The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
Common Freight Carriers
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Mark
!Class
!Notes
|-
|Belvidere and Delaware River Railway
|BDRV
|Class 3
|
|-
|Black River and Western Railroad
|BRW
|Class 3
|
|-
|Cape May Seashore Lines
|CMSL
|Class 3
|
|-
|Canadian Pacific Railway
|CP
|Class 1
|Canadian Pacific has trackage rights to Oak Island Yard in Newark, New Jersey.
|-
|Conrail Shared Assets Operations
|CRCX
|Class 3
|Conrail is jointly owned by CSX and Norfolk Southern.
|-
|CSX Transportation
|CSX
|Class 1
|
|-
|Dover and Delaware River Railroad
|DD
|Class 3
|
|-
|Delaware and Raritan River Railroad
|DRR
|Class 3
|
|-
|Dover and Rockaway River Railroad
|DRRV
|Class 3
|
|-
|East Jersey Railroad and Terminal Company
|EJR
|Class 3
|
|-
|Hainesport Transfer Railroad
|HTFR
|Class 3
|
|-
|Intermodal RR Transfer
|IRRT
|Class 3
|Kearny, NJ
|-
|Jersey Marine Rail
|JMR
|Class 3
|Based in Linden, NJ
|-
|Morristown and Erie Railway
|ME
|Class 3
|
|-
|New Jersey Rail Carriers
|NJRC
|Class 3
|
|-
|New Jersey Seashore Lines
|NJSL
|Class 3
|Owned by Cape May Seashore Lines
|-
|New York New Jersey Rail
|NYNJ
|Class 3
|Operates the only remaining car float operation in the Port of New York and New Jersey.
|-
|New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
|NYSW
|Class 2
|
|-
|Norfolk Southern Railway
|NS
|Class 1
|
|-
|Port Jersey Railroad
|PJR
|Class 3
|
|-
|Raritan Central Railway
|RCRY
|Class 3
|Serving Raritan Center
|-
|SMS Rail Service
|SLRS
|Class 3
|
|-
|Southern Railroad of New Jersey
|SRNJ
|Class 3
|
|-
|Winchester and Western Railroad
|WW
|Class 3
|
|-
|}
Private Freight Carriers
- Bayshore Terminal
- FAPS
- New Jersey and Northern Railway
- PBF Energy
Passenger Carriers
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- New Jersey Transit Rail Operations (NJTR)
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
- Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH)
- AirTrain Newark
- Delaware River Port Authority: Port Authority Transit Corporation: PATCO Speedline (DRPA)
- SEPTA: West Trenton Line and Trenton Line (SPAX)
Military Railways
- United States Navy - serving the Naval Weapons Station Earle; junction with Conrail. The rail network starts in the Mainside area in Colts Neck, New Jersey and continues to the Pier Complex west of Leonardo, New Jersey, which extends over 2 miles (3 km) into Sandy Hook Bay.
Defunct Railroads
<!--Amatol? Were the Open Cut and General Storehouse Company, Weehawken Ferry Company, or National Stock Yard Company railroad companies?-->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Mark
!System
!From
!To
!Successor
!Notes
|-
|Alloway and Quinton Railroad
|
|PRSL (PRR)
|1891
|1896
|West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
|-
|Anglesea Railroad
|
|PRSL (PRR)
|1882
|1888
|West Jersey Railroad
|-
|Arlington Railroad
|
|ERIE
|1887
|1942
|Erie Railroad
|-
|Atlantic City Railroad
|
|PRSL (RDG)
|1889
|1933
|Pennsylvania–Reading Seashore Lines
|-
|Atlantic Highlands Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1889
|1890
|Freehold and Atlantic Highlands Railroad
|-
|Atlantic Port Railway
|
|
|1920
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|Baltimore and New York Railway
|
|B&O
|1888
|1944
|Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway
|-
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|B&O, BO
|B&O
|1886<!--??-->
|1987
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Barnegat Railroad
|
|PRR
|1894
|1923
|N/A
|-
|Barnegat Railroad
|
|
|1866
|<!--between 1866 and 1869-->
|Manchester and Barnegat Bay Railway
|-
|Bay Creek Railway
|
|LV
|1894
|1898
|National Docks Railway
|-
|Bay Shore Connecting Railroad
|
|CNJ/ LV
|1904
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Belvidere Delaware Railroad
|
|PRR
|1836
|1957
|United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company, a subsidiary of PRR, later PC
|-
|Bergen County Railroad
|
|ERIE
|1880
|1942
|Erie Railroad
|-
|Bergen and Dundee Railroad
|
|ERIE
|1885
|1942
|Erie Railroad
|-
|Bergen Neck Railway
|
|LV
|1885
|1891
|National Docks Railway
|-
|Blairstown Railway
|
|NYSW
|1876
|1883
|New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
|-
|Bloomfield and Orange Horse Car Railway
|
|ERIE
|1868
|1870
|Watchung Railway
|-
|Bound Brook and Easton Railroad
|
|LV
|1872
|1872
|Easton and Amboy Railroad
|-
|Bridgeton and Port Norris Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1866
|1878
|Cumberland and Maurice River Railroad
|-
|Brigantine Beach Railroad
|
|
|1889
|1896
|Philadelphia and Brigantine Railroad
|-
|Buena Vista Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1889
|1917
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Burlington County Railroad
|
|PRR
|1863
|1866
|Camden and Burlington County Railroad
|-
|Burlington and Mount Holly Railroad and Transportation Company
|
|PRR
|1848
|1863
|Burlington County Railroad
|-
|Caldwell Railway
|
|ERIE
|1890
|1892
|New York and Greenwood Lake Railway
|-
|Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company
|
|PRR
|1830
|1872
|United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company
|-
|Camden and Atlantic Railroad
|
|PRSL (PRR)
|1852
|1896
|West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
|-
|Camden and Burlington County Railroad
|
|PRR
|1866
|1915
|Camden and Burlington County Railway
|-
|Camden and Burlington County Railway
|
|PRR
|1915
|1958
|Penndel Company
|-
|Camden County Railroad
|
|PRSL (RDG)
|1889
|1901
|Atlantic City Railroad
|-
|Camden, Gloucester and Mount Ephraim Railway
|
|PRSL (RDG)
|1873
|1889
|Atlantic City Railroad
|-
|Camden, Moorestown, Hainesport and Mount Holly Horse Car Railroad
|
|PRR
|1859
|1866
|Camden and Burlington County Railroad
|-
|Camden and Woodbury Railroad and Transportation Company
|
|PRSL (PRR)
|1836
|1840
|West Jersey Railroad
|-
|Cape May Railroad
|
|PRSL (RDG)
|1894
|1894
|South Jersey Railroad
|-
|Cape May and Millville Railroad
|
|PRSL (PRR)
|1863
|1879
|West Jersey Railroad
|-
|Carteret Extension Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1889
|1917
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Carteret and Sewaren Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1890
|1917
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|CNJ
|CNJ
|1849
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Charlottesburgh and Green Lake Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1876
|1888
|Morris County Railroad
|-
|Chelsea Branch Railroad
|
|PRSL (PRR)
|1889
|1896
|West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
|-
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|CO
|
|1987
|1987
|CSX Transportation
|-
|Chester Railroad
|
|DL&W
|1867
|1945
|Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
|-
|Columbus and Kinkora Railroad
|
|PRR
|1866
|1870
|Columbus, Kinkora and Springfield Railroad
|-
|Columbus, Kinkora and Springfield Railroad
|
|PRR
|1870
|1901
|Kinkora and New Lisbon Railroad
|-
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|CR
|
|1976
|1999
|CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway
|-
|Constable's Hook Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1882
|1887
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Cumberland and Maurice River Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1875
|1917
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Cumberland and Maurice River Extension Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1887
|1917
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad
|
|RDG
|1874
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
|DL&W
|DL&W
|1856<!--began operating the Warren Railroad; formal lease was in 1857-->
|1960
|Erie–Lackawanna Railroad
|-
|Delaware River Railroad
|
|PRSL (PRR)
|1879
|1900
|West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
|-
|Delaware River Railroad and Bridge Company
|
|PRR
|1896
|1954
|Penndel Company
|-
|Delaware Shore Railroad
|
|PRSL (PRR)
|1873
|1879
|Delaware River Railroad
|-
|Docks Connecting Railway
|
|ERIE
|1886
|1942
|Erie Railroad
|-
|Dover and Rockaway Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1880
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Durham Transport, Inc.
|DRHY
|
|1994
|2001
|Raritan Central Railway
|-
|East Trenton Railroad
|
|RDG
|1884
|1955
|Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad
|-
|Easton and Amboy Railroad
|
|LV
|1872
|1903
|Lehigh Valley Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Edgewater Railway
|
|LV
|1889
|1891
|Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway
|-
|Edgewater and Fort Lee Railroad
|
|NYSW
|1901
|1907
|Erie Terminals Railroad
|-
|Elizabeth Extension Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1889
|1917
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Elizabethtown and Somerville Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1831
|1849
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Enterprise Railroad
|
|PRR
|1884
|1896
|Belvidere Delaware Railroad
|-
|Erie Railroad
|ERIE
|ERIE
|1895
|1960
|Erie–Lackawanna Railroad
|-
|Erie Railway
|
|ERIE
|1861
|1878
|New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad
|-
|Erie–Lackawanna Railroad
|EL
|
|1960
|1968
|Erie Lackawanna Railway
|-
|Erie Lackawanna Railway
|EL
|
|1968
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Erie Terminals Railroad
|
|ERIE, NYSW
|1907
|1942
|Erie Railroad<!--even the part leased by the NYS&W?-->
|-
|Farmingdale and Squan Village Railroad
|
|PRR
|1867
|1879
|Freehold and Jamesburg Agricultural Railroad
|-
|Ferro Monte Railroad
|
|
|1869
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|Flemington Railroad and Transportation Company
|
|PRR
|1849
|1885
|Belvidere Delaware Railroad
|-
|Freehold and Atlantic Highlands Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1890
|1917
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Freehold and Jamesburg Agricultural Railroad
|
|PRR
|1851
|1958
|Penndel Company
|-
|Freehold and Keyport Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1890
|1890
|Freehold and Atlantic Highlands Railroad
|-
|Freehold and New York Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1888
|1890
|Freehold and Keyport Railroad
|-
|Freehold and New York Railway
|
|CNJ
|1877
|1888
|Freehold and New York Railroad
|-
|Glassboro Railroad
|
|PRSL (RDG)
|1883
|1889
|Atlantic City Railroad
|-
|Green Pond Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1874
|1876
|Charlottesburgh and Green Lake Railroad
|-
|Greenville and Hudson Railway
|
|LV
|1895
|1903
|Lehigh Valley Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Hackensack Railroad
|
|ERIE
|1878
|1886
|New Jersey and New York Railroad
|-
|Hackensack and Lodi Railroad
|
|NYSW
|1896
|1953
|New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
|-
|Hackensack and New York Railroad
|
|ERIE
|1856
|1873
|New Jersey and New York Railway
|-
|Hackensack and New York Extension Railroad
|
|ERIE
|1869
|1873
|New Jersey and New York Railway
|-
|Harrison and East Newark Connecting Railroad
|
|PRR
|1898
|1954
|United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company
|-
|Hibernia Branch Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1888
|1905
|Wharton and Northern Railroad
|-
|Hibernia Mine Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1863
|1930
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Hibernia Underground Railroad
|
|
|1879
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|High Bridge Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1872
|1887
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Hoboken Railroad, Warehouse and Steamship Connecting Company
|
|
|1895
|1978<!--?-->
|N/A (operated by Hoboken Shore Railroad)
|-
|Hoboken Land and Improvement Company
|
|DL&W, ERIE<!--leased the piece of the NJJ-->
|1860<!--authorized to build a railroad; opened 1862-->
|1886
|Morris and Essex Railroad<!--in 1864-->, New Jersey Junction Railroad<!--in 1886-->
|-
|Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad
|<!--what was HMR, listed as 1980-2005?-->
|
|1902
|1954
|Hoboken Shore Railroad
|-
|Hoboken Shore Railroad<!--1911 Rand McNally lists a "Hoboken Shore Road"-->
|HBS
|
|1954
|1978<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Hopatcong Railroad
|
|DL&W
|1889
|1943<!--?-->
|Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
|-
|Hudson Railroad and Transportation Company
|
|
|1907<!--??-->
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|Hudson Connecting Railway
|
|NYSW
|1869
|1880
|New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
|-
|Hudson River Railroad and Terminal Company
|
|NYSW
|1892
|1893
|New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
|-
|Irvington Railroad
|
|LV
|1904
|1906
|Lehigh Valley Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Island Heights Railroad
|
|PRR
|1883
|1885
|Philadelphia and Long Branch Railroad
|-
|Jersey City and Albany Railroad
|
|NYC
|1873
|1877
|Jersey City and Albany Railway
|-
|Jersey City and Albany Railway
|
|NYC
|1878
|1881
|North River Railroad
|-
|Jersey City Belt Line Railway
|
|LV
|1890
|1913
|Lehigh Valley Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Jersey City, Newark and Western Railway
|
|LV
|1889
|1891
|Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway
|-
|Jersey City Terminal Railway
|
|LV
|1888
|1891
|Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway
|-
|Jersey City and Western Railway
|
|LV
|1889
|1891
|National Docks Railway
|-
|Jersey Southern Railway
|JSRW
|
|1984<!--???-->
|1987
|Winchester and Western Railroad
|-
|Kaighn's Point Terminal Railroad
|
|PRSL (RDG)
|1888
|1889
|Atlantic City Railroad
|-
|Keyport Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1888
|1890
|Freehold and Keyport Railroad
|-
|Kill von Kull Railway
|
|LV
|1885
|1898
|National Docks Railway
|-
|Kinkora and New Lisbon Railroad
|
|PRR
|1903
|1915
|Pennsylvania and Atlantic Railroad
|-
|Lackawanna Railroad of New Jersey
|
|DL&W
|1908
|1945
|Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
|-
|Lafayette Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1889
|1917
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Lake Hopatcong Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1882
|1887
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
|
|CNJ
|1865<!--authorized to enter NJ-->
|1978
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
|
|L&HR
|1881
|1882
|Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
|-
|Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
|L&HR, LHR
|L&HR
|1882
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Lehigh and New England Railroad
|LNE
|LNE
|1895
|1961
|N/A
|-
|Lehigh Valley Railroad
|LV
|LV
|1855<!--this is when it began operating in NJ - but when was it authorized to?-->
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Lehigh Valley Railroad of New Jersey
|
|LV
|1903
|1949
|Lehigh Valley Railroad
|-
|Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway
|
|LV
|1891
|1903
|Lehigh Valley Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Lodi Branch Railroad
|
|NYSW
|1870
|1953
|New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
|-
|Long Beach Railroad
|
|PRR
|1883
|1894
|Barnegat Railroad, Philadelphia and Beach Haven Railroad
|-
|Long Branch and Barnegat Bay Railroad
|
|CNJ/ PRR
|1880
|1881
|New York and Long Branch Railroad
|-
|Long Branch and Sea Girt Railroad
|
|CNJ/ PRR
|1875
|1881
|New York and Long Branch Railroad
|-
|Long Branch and Sea Shore Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1863
|1879
|New Jersey Southern Railway
|-
|Long Dock Company
|
|ERIE
|1856
|1942
|Erie Railroad
|-
|Longwood Valley Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1867
|1887
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Lucaston Railroad
|
|
|1892
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|Macopin Railroad
|
|ERIE
|1886
|1926<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Manahawkin and Long Beach Transportation Company
|
|
|1893
|1909
|N/A (leased the Barnegat Railroad)
|-
|Manchester and Barnegat Bay Railway
|
|
|<!--between 1866 and 1869-->
|1869
|Tuckerton Railroad
|-
|Manufacturers' Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1873
|1887
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Manufacturers' Extension Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1889
|1917
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Martins Creek Railroad
|
|PRR
|1885
|1896
|Belvidere Delaware Railroad
|-
|Maurice River Railroad
|
|PRSL (PRR)
|1887
|1887
|West Jersey Railroad
|-
|May's Landing and Egg Harbor City Railroad
|
|PRSL (PRR)
|1871
|1882
|N/A (leased by Camden and Atlantic Railroad)
|-
|Mercer and Somerset Railway
|
|PRR
|1870
|1879
|N/A
|-
|Middle Brook Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1899
|1917
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Middle Valley Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1897
|1917
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Middlesex Railway
|
|LV
|1888
|1903
|Lehigh Valley Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Midland Railroad of New Jersey
|
|NYSW
|1880
|1881
|New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
|-
|Midland Connecting Railway
|
|NYSW
|1881
|1881
|New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
|-
|Midland Terminal and Ferry Company
|
|NYC
|1873
|1883
|West Shore and Ontario Terminal Company
|-
|Millstone and New Brunswick Railroad
|
|PRR
|1837
|1915
|United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company
|-
|Millville and Glassboro Railroad
|
|PRSL (PRR)
|1859
|1868
|West Jersey Railroad
|-
|Mine Hill Railroad
|
|L&HR
|1891
|1912
|Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
|-
|Monmouth County Agricultural Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1867
|1877
|Freehold and New York Railway
|-
|Monmouth Park Railroad
|
|
|1878
|1889<!--??-->
|N/A
|-
|Montclair Railway
|
|ERIE
|1867
|1875
|Montclair and Greenwood Lake Railway
|-
|Montclair and Greenwood Lake Railway
|
|ERIE
|1875
|1878
|New York and Greenwood Lake Railway
|-
|Morris County Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1885
|1905
|Wharton and Northern Railroad
|-
|Morris County Connecting Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1901
|1905
|Wharton and Northern Railroad
|-
|Morris and Essex Railroad
|
|DL&W
|1835
|1945
|Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
|-
|Morris and Essex Extension Railroad
|
|DL&W
|1889
|1947
|Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
|-
|Morristown and Erie Railroad
|MT&E, ME
|
|1903
|1978
|Morristown and Erie Railway
|-
|Mount Holly, Lumberton and Medford Railroad
|
|PRR
|1866
|1915
|Camden and Burlington County Railway
|-
|Mount Hope Mineral Railroad
|MHM
|CNJ
|1866
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|National Docks Railway
|
|LV
|1879
|1905
|Lehigh Valley Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|National Docks and New Jersey Junction Connecting Railway
|
|LV
|1888
|1898
|National Docks Railway
|-
|Navesink Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1891
|1917
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|New Egypt and Farmingdale Railroad
|
|CNJ/ PRR
|1869
|1881
|New York and Long Branch Railroad
|-
|New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company
|
|PRR
|1832
|1872
|United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company
|-
|New Jersey, Hudson and Delaware Railroad
|
|NYSW
|1832
|1870
|New Jersey Midland Railway
|-
|New Jersey Junction Railroad
|
|ERIE, NYC
|1886
|1952
|New York Central Railroad<!--even the part leased by the Erie?-->
|-
|New Jersey Midland Railway
|
|NYSW
|1870
|1880
|New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
|-
|New Jersey and New York Railroad
|
|ERIE
|1874
|1880
|New Jersey and New York Railway
|-
|New Jersey and New York Railway
|
|ERIE
|1880
|1960
|Erie–Lackawanna Railroad
|-
|New Jersey and New York Extension Railroad
|
|ERIE
|1886
|
|
|-
|New Jersey and Pennsylvania Railroad
|
|
|1904
|1915
|Pennsylvania and New Jersey Railroad
|-
|New Jersey Shore Line Railroad
|
|NYC
|1886
|1914
|New Jersey Junction Railroad
|-
|New Jersey Southern Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1870
|1879
|New Jersey Southern Railway
|-
|New Jersey Southern Railway
|
|CNJ
|1879
|1917
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|New Jersey Terminal Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1901
|1917
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|New Jersey West Line Railroad
|
|DL&W
|1870
|1878
|Passaic and Delaware Railroad
|-
|New Jersey Western Railroad
|
|NYSW
|1867
|1870
|New Jersey Midland Railway
|-
|New Orange Four Junction Railroad
|
|
|1901
|1905
|Rahway Valley Railroad
|-
|New York and Atlantic Highlands Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1883
|1889
|Atlantic Highlands Railroad
|-
|New York Bay Railroad
|
|PRR
|1890
|1956
|United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company
|-
|New York and Bull's Ferry Railroad
|
|NYC
|1861
|1862
|New York and Fort Lee Railroad
|-
|New York Central Railroad
|NYC
|NYC
|1914
|1968
|Penn Central Transportation Company
|-
|New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
|
|NYC
|1885<!--leased the West Shore-->
|1914
|New York Central Railroad
|-
|New York Cross Harbor Railroad Terminal Corporation<!--and any predecessors??-->
|NYCH
|
|1983
|2006
|New York New Jersey Rail, LLC
|-
|New York and Erie Railroad
|
|ERIE
|1852<!--leased the line through Paterson-->
|1861
|Erie Railway
|-
|New York and Fort Lee Railroad
|
|NYC
|1862
|1952
|New York Central Railroad
|-
|New York and Greenwood Lake Railway
|
|ERIE
|1878
|1943
|Erie Railroad
|-
|New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad
|
|ERIE
|1878
|1895
|Erie Railroad
|-
|New York, Lake Erie and Western Docks and Improvement Company
|
|ERIE
|1881
|1942
|Erie Railroad
|-
|New York and Long Branch Railroad
|NYLB
|CNJ/ PRR
|1868
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|New York and Long Branch Extension Railroad
|
|CNJ/ PRR
|1880
|1881
|New York and Long Branch Railroad
|-
|New York and New Orange Railroad
|
|
|1897
|1900
|New Orange Four Junction Railroad
|-
|New York, Ontario and Western Railway
|O&W, OW
|NH
|1883<!--signed an agreement with the West Shore to use the Weehawken terminal, August 1, 1883 - or did it enter NJ earlier?-->
|1957
|N/A
|-
|New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
|S&W, NYSW
|NYSW
|1881
|1980
|New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
|-
|New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway
|
|NYC
|1881
|1885
|West Shore Railroad
|-
|Newark Railway
|
|LV
|1890
|1891
|Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway
|-
|Newark Bay Railway
|
|LV
|1890
|1913
|Lehigh Valley Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Newark and Bloomfield Railroad
|
|DL&W
|1852
|1945
|Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
|-
|Newark and Hudson Railroad
|
|ERIE
|1870
|1942
|Erie Railroad
|-
|Newark and New York Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1866
|1873
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Newark and Passaic Railway
|
|LV
|1889
|1891
|Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway
|-
|Newark and Roselle Railway
|
|LV
|1889
|1891
|Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway
|-
|North Jersey Railroad
|
|NYSW
|1881
|1881
|New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
|-
|North River Railroad
|
|NYC
|1881
|1881
|New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway
|-
|Northern Railroad of New Jersey
|
|ERIE
|1854
|1943
|Erie Railroad
|-
|Ocean City Railroad
|
|PRSL (RDG)
|1896
|1901
|Atlantic City Railroad
|-
|Ocean City Railroad
|
|PRSL (PRR)
|1884
|1885
|West Jersey Railroad
|-
|Ogden Mine Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1864
|1941
|N/A
|-
|Passaic and Delaware Railroad
|
|DL&W
|1878
|1945
|Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
|-
|Passaic and Delaware Extension Railroad
|
|DL&W
|1890
|1947
|Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
|-
|Passaic and New York Railroad
|
|NYSW
|1885
|1953
|New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
|-
|Passaic River Extension Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1890
|1917
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Passaic Valley and Peapack Railroad
|
|DL&W
|1865
|1870
|New Jersey West Line Railroad
|-
|Paterson Extension Railroad
|
|NYSW
|1881
|1881
|New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
|-
|Paterson and Hudson River Railroad
|
|ERIE
|1831
|1953
|Erie Railroad
|-
|Paterson and Newark Railroad
|
|ERIE
|1864
|1871
|Paterson, Newark and New York Railroad
|-
|Paterson, Newark and New York Railroad
|
|ERIE
|1872
|1942
|Erie Railroad
|-
|Paterson and Ramapo Railroad
|
|ERIE
|1841
|1946
|Erie Railroad
|-
|Pemberton and Hightstown Railroad
|
|PRR
|1864
|1915
|Pennsylvania and Atlantic Railroad
|-
|Pemberton and New York Railroad
|
|PRR
|1870
|1879
|Pemberton and Sea Shore Railroad
|-
|Pemberton and Sea Shore Railroad
|
|PRR
|1879
|1883
|Philadelphia and Long Branch Railroad
|-
|Penhorn Creek Railroad
|
|ERIE
|1897
|1942
|Erie Railroad
|-
|Penn Central Transportation Company
|PC
|
|1968
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Penndel Company
|
|PRR
|1954
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Pennsylvania Railroad
|PRR
|PRR
|1871<!--leased the United Companies-->
|1968
|Penn Central Transportation Company
|-
|Pennsylvania and Atlantic Railroad
|PAUT
|PRR
|1915
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Pennsylvania and New England Railroad
|
|LNE
|1880
|1882
|Pennsylvania, Slatington and New England Railroad
|-
|Pennsylvania and New Jersey Railroad
|
|
|1915
|1917<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Pennsylvania and New Jersey Railroad
|
|PRR
|1894
|1896
|Delaware River Railroad and Bridge Company
|-
|Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York Railroad
|
|PRR
|1902
|1907
|Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad
|-
|Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie and Boston Railroad
|
|LNE
|1887
|1895
|Lehigh and New England Railroad
|-
|Pennsylvania–Reading Seashore Lines
|PRSL
|PRSL
|1933
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Pennsylvania, Slatington and New England Railroad
|
|LNE
|1882
|1887
|Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie and Boston Railroad
|-
|Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad
|
|PRR
|1907
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Pequest and Wallkill Railroad
|
|L&HR
|1866
|1881
|Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
|-
|Perth Amboy and Bound Brook Railroad
|
|LV
|1858
|1872
|Easton and Amboy Railroad
|-
|Perth Amboy and Elizabethport Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1869
|1873
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Perth Amboy and Raritan Railway
|
|LV
|1890
|1903
|Lehigh Valley Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Perth Amboy and Long Branch Railroad
|
|PRR
|1890
|1891
|Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Railroad
|-
|Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Railroad
|
|PRR
|1855
|1958
|United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company
|-
|Petersburg and Sea Isle Railroad
|
|PRSL (RDG)
|1893
|1893
|South Jersey Railroad
|-
|Philadelphia and Atlantic City Railroad
|
|PRSL (RDG)
|1883
|1889
|Atlantic City Railroad
|-
|Philadelphia and Atlantic City Railway
|
|PRSL (RDG)
|1876
|1883
|Philadelphia and Atlantic City Railroad
|-
|Philadelphia and Beach Haven Railroad
|
|PRR
|1894
|1935
|N/A
|-
|Philadelphia and Brigantine Railroad
|
|
|1896
|1903
|N/A
|-
|Philadelphia and Long Branch Railroad
|
|PRR
|1883
|1915
|Pennsylvania and Atlantic Railroad
|-
|Philadelphia and Long Branch Railway
|
|PRR
|1880
|1883
|Philadelphia and Long Branch Railroad
|-
|Philadelphia, Marlton and Medford Railroad
|
|PRSL (PRR)
|1880
|1896
|West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
|-
|Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
|
|RDG
|1879<!--leased the Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad-->
|1896
|Philadelphia and Reading Railway
|-
|Philadelphia and Reading Railway
|P&R
|RDG
|1896
|1924
|Reading Company
|-
|Philadelphia and Sea Shore Railway
|
|PRSL (RDG)
|1889
|1892
|Petersburg and Sea Isle Railroad, Richland and Petersburg Railroad, Winslow and Richland Railroad
|-
|Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad
|
|PRR
|1837<!--began operating over Trenton Delaware Bridge; was it authorized earlier?-->
|1871<!--?? this is when the PRR leased it; did the new line built in 1863 replace all P&T trackage in New Jersey (if there was any)?-->
|Pennsylvania Railroad
|-
|Pittstown Branch Railway
|
|LV
|1890
|1903
|Lehigh Valley Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Pleasantville and Ocean City Railroad
|
|PRSL (PRR)
|1880
|1892
|West Jersey and Atlantic Railroad
|-
|Pochuck Railroad
|
|LNE
|1897<!--or later in NJ?-->
|1926<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Pohatcong Railroad
|
|
|1907
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|Port Oram Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1886
|1905
|Wharton and Northern Railroad
|-
|Port Reading Railroad
|
|RDG
|1890
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Rahway Valley Company
|RV
|
|1909
|1992
|N/A (operated the Rahway Valley Railroad)
|-
|Rahway Valley Railroad
|
|
|1904
|1992
|N/A
|-
|Raritan and Delaware Bay Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1854
|1870
|New Jersey Southern Railroad
|-
|Raritan North Shore Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1890
|1917
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Raritan River Railroad
|RR
|CNJ/ PRR
|1888
|1980
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Raritan Terminal and Transportation Company
|
|LV
|1898
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|Reading Company
|RDG
|RDG
|1924
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Richland and Petersburg Railroad
|
|PRSL (RDG)
|1892
|1893
|South Jersey Railroad
|-
|Ridgefield Park Railroad
|
|NYC
|1867
|1873
|Jersey City and Albany Railroad
|-
|Rockaway River and Montville Railroad
|
|DL&W
|1873
|1917<!--dissolved then-->
|N/A<!--?-->
|-
|Rockaway Valley Railroad
|
|
|1888
|1895
|Rockaway Valley Railway
|-
|Rockaway Valley Railway
|
|
|1895<!--?-->
|1904
|New Jersey and Pennsylvania Railroad
|-
|Rockaway Valley Extension Railroad
|
|
|1889
|1890
|Rockaway Valley Railroad
|-
|Rockaway Valley Manufacturing and Construction Company
|
|
|1890<!--??-->
|1895
|Rockaway Valley Railway
|-
|Rockaway Valley Mendham Extension Railroad
|
|
|1890
|1895
|Rockaway Valley Railway
|-
|Rockaway Valley Morristown Extension Railroad
|
|
|1892
|1895
|Rockaway Valley Railway
|-
|Rockaway Valley Peapack Extension Railroad
|
|
|1889
|1890
|Rockaway Valley Railroad
|-
|Rocky Hill Railroad and Transportation Company
|
|PRR
|1853
|1958
|United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company
|-
|Roseland Railway
|
|ERIE
|1891
|1897
|New York and Greenwood Lake Railway
|-
|Roselle and South Plainfield Railway
|
|LV
|1885
|1891
|Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway
|-
|Salem Railroad
|
|PRSL (PRR)
|1856
|1887
|West Jersey Railroad
|-
|Salem Branch Railroad
|
|PRSL (PRR)
|1886
|1887
|West Jersey Railroad
|-
|Seacoast Railroad
|
|PRSL (RDG)
|1898
|1901
|Atlantic City Railroad
|-
|Shore Fast Line, Inc.
|SFLR
|
|1983
|1991
|Southern Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Somerville and Easton Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1847
|1849
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Sound Shore Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1894
|1917
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|South Branch Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1861
|1888
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|South Easton and Phillipsburg Railroad
|
|L&HR
|1889
|1912
|Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
|-
|South Jersey Railroad
|
|PRSL (RDG)
|1893
|1898
|Seacoast Railroad
|-
|South Mountain and Boston Railroad
|
|LNE
|1873
|1880
|Pennsylvania and New England Railroad
|-
|Southern New Jersey Railroad
|
|
|1937<!--?-->
|1940
|N/A
|-
|Speedwell Lake Railroad
|
|
|<!--no idea-->
|1904
|New Jersey and Pennsylvania Railroad
|-
|Squankum and Freehold Marl Company
|
|PRR
|1868
|1879
|Freehold and Jamesburg Agricultural Railroad
|-
|Staten Island Railroad
|SIRC
|B&O
|1971
|1991
|N/A
|-
|Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad
|
|B&O
|1880<!--or later in NJ?-->
|1899
|Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway
|-
|Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway
|SIR
|B&O
|1899
|1971
|Staten Island Railroad
|-
|Stone Harbor Railroad
|
|PRSL (RDG)
|1912
|1936
|Pennsylvania–Reading Seashore Lines
|-
|Stone Harbor Terminal Railroad
|
|
|1912
|1921
|Stone Harbor Railroad
|-
|Sussex Railroad
|
|DL&W
|1853
|1945
|Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
|-
|Sussex Mine Railroad
|
|DL&W
|1848
|1853
|Sussex Railroad
|-
|Sussex Valley Railroad
|
|NYSW
|1867
|1870
|New Jersey Midland Railway
|-
|Swedesboro Railroad
|
|PRSL (PRR)
|1866
|1887
|West Jersey Railroad
|-
|Toms River Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1881
|1917
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Toms River and Barnegat Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1893
|1917
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Toms River and Waretown Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1870
|1873
|Toms River and Barnegat Railroad
|-
|Trenton Delaware Bridge Company
|
|PRR
|1835<!--this is when tracks were authorized?-->
|1903<!--new bridge opened?-->
|N/A
|-
|Trenton–Princeton Traction Company
|TPT
|RDG
|1922
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|Electric until 1940<!--?-->
|-
|Tuckahoe and Cape May Railway
|
|PRSL (RDG)
|1890
|1894
|Cape May Railroad
|-
|Tuckerton Railroad
|
|
|1869
|1936
|Southern New Jersey Railroad
|-
|Union Transportation Company
|UTR
|
|1888
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company
|
|PRR
|1872
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Vincentown Branch of the Burlington County Railroad
|
|PRR
|1861
|1915
|Camden and Burlington County Railway
|-
|Vineland Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1877
|1917
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Vineland Railway
|
|CNJ
|1867
|1873
|Vineland Railroad
|-
|Vineland Branch Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1909
|1917
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Warren Railroad
|
|DL&W
|1851
|1945
|Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
|-
|Warwick Valley Railroad
|
|L&HR
|1880
|1882
|Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
|-
|Watchung Railway
|
|ERIE
|1870
|1893
|New York and Greenwood Lake Railway
|-
|Waverly and New York Bay Railroad
|
|PRR
|1889
|1890
|New York Bay Railroad
|-
|Waverly and Passaic Railroad
|
|PRR
|1889
|1890
|New York Bay Railroad
|-
|Wawayanda Railroad
|
|L&HR
|1879
|1880
|Warwick Valley Railroad
|-
|Weehawken Transportation Company
|
|NYC
|1871
|1873
|Midland Terminal and Ferry Company
|-
|West End Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1878
|1917
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|West Jersey Railroad (Pioneer)
|WJ
|
|1988
|1995
|Southern Railroad of New Jersey
|Renamed West Michigan Railroad in 1995. Subsidiary of Pioneer Railcorp.
|-
|West Jersey Short Line, Inc.
|
|
|1985<!--??-->
|1988
|West Jersey Railroad (Pioneer)
|-
|West Jersey Railroad
|
|PRSL (PRR)
|1853
|1896
|West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
|-
|West Jersey and Atlantic Railroad
|
|PRSL (PRR)
|1879
|1896
|West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
|-
|West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
|
|PRSL (PRR)
|1896
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|West Jersey Terminal Railroad
|
|PRSL (PRR)
|1887
|1887
|West Jersey Railroad
|-
|West Shore Railroad
|
|NYC
|1885
|1952
|New York Central Railroad
|-
|West Shore and Ontario Terminal Company
|
|NYC
|1883
|1901
|West Shore Railroad
|-
|West Side Connecting Railroad
|
|CNJ
|1889
|1917
|Central Railroad of New Jersey
|-
|Wharton and Northern Railroad
|W&NO, WHN
|CNJ
|1905
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Whippany and Passaic River Railroad
|
|
|1902
|1903
|Morristown and Erie Railroad
|-
|Whippany River Railroad
|
|
|1895
|1903
|Morristown and Erie Railroad
|-
|Wildwood and Delaware Bay Short Line Railroad
|W&DB
|PRSL (RDG)
|1910
|1935
|Pennsylvania–Reading Seashore Lines
|-
|Williamstown Railroad
|
|PRSL (RDG)
|1861
|1883
|Williamstown and Delaware River Railroad
|-
|Williamstown and Delaware River Railroad
|
|PRSL (RDG)
|1883
|1889
|Atlantic City Railroad
|-
|Winslow and Richland Railroad
|
|PRSL (RDG)
|1892
|1893
|South Jersey Railroad
|-
|Woodstown and Swedesboro Railroad
|
|PRSL (PRR)
|1871
|1887
|West Jersey Railroad
|}
;Private carriers
- Langdon Mine
- Lehigh and Oxford Mining Company
See also
- List of New Jersey railroad junctions
- List of New Jersey street railroads