Monmouth Ocean Middlesex Line
The Monmouth Ocean Middlesex Line (MOM) is a passenger rail project in the US state of New Jersey, proposed by NJ Transit Rail Operations (NJT) to serve the Central New Jersey counties of Monmouth, Ocean, and Middlesex. The line would originate/terminate around Lakehurst at its southern end. It would junction with either the Northeast Corridor Line or North Jersey Coast Line to provide service north to Newark Penn Station, with potential connecting or continuing service to Hoboken Terminal or New York Penn Station.
Midway Interlocking at Monmouth Junction
Proposed NJT service corridors
Ocean County is a county located along the Jersey Shore in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey, and the southernmost county in the New York metropolitan area. The county borders the Atlantic Ocean on the east and in terms of total area is the state's largest county. Its county seat is Toms River. The county is considered part of the Central Jersey region of the state, though it was not among the four counties explicitly listed as included in Central Jersey as part of legislation signed into law in 2023.
Sunrise at Barnegat Lighthouse on Long Beach Island, facing the Atlantic Ocean
The Ocean County Courthouse in Toms River was built in 1851.
Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood is the world's largest yeshiva outside of Israel.
Entering Ocean County on the northbound Garden State Parkway in Little Egg Harbor Township