Newport station (Hudson–Bergen Light Rail) explained

Newport
Style:NJ Transit
Address:Mall Drive East
Borough:Jersey City, New Jersey
Coordinates:40.7268°N -74.0362°W
Owned:New Jersey Transit
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Bicycle:Yes[1]
Accessible:Yes
Zone:1
Former:Pavonia/Newport (2000–2012)
Opened:[2]
Pass Year:2006
Passengers:795,860
Pass Percent:2-->
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-light
Marker-Color:
  1. 000
Zoom:14

Newport station is a station of the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail in Jersey City, New Jersey. Located on Mall Drive East near the Newport Centre shopping mall, the station services trains operating between Hoboken Terminal and Tonnelle Avenue station in North Bergen to West Side Avenue in Jersey City and 8th Street station in Bayonne. The station is also a stop on the Bayonne Flyer, an express service on the light rail. Newport station also serves as a transfer to the PATH line between Newark Penn Station, Hoboken Terminal and the 33rd Street and World Trade Center stations in New York City at its Newport station. The station consists of a single island platform to service two tracks. As of 2014, it is the busiest station on the HBLR system (with an average of 6,122 passenger boardings daily).[3]

The station opened on November 18, 2000 as part of an extension of the original operating segment of the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail. At the time of opening, the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail and PATH stations were both known as Pavonia/Newport. However, both were changed to Newport in the early 2010s.[4] [5] In January 2019, it was announced that connecting New York Waterway ferry service would be restored in the summer of 2019 at a new rebuilt pier.[6] Ferry service was discontinued in January 2014 due to deteriorating pier conditions. The Hudson River Waterfront Walkway to Hoboken Terminal also had been recently completed allowing access to the ferry services at the terminal from Newport.[7]

Station layout

Southbound
Northbound toward Tonnelle Avenue
toward Hoboken
(rush hours) toward Hoboken

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Newport Light Rail Station . July 5, 2023 . . en-US.
  2. News: Fink . Jason . November 20, 2000 . New Light Rail Stations Open for Holidays . 11 . The Jersey Journal . . March 17, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  3. Web site: July 2014 . NJ TRANSIT AVERAGE WEEKDAY LIGHT RAIL PASSENGER BOARDINGS Fiscal Year 2014 . 2014-11-06. Web site: NJ TRANSIT AVERAGE WEEKDAY LIGHT RAIL PASSENGER BOARDINGS Fiscal Year 2014 . July 2014 . 2014-11-06.
  4. Web site: Archived copy . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605094039/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/LightRail/sf_lr_hblr_map.pdf . 2011-06-05 . 2013-08-03.
  5. Web site: Archived copy . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151009121734/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0100.pdf . 2015-10-09 . 2011-01-20.
  6. Web site: January 30, 2019 . Ferry Service Will Return to Newport Jersey City This Summer . June 25, 2019 . jerseydigs.com.
  7. Web site: McDonald . Terrence T. . January 17, 2014 . NY Waterway not restarting ferry service out of Newport terminal in Jersey City . January 10, 2018 . The Jersey Journal.