The NJ Transit's NJCL was part of NJ-PA Central Railroad in the past; with 20 stations between NY Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan & Long Branch, NJ with electrical route & south of L.B. is a diesel route to Bay Head. With plenty of movable bridges over the Raritan Bay, Cheesequake or Morgan Creek [not a motion picture company], Shrewsbury, Shark & Manasquan Rivers. Some southbound trains terminate @ South Amboy. Rolling stock: ALP-45DP, ALP-46, GP40PH-2B or PL42AC locomotives, Arrow III railcars [will retired very soon], Comet II, IV & V or MultiLevel coaches. Local stops during rush-hours between Rahway & NY Penn except Newark Airport. History With the completion of the Waterfront Connection in 1991, five weekday round trip diesel trains began running from Bay Head to Hoboken Terminal using the Waterfront Connection. On May 18th, 2015, NJ Transit expanded service to include three inbound and three outbound weekday trains running from Bay Head directly to and from New York Penn Station. The line was renamed to the "Bleachers Coast Line" temporarily in August 2026 as a partnership with New Jersey's rock band, "Bleachers". Commuter clubs The line was home to the second-last remaining private commuter passenger club in the United States. (Car 553 on the Metra Union Pacific North Line was the last.) The Jersey Shore Commuters Club was established in 1933 under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It used half of a Comet IIM car - car 5459 (built as Comet IIB 5759 in 1988). In 2004, the Comet II Club Car went through a custom overhaul by Alstom & was furnished, with the club's funding, to include reclining lounge chairs, spacious seating, at-seat fold down tables, and private conference tables. The club also hosted various onboard activities to preserve its heritage. Club members enjoyed guaranteed and spacious seating as part of their annual membership fee that the club remitted to NJ Transit as part of its lease agreement. Membership was "open" and on a "first come first served basis" to those willing to pay the membership fee and abide by the club's bylaws. The Club end of the car was furnished similar to Amtrak's Amfleet and Horizon fleet of cars. The Club Car seats were actually former Amfleet Metroliner seats that the club had re-conditioned. The Club Car only ran during peak rush hour periods with one weekday round trip per day and was always run with the club end coupled to the locomotive when used. Due to damage sustained to the Club Car in Hurricane Sandy, the commuter club was disbanded in August 2013. Per posts on the club's Facebook page, the Club Car took its last trip on the line in October 2012, just prior to the hurricane. An NJ Transit train arrives at Middletown station in Middletown Township. For more info, go to... https://wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Jersey_Coast_Line https://njtransit.com/abc_North_Jersey_Coast_Line https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/2026-06/njcl.pdf https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_ALP-45DP https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_ALP-46 https://wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_GP40-based_passenger_locomotives https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_(railcar) https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_(railcar) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_MultiLevel_Coach
