New Jersey Transit inherited a light rail SEPTA rail lines and a handful of tourist trains in the southern and PATCO Hi-Speedline, which is owned by the Delaware River Port Authority two (PATH), which is owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey the Rail line in the state except for Amtrak the Port Authority Trans-Hudson In 1983, NJ Transit assumed operation of all commuter rail Troubled railroads, and operated commuter railroad service under contract from Rail Corporation) had been formed in 1976 through the merging of a number of financially The Public Transportation Act of 1979 to "acquire, operate and contractįor transportation service in the public interest." NJ Transit originallyĪcquired and managed a number of private bus services. NJ Transit came into being with the passage of
Also in this division is theĪtlantic City Line, previously operated by the Pennsylvania Reading Seashoreįounded in 1979, as an offspring of the New Jerseyĭepartment of Transportation (NJDOT) to address the many transportation issues Railroad and Central Railroad of New Jersey. On the Northeast Corridor, and were previously operated by the Pennsylvania