For the second year I am running the Conrail Santa Train tracker. Conrail has previously run the train in December 2023 and December 2024 with identical routes each year.
Tracker: Conrail North Jersey Santa Train 2025 Tracker
Tracker backup URL: https://whirled_trade_center.codeberg.page/conrail-santa-train-2025-north-jersey/
Interactive map: Conrail Santa Train 2025 (North Jersey) - uMap - Online map creator (not live)
When: Saturday, December 20th, 2025 4:30PM - 8:30PM
Lines: Oak Island Yard, Lehigh Valley Line, Port Reading Secondary, Port Reading Yard, Garden State Secondary (all Conrail/CSAO lines)
The flyer sent to employees does not say they will return on the Garden State Secondary but they have in fact done so each year. There may also be a run over Newark Bay to Jersey City (yellow line) which they have also done the last 2 years but they never mention it.
Santa will be riding in his magical caboose through several New Jersey towns: Newark, Hillside, Roselle Park, Roselle, Cranford, Clark, Westfield, Scotch Plains, Edison, South Plainfield, Piscataway, Bound Brook, Piscataway (again), Edison (again), Metuchen, Edison (again), Woodbridge, Port Reading, Carteret, Linden, Elizabeth