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I took these these proposals from NJT , MNRR , RPA and some are mine which I marked "My Idea". If there are no markings , then you can read about it on wiki.. The list below took me 3hrs to slowly put together and i'm sure I messed something up... I will post the station list later....

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Current Network

Hudson line
Harlem line
New Haven line
New Canaan Branch
Waterbury Branch
Northeast Corridor
North Jersey Coast line
Morristown line
Montclair - Boonton line
Gladstone Branch
Danbury Branch
Port Jervis line
Main line
Bergen County line
Raritan Valley line
Pascack Valley line
Atlantic City line
RiverLINE

Under Construction / Under Study

Lackawanna Rail line
Hell Gate line
West Side line
Gateway Project to Penn Station & GCT

Proposed Network

West Shore line
Red Bank - Forked River line
Monmouth JCT line
Matawan line
South Amboy Branch (my idea)
Kingsland Branch (RPA)
Cross Chester line (my idea)
Lehigh Valley Rail Extensions
Danbury Branch Extension to New Milford
Old Piermont Branch (RPA)
Northwest Rail link (RPA)
Old Boonton Branch (RPA)
Beacon / Maybrook line
West Trenton line
Pompton Branch (RPA)
Cape May line
West Trenton Branch
Pennsville line (My idea)
Glassboro line
Millville Extension


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Electric Lines Powered @ 25kV/60Hz

North Jersey Coast line (South Amboy to Long Branch
Morristown line
Montclair - Boonton line
Gladstone Branch
Red Bank - Forked River line
Monmouth JCT line
Matawan line
South Amboy Branch (my idea)
Gateway Project to Penn Station & GCT

Electric lines Powered @ 12.5kV/25Hz

Northeast Corridor
North Jersey Coast line (Rahway to South Amboy)

Electric lines Powered @ 12.5 kV/60 Hz

Danbury Branch Extension to New Milford
Danbury Branch
New Haven line
New Canaan Branch
Cross Chester line (my idea)

Electric lines Powered @ 11 kV/25Hz

Hell Gate line

Electric lines Powered @ 750 V DC

Hudson line (Grand Central to Croton Harmon)
Harlem line (Grand Central to Southeast)
New Haven line (Grand Central to Pelham)

Diesel lines

Hudson line (Croton Harmon to Poughkeepsie)
Harlem line (Southeast to Wassaic)
Waterbury Branch
Main line
Bergen County line
West Shore line
West Side line
Raritan Valley line
Lehigh Valley Rail Extensions
Old Piermont Branch (RPA)
Pascack Valley line
Kingsland Branch (RPA)
Northwest Rail link (RPA)
Old Boonton Branch (RPA)
Beacon / Maybrook line
West Trenton line
Montclair - Boonton line (MSU to Denville)
Pompton Branch (RPA)
Atlantic City line
Cape May line
RiverLINE
West Trenton Branch
Pennsville line (My idea)
Glassboro line
Millville Extension

New Jersey Transit/NJDOT/PATH/DPRA/Metro North/CDOT/NYSDOT Rail Numbers

Heavy Rail

Jersey City (PATH) - 263,000 > 470,000 (2030)
Lindenwold (Patco) - 36,600 > 72,000 (2030)

Light Rail

NJ Gold Coast Network (HBLR) - 55,600 > 120,500 (2030)
Newark Network (NLRT) - 21,200 > 260,000 (2030)
South Jersey Network - 11,000 > 75,400 (2030)

Regional Rail

Northeast Corridor - 117,360 > 210,000 (2030)
New Haven Line - 115,948 > 240,000 (2030)
Morris&Essex Network - 58,400 > 85,000 (2030)
Harlem Line - 55,260 > 75,300 (2030)
Hudson Line - 50,509 > 74,100 (2030)
Main/Bergen/Port Jervis lines - 35,700 > 51,000 (2030)
North Jersey Coast line - 26,650 > 54,800 (2030)
Raritan Valley line - 21,800 > 57,200 (2030)
*Meadowlands line - 15,920 (2012)
Montclair-Boonton line - 15,750 > 35,100 (2030)
Pascack Valley line - 9,200 > 19,500 (2030)
*Yankees-163rd Game Day Ridership - 7,238 (2012)
Danbury Branch - 5,890 > 24,400 (2030)
New Canaan Branch - 5,640 > 7,200 (2030)
Shore Line East - 3,250 > 7,180 (2030)
Atlantic City line - 2,995 > 7,400 (2030)
Waterbury Branch - 740 > 4,270 (2030)

*Average Ridership during events

Future Systems , Readjusted to factor in new Job Growth projects and population trends... Most LRT and Some Commuter Rail lines will replace overcrowded bus routes , I did take that ridership and throw it into the numbers along with factoring in Job growth , TOD and general Transit growth.

Gold Coast Light Metro - 350,000
Manhattan Access/Gateway Network - 270,000
I-287 Rail Corridor - 135,000
MOM Network - 120,000
Westchester LRT Network - 110,700
New Brunswick LRT/BRT Network - 85,000
Newark-Paterson LRT- 75,200
Newark-Elizabeth LRT - 70,500
Hartford BRT/LRT Network - 65,800
Knowledge Corridor - 68,500
Northern Branch LRT - 66,000
Hell Gate line - 65,000
New Haven Streetcar Network - 60,000
Newark-Jersey City LRT - 59,100
Route 4 & 17 Bus Rapid Transit - 58,300
US 46 & Route 3 Bus Rapid Transit - 55,900
PATH Airport/Elizabeth Extension - 54,900
US 1 Bus Rapid Transit - 50,300
Garden State Parkway Busway - 48,100
Newark-Harrison-Kearny Streetcar Network - 45,900
Stamford Streetcar Network - 42,600
West Shore line - 40,200
Bridgeport BRT Network - 39,300
Glassboro/Millville LRT - 37,900
Philpsburg Connections - 35,600
US 22 Bus Rapid Transit - 35,400
Various Infill Stations - 35,000
Bergen-Passaic LRT - 30,400
Lackawanna line - 27,100
West Trenton line - 22,500
West Side Line - 20,700
Northwest Link/Pompton Connector - 19,200
Manchester Branch - 15,500
Mount Holly Branch - 14,200
West Trenton LRT - 12,800
Hammonton LRT - 10,400
Bristol Branch - 9,800
Princeton Streetcar - 9,300
Pennsville LRT - 7,200
Beacon/Maybrook Line - 5,500
Middletown Branch - 5,000
Central Corridor - 4,800
Eastern Link - 4,400
Cape May line - 4,200
Bridgeton line - 3,200