Overview

The bustling and historic North Jersey Coast Line of NJ TRANSIT® links the New York City metropolitan area with the northern portion of America’s famed “Jersey Shore, ” and does so in captivating fashion.

Key Features

• Serving two great rail terminals – New York City’s Penn Station in Manhattan and the classic Hoboken Terminal across the Hudson River, the North Jersey Coast Line stretches more than 70 route miles to Bay Head, New Jersey.
• Trains on the NJTRANSIT North Jersey Coast Line operate over Amtrak’s electrified Northeast Corridor to Rahway, then travel to what was once the famous “New York & Long Branch” along the Atlantic seashore to the iconic New Jersey railroad towns named South Amboy, Long Branch, and Bay Head.
• NJ Transit is one of North America’s largest and busiest commuter railroads, serving approximately 300, 000 rail commuters and passengers each weekday.
• Scenarios The North Jersey Coast Line route add-on includes seven Career Scenarios and four Railfan Mode scenarios: Career Scenarios Hoboken Northeast Corridor To Long Branch: Part 1 To Long Branch: Part 2 Ocean Spray Frozen to the Core New York Night Shift Railfan Mode Scenarios Belmar Hoboken Long Branch Newark International Airport Features Approximately 73 route miles of electrified and non-electrified main line New York Penn Station and Hoboken Terminal NJ TRANSIT Meadows Maintenance Center NJ TRANSIT Bombardier ALP-45DP with power change-over and in-cab signalling features NJ TRANSIT Comet IV Coaches and drivable Comet V Cab Car NJ TRANSIT Bombardier MultiLevel Coaches and driveable Cab Car Career and Railfan Mode scenarios for the route Quick Drive Compatible