminal

|Bloomsbury–Bethlehem

|Bethlehem Township

|Central Railroad of New Jersey

|Proposed Rail/Bus Park-and-Ride

| West Trenton

| West Trenton Line

| Ewing Township

| Reading Railroad

| Proposed restoration of service

Former stations

NJ Transit has closed numerous stations since its inception due to realignments in service or low ridership.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

!Station

!Line

!Location

!Former railroad right-of-way

!Opened

!Closed

!Notes

|Ampere

|East Orange

|Lackawanna Railroad

|April 24, 1893

|April 7, 1991

|Closed with Grove Street on April 7, 1991.

|Closed as part of service changes with the Montclair Connection.

|Glen Gardner

|Central Railroad of New Jersey

|July 2, 1852

|January 1, 1984

|Closed as part of the truncation of service back to High Bridge on January 1, 1984.

|Great Notch

|Little Falls

|Erie Railroad

|January 1, 1873

|January 16, 2010

|Closed on January 17, 2010 after years of poor ridership.

|August 4, 2003

|Closed on August 4, 2003 as part of a service reroute for Secaucus Junction.

|Harrison and Roseville Avenue stations closed on September 16, 1984.

|Kingsland station closed after a new station was built at Lyndhurst.

|January 31, 1993

|Phillipsburg

|Hampton

|Central Railroad of New Jersey

|July 2, 1852

|January 1, 1984

|Closed due to low ridership.