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New Jersey Transit is a statewide public transportation system serving the state of New Jersey, USA. It operates bus, light rail, and commuter rail services throughout the state. Many of NJ Transit's commuter trains feed into Pennsylvania Station in New York City's Midtown Manhattan.

NJ Transit, founded in 1979, was an offspring of the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), mandated by the state government to address the many transportation issues that had developed at the time. NJ Transit came into being with the passage of the Public Transportation Act of 1979 to "acquire, operate and contract for transportation service in the public interest." NJ Transit originally acquired and managed a number of private bus services. Conrail (or Consolidated Rail Corporation) had been formed in 1976 through the merging of a number of financially troubled passenger railroads, and operated commuter railroad service under contract from the NJDOT.

In 1983, NJ Transit assumed operation of all commuter rail service in New Jersey from Conrail. It now operates every light rail and rail line in the state except for the PATH trains, which are owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, a handful of tourist trains (on short lines in the south and northwest of New Jersey), and the PATCO Hi-Speedline, which is owned by the Delaware River Port Authority. New Jersey Transit also runs most of the state's bus lines, with many of its bus routes serving the older urbanized areas of Northeast New Jersey, along with a cluster of lines based in Trenton and some suburban lines.

In recent years, NJ Transit has been moving towards eventually becoming privatized.

In the 1990s, the system expanded, with new "MidTOWN DIRECT" service to New York City and new equipment. On October 21, 2001 it opened a new station at Newark International Airport. On December 15, 2003, it opened the Secaucus Junction transfer station, connecting two major portions of the system, allowing passengers on Hoboken-bound trains to switch trains to get to Midtown Manhattan more conveniently. The transfer saves passengers headed into Midtown an estimated 15 minutes.