Newark–Elizabeth Rail Link

{{short description|Proposed light rail line in New Jersey}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox rail line

| name = Newark-Elizabeth Rail Link

| linelength = {{convert|8.8|mi|km|abbr=on}}

| gauge = {{RailGauge|sg}}

| map = Image:NERL.png reports. The green line is the completed MOS-1, the blue line is MOS-2, and the red line is Union County Light Rail.]]

| map_state =

}}

The Newark–Elizabeth Rail Link (NERL) is a proposed {{convert|8.8|mi|km|adj=on}}-long light rail line in New Jersey. If built, it would be operated by New Jersey Transit and would connect the downtown areas of Newark and Elizabeth with Newark Liberty International Airport. The construction of the project was being planned in stages, or "minimum operable segments" (MOS).

The first minimum operable segment (MOS-1) opened to the public on July 17, 2006, as the Newark Light Rail's Broad Street Extension, connecting Broad Street Station and Penn Station in Newark.{{cite web

| url = http://www.njtransit.com/an_cp_project005.shtml

| title = New Jersey Transit: Newark City Subway (NCS) Extension to Newark Broad Street Station

| author = NJ TRANSIT Department of Capital Planning and Programs | authorlink=

| accessdate = 2015-09-07 | date = August 2006 | publisher = NJ Transit

| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090617074049/http://www.njtransit.com/an_cp_project005.shtml

| archivedate = 2009-06-17

}}

The second segment (MOS-2) would have connected Penn Station with the airport, while the third segment became known as the Union County Light Rail.

New Jersey Transit cited the project in its 2016 Capital Improvement Program without any specific allocation.{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/capital/tcp16/sec6/njtransit.pdf |title=FY 2016 Transportation Capital Program |publisher=New Jersey Transit |page=29 |access-date=2022-12-27}}