NJ Railroads (New Jersey)

Last Updated: October 18, 2023, 3:43 pm
Known railroads and their operations for New Jersey are listed here. Subdivisions that cross state lines will only contain information and GPS ranges to approximately the state line to prevent unnecessary overlap.

Due to operational changes, mergers and general changes, some railroad radio channels may be reused by the same or adjacent railroads. However, if using RadioReference aware scanners or software, you can reduce seeing or duplicating this information by scanning just the subdivisions or locations that you are interested in.

Railroads are listed by size starting with the largest and ending with historical/tourist operations and in alphabetical order.

Passenger operations can be heard on the respective railroad they are operating on unless passenger stations have specific radio assignments.

Short alpha names are comprised of the railroads AAR reporting mark, AAR channel number and subdivision or major use function. The description field will contain actual use or location information to provide the best possible information for various scanners, users and readability.

Traveling system gangs (Maintenance of Way) will use the area road channel for track authority and for the foreman to grant trains through the work limits. These gangs will typically use their own channels - and such channels should not be submitted to the database as they are only temporary for the area. Signal, communications and other engineering groups will typically only be on the road channel, but may use any other as needs warrant.

Where a railroad or a subdivision lists both a "Dispatcher" and "Road" channel, both should be monitored. Most defect detectors and operations will occur on the road channel

In former Conrail areas, the old common Conrail channels may be reused by both CSXT and NS. CSXT Identifies this as the following channel numbers:

Channel 1 - AAR 046 - 160.800 Channel 2 - AAR 064 - 161.070 Channel 3 - AAR 050 - 160.860 Channel 4 - AAR 058 - 160.980

Conrail (more recently known as Consolidated Rail Corporation or Conrail Shared Assets) is now a switching and terminal railroad owned jointly by CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern following the split of Conrail. Conrail switches for NS and CSX in Northern New Jersey, Southern New Jersey/Philadelphia, Detroit, and Staten Island, New York

Frequencies

Amtrak (AMTK)

Systemwide

Amtrak Police operates several repeater sites using the same repeater pairs but various CTCSS tones.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
161.295 RM AMTK79 PD Police Dispatch FMN Railroad
161.205 BM 146.2 PL AMTK73 PD Car Police Car/Car FMN Railroad
173.375 M 203.5 PL AMTK PD Rptr Police Mobile Repeater FMN Railroad
160.515 BM CSQ AMTK27 MOW Maintenance of Way (Production) FMN Railroad
Main Line NYP

MP 0.0 Penn Station - New York, NY to MP 58.3 Division Point - Morrisville, PA.

Dispatcher/Road Districts:

PSCC Dispatcher MP 1.2 TO MP 4.0
Section A Dispatcher MP 4.0 TO MP 7.2
Section B Dispatcher MP 7.2 TO 11.2
CTEC-9 Dispatcher MP 11.3 TO 22.8
CTEC-8 Dispatcher MP 22.8 TO MP 41.3
CTEC-7 Dispatcher MP 41.3 TO MP 57.7

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
161.010 BM AMTK60 Main Road FMN Railroad
160.815 BM CSQ AMTK47 MOW Maintenance of Way - Central NJ FMN Railroad

Belvidere and Delaware River Railway (BDRV)

Operations

The Belvidere and Delaware River Railway, a subsidiary of the Chesapeake & Delaware system, operates local freight between Milford, NJ and Easton, PA. The New York, Susquehanna and Western Technical & Historical Society (THSX) also operates excursion trains in cooperation with BDRV.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
160.950WQRN279 BM CSQ BDRV56 Road Road FMN Railroad

Black River and Western (BRW)

Operations

Black River & Western Railroad, a subsidiary of the Chesapeake & Delaware system, operates local freight between Three Bridges, NJ and Ringoes, NJ. The associated non-profit Black River Historical Trust operates excursion trains over the Flemington Branch between Flemington, NJ and Ringoes, NJ with work on-going to reopen the Lambertville Branch south to Lambertville, NJ.

 
FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
160.950 BM CSQ BRW56 Road Road FMN Railroad

Cape May Seashore Lines (CMSL)

Operations

Cape May Seashore Lines operates freight and passenger excursions between Richland and Tuckahoe, Rio Grande, Cold Spring Village, and Cape May City.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
161.160WPPF483 BM CSQ CMSL70 Road Road FMN Railroad
160.815 BM CSQ CMSL41 Ops Tourist Operations FMN Railroad

Conrail (CRCX)

Lehigh Line

MP 9.0 Newark, NJ to MP 35.8 Manville, NJ.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
160.860 BM CSQ CRCX50 Lehig Road FMN Railroad
160.800 BM CSQ CRCX46 Yard Oak Island Yard FMN Railroad
160.245 BM CSQ CRCX09 Yard Oak Island Yard - Hump FMN Railroad
161.325 BM CSQ CRCX81 Yard Oak Island Yard - Car Department FMN Railroad
161.130 RM CSQ CRCX68 PBX PBX FMN Railroad
Morrisville Line

MP0.0 Morrisville, PA to MP4.7 Morrisville, PA. Between MP 0.0 and MP 1.3 operations use AMTK Main Line NYP.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
161.070 BM CSQ CRCX64 Morri Road FMN Railroad
160.845 BM CSQ CRCX49 Yard Morrisville Yard FMN Railroad
Passaic & Harsimus Line

MP 0.0 Jersey City, NJ to MP 7.7 Newark, NJ.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
160.860 BM CSQ CRCX50 Passa Road FMN Railroad
161.550 BM CSQ CRCX96 Yard South Kearny Road FMN Railroad
Amboy Secondary

MP 0.2 to MP 19.0.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
160.935 BM CSQ CRCX55 Amboy Road FMN Railroad
Beesleys Point Secondary
MP 2.3 to MP 58.7

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
161.070 BM CSQ CRCX64 Beesl Road FMN Railroad
Chester Secondary

MP 0.0 to MP 8.5.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
161.070 BM CSQ CRCX64 Chest Road FMN Railroad
160.860 BM CSQ CRCX50 Yard Stoney Creek Yard FMN Railroad
Garden State Secondary

MP 1.4 Newark, NJ to MP 14.8 Perth Amboy, NJ. The Garden State Secondary connects with the NJTR North Jersey Coast Line at Perth Amboy, NJ.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
160.935 BM CSQ CRCX55 Road Road FMN Railroad
160.800 BM CSQ CRCX46 Yard Port Newark Yard 1 FMN Railroad
160.980 BM CSQ CRCX58 Yard Port Newark Yard 2 FMN Railroad
Penns Grove Secondary

MP 8.8 to MP 30.0.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
161.070 BM CSQ CRCX64 Penns Road FMN Railroad
160.845 BM CSQ CRCX49 Yard Paulsboro Yard FMN Railroad
Port Reading Secondary

MP 0.0 Bound Brook, NJ to MP 16.0 Woodbridge, NJ.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
160.935 BM CSQ CRCX55 PortR Road - Port Reading Yard FMN Railroad
Vineland Secondary

MP 0.0 to MP 34.0.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
161.070 BM CSQ CRCX64 Vinel Road FMN Railroad
Delair Branch

MP 78.9 to MP 87.1.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
161.070 BM CSQ CRCX64 Delai Road FMN Railroad
160.800 BM CSQ CRCX46 Delai Frankford Junction FMN Railroad
160.860 BM CSQ CSXT50 Yard Pavonia Yard FMN Railroad
160.160 RM CRCX443 Yard Pavonia Yard - Hump Operations NXDN48 Railroad
160.710 RM CSQ CRCX40 PBX PBX FMN Railroad
National Docks Branch

MP 0 Jersey City, NJ to MP 7.2 Newark, NJ.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
160.860 BM CSQ CRCX50 Natio Road FMN Railroad
160.800 BM CSQ CRCX46 Natio Conrail Upper Bay Bridge FMN Railroad
Northern Branch

MP 1.6 North Bergen, NJ to MP 6.0 Kearny, NJ.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
160.860 BM CSQ CRCX50 North Road FMN Railroad

CSX Transportation (CSXT)

River Subdivision

MP QR1.6 (North Bergen) to MP QR18.8 (NJ/NY State Line). The remainder of the line is in NY and information can be found in the New York database. CSX Railroad Police utilize a combination of cellular communications and talkgroup on the NJICS.

New Jersey Interoperability Communications System (NJICS)
Project 25 Phase II
CSX Railroad Police also utilize talkgroup #4497 on this system.
FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
160.620 BM CSQ CSXT34 River NI Dispatcher FMN Railroad
160.980 BM CSQ CSXT58 River Road FMN Railroad
161.550 BM CSQ CSXT96 Yard N Bergen/S Kearny/Elizabeth Port - Yard FMN Railroad
160.740 BM CSQ CSXT42 Yard South Kearny Intermodal FMN Railroad
160.590 BM CSQ CSXT32 Yard South Kearny Yard Secondary FMN Railroad
Trenton Subdivison

MP QA57.3 Manville, NJ to QA0.0 Philadelphia, PA.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
160.740 BM CSQ CSXT42 Trent NI Dispatcher FMN Railroad
160.980 BM CSQ CSXT58 Trent Road FMN Railroad
160.860 BM CSQ CSXT50 Yard Manville Yard FMN Railroad

Delaware and Raritan River Railroad (DRR)

Operations

Delaware and Raritan River Railroad, a subsidiary of the Chesapeake & Delaware system, operates local freight service between Red Bank, NJ and Lakewood, NJ over the former Conrail Southern Secondary and between Jamesburg, NJ and Farmingdale, NJ over the former Conrail Freehold Industrial Track.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
160.395 BM DRR19 Road Road FMN Railroad

Dover and Delaware River Railroad (DD)

Operations

Dover & Delaware River Railroad, a subsidiary of the Chesapeake & Delaware system, operates local freight service between Wharton, NJ and Phillipsburg, NJ over the former NS Washington Secondary.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
160.395 BM DD19 Road Road FMN Railroad

Dover and Rockaway River Railroad (DRRV)

Operations

Dover & Rockaway River Railroad, a subsidiary of the Chesapeake & Delaware system, operates local freight service on the NJTR Morristown Line, as well as the Morris County owned Dover & Rockaway Branch, Chester Branch, and High Bridge Branch.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
160.950 BM CSQ DRRV56 Road Road FMN Railroad

Morristown and Erie Railway (ME)

Operations

Morristown and Erie Railway is based in Morristown, NJ. It operates freight rail service in Morris County and surrounding areas on the original Whippany Line between Morristown, NJ and Roseland, NJ.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
160.230KIZ499 BM CSQ ME08 Road Road FMN Railroad
161.310KIZ499 BM CSQ ME80 Disp Dispatcher FMN Railroad

New Jersey Transit (NJTR)

Systemwide
NJ Transit Rail Operations operates several commuter rail lines within the State of New Jersey and operates under contract two lines for Metro North into New York State. NJT has connections into several major passenger terminals such as New York Penn Station, Hoboken Terminal, Newark Penn Station, Secaucus Junction. NJT Police are primarily on the state trunked systems with the conventional channels are a backup. Newark Penn Station is currently still using conventional radio.

New Jersey Transit
TETRA Standard
Hudson–Bergen Light Rail, Newark Light Rail, & the River Line operate on this system
New Jersey Interoperability Communications System (NJICS)
Project 25 Phase II
NJT Police primarily use the New Jersey State Police system with talkgroups patched to the New Jersey Interoperability Communications System
FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
160.830KNIV234 RM 123.0 PL NJTR48 PD Cntral Police - Central FMN Law Dispatch
161.370WPNV415 RM 146.2 PL NJTR84 PD Nwk Police - Newark Area FMN Law Dispatch
161.490 RM 97.4 PL NJTR92 PD Police FMN Law Dispatch
160.260WQGZ820 BM CSQ NJTR10 Maint Train Washing/Maintenance FMN Railroad
160.440 BM CSQ NJTR22 MOW Maintenance of Way FMN Railroad
161.145 BM CSQ NJTR69 Elect Electric Traction FMN Railroad
161.475 BM CSQ NJTR91 Signa Signal Department FMN Railroad
Secaucus Junction
Secaucus Junction (also known as the Frank R. Lautenberg Rail Station at Secaucus Junction) is a major transfer station serving all of NJT Rail, with transfers to Hoboken Terminal and New York Penn Station. Amtrak passes through the station, but does not normally stop. Special Metro North trains (typically for Meadowlands football games) will stop coming off of the New Haven Line. A large bus terminal also sits at the station.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
453.6125WPYT793 RM 146.2 PL NJT Sec Ops1 Station Operations 1 FMN Railroad
453.7375WPYU419 RM 131.8 PL NJT Sec Ops2 Station Operations 2 FMN Railroad
453.8375WPYU421 RM 114.8 PL NJT Sec Ops3 Station Operations 3 FMN Railroad
Atlantic City Line

MP B2.1 Philadelphia, PA to MP 58.0 Atlantic City Rail Terminal, NJ.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
161.400WPDJ681 BM CSQ NJTR86 Atlantic Road FMN Railroad
160.215WPNV415 M CSQ ACY Terminal Ops Atlantic City Rail Terminal Ops FMN Railroad
Bergen County Line

MP 4.3 Laurel/Main Line - Secaucus, NJ to MP 19.0 Ridgewood Jct/Main Line - Ridgewood, NJ.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
161.400KNIV238 BM CSQ NJTR86 Bergen Road FMN Railroad
Gladstone Line

MP 20.1 Summit, NJ to MP 42.2 Gladstone, NJ. This branch line connects to the Morristown Line at Summit, NJ.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
161.400 BM CSQ NJTR86 Gladstone Road FMN Railroad
Main Line

MP 2.2 West End/Morristown Line - Jersey City, NJ to MP 31.3 Division Post/MNCW Southern Tier Line - Suffern, New York.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
161.400 BM CSQ NJTR86 Main Road FMN Railroad
Montclair-Boonton Line
MP 9 to MP 33.9

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
161.400 BM CSQ NJTR86 Montclair Road FMN Railroad
Morristown Line

"MP 0.0 Hoboken, NJ to MP 58.0 Bill - Hackettstown, NJ. The Meadowlands Maintenance Complex is located between MP 3.9 Sanfords Interlocking and MP 4.3 Meadows Interlocking.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
161.400 BM CSQ NJTR86 Morristwn Road FMN Railroad
160.260WQGZ820 BM CSQ NJTR10 MMC YD Meadowlands Maintenance Complex FMN Railroad
160.890 BM CSQ NJTR52 Yard Morrisville Yard FMN Railroad
North Jersey Coast Line

MP E0.2 AMTK Main Line NYP - Rahway, NJ to MP 38.1 Bay Head, NJ.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
161.235 BM CSQ NJTR75 NJCL Road FMN Railroad
Northeast Corridor

Northeast Corridor Service operates via Amtrak Main Line NYP from Penn Station New York, NY to Trenton, NJ. See Amtrak Main Line NYP.

Pascack Valley Line

MP 7.7 Pasckack Jct. - Rutherford, NJ to MP 31.3 Woodbine Yard - Spring Valley, NY. The portion of the line in New York State is owned by Metro-North.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
161.400 BM CSQ NJTR86 Pascack Road FMN Railroad
Princeton Line

MP 0.0 Princeton Jct. - West Windsor, NJ to MP 2.7 Princeton, NJ. This line provides service between the Northeast Corridor and Princeton University.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
161.235 BM CSQ NJTR75 Princeton Road FMN Railroad
Raritan Valley Line

MP 15.0 Aldene - Roselle Park, NJ to MP 60.1 Division Post - Glen Gardner, NJ. Between Roselle Park, NJ and Hunter Interlocking in Newark, NJ trains operate over the Conrail Lehigh Line. Between Hunter Interlocking in Newark, NJ and Penn Station New York, NY trains operate over the Amtrak Main Line NYP.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
161.235 BM CSQ NJTR75 Raritan Road FMN Railroad
Sports Line

MP 0.0 to MP 2.1.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
161.400 BM CSQ NJTR86 Sports Road FMN Railroad

New York New Jersey Rail (NYNJ)

Operations

 NYNJ operates terminal switching services and car float operations across Upper New York Bay between Jersey City, NJ and Brooklyn, NY.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
156.650 BM CSQ NYNJ M13 Marine Car Float Operations FMN Railroad
160.590 BM CSQ NYNJ32 Ops Rail Operations FMN Railroad

New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYSW)

Southern Division

New York, Susquehanna, and Western Railway is a regional railroad that operates from North Bergen, NJ to Warwick, NY. Trains continue on into New York State via the NS Hudson Secondary between Warwick, NY and Campbell Hall, NY. At Campbell Hall, NY trains continue to Binghamton via the MNCW Southern Tier Line and CNYK Southern Tier Line.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
160.485WQBN258 BM CSQ NYSW25 South Road FMN Railroad

Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)

Lehigh Line

MP LE35.8 Manville, NJ to LB88.2 Allentown, PA.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
161.070 BM CSQ NS64 Lehigh Road FMN Railroad
161.070 BM CSQ NS64 Yard Croxton Yard FMN Railroad
160.710 RM CSQ NS40 PBX PBX FMN Railroad
Systemwide
FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
160.680WPMY304 BM NS Police Police Operations (Encrypted) NXDN48E Law Dispatch
161.055 M CSQ NS63 MOW 10 Maintenance of Way Ch. 10 FMN Railroad
161.430 M CSQ NS88 MOW 11 Maintenance of Way Ch. 11 FMN Railroad

Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH)

Operations

PATH is an element of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and operates an third-rail electrified commuter service network serving Harrison, Hoboken, Jersey City, and Newark in New Jersey, extending beneath the Hudson River into Manhattan in New York City. Police operations are on the Port Authority trunk system.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
160.470WQPM463 BM 107.2 PL PATH24 Road Road FMN Railroad
160.470WQPM463 RM 107.2 PL PATH24 R3 Road Repeater FMN Railroad
161.460WQPM463 BM 107.2 PL PATH90 MOW Maintenance and Emergency FMN Railroad
161.535WZC621 BM 107.2 PL PATH95 Yard Car Department/Yard Operations FMN Railroad

Raritan Central Railway (RCRY)

Operations

The Raritan Central Railway operates as a switching railroad, serving the Raritan Center Industrial Park and the Heller Industrial Park in Edison.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
161.070 BM CSQ RCRY64 Ops Operations FMN Railroad

SMS Rail Service (SLRS)

Operations

SMS Rail Lines operates an industrial park switching railroad serving the Pureland Industrial Complex in Logan, and the Sunoco Logistics Eagle Point terminal in Westville.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
161.490WPFU453 BM CSQ SLRS92 Ops Operations FMN Railroad
161.535WPFU453 BM CSQ SLRS95 Ops Operations FMN Railroad

Southern Railroad of New Jersey (SRNJ)

Operations
Southern Railroad of New Jersey operates between Winslow Junction and Pleasantville, and between Winslow Junction and the Winslow Hot Mix asphalt plant in Winslow Township as well as on the Salem Branch between Salem and Swedesboro

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
160.335 BM CSQ SRNJ15 Ops Operations FMN Railroad
161.385 BM CSQ SRNJ85 Ops Operations FMN Railroad

United States Navy: Naval Weapons Station Earle

Operations

Operations of the U.S. Navy private rail line between the main base in Colts Neck and the waterfront complex in Leonardo (Middletown Twp).

United States Department of Defense (14C)
Project 25 Phase I
All Naval Weapons Station Earle operations and supporting rail activities utilize this system.

Winchester and Western Railroad (WW)

Operations

The Winchester and Western Railroad is a shortline operating in the Bridgeton area connecting with Conrail at Millville and Vineland.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
161.310 BM CSQ WW80 Ops Operations FMN Railroad
161.370 BM CSQ WW84 Ops Operations FMN Railroad