1,380 miles: Riding Greater New York’s rails

In addition to my goal to ride at least a portion of every rail system in the United States and Canada, since I live in New York City I’ve made it a goal to ride every mile of passenger rail currently in regular service in this region—1,379.9 miles (2,220.7 kilometers) in all. That includes the entire rail networks operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New Jersey Transit, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Read the blog post where I announced my goal.

On this page I’m tracking my progress, and I’m inviting you along for the ride. I’ve finished riding lines or systems that are crossed out.

• MTA
  • New York City Subway (entire system)
  • Staten Island Railway
  • Long Island Rail Road
    • Babylon Branch
    • Belmont Park Branch
    • City Terminal Zone
      • Atlantic Branch
      • Main Line
      • Long Island City to Woodside
    • Far Rockaway Branch
    • Hempstead Branch
    • Long Beach Branch
    • Montauk Branch
    • Oyster Bay Branch
    • Port Jefferson Branch
    • Port Washington Branch
    • Ronkonkoma Branch
    • West Hempstead Branch
  • Metro-North
    • Harlem Line
      • Wassaic Branch
    • Hudson Line
    • New Haven Line
      • Danbury Branch
      • New Canaan Branch
      • Waterbury Branch
    • Pascack Valley Line
    • Port Jervis Line

• NJ Transit
  • Commuter rail
    • Atlantic City Line
    • Bergen County Line
    • Gladstone Line
    • Main Line
    • Meadowlands Line
    • Montclair-Boonton Line
    • Morristown Line
    • Northeast Corridor Line
      • Dinky Shuttle
    • North Jersey Coast Line
    • Pascack Valley Line
    • Raritan Valley Line
  • Light rail
    • Hudson-Bergen Light Rail
    • Newark Light Rail
    • River Line

• Port Authority
  • PATH
  • AirTrain JFK
  • AirTrain Newark