Newport station (Hudson–Bergen Light Rail)

Pavonia/Newport
Station platform
Location Mall Drive East
Jersey City, NJ
Coordinates 40°43′36″N 74°02′10″W / 40.7268°N 74.0362°W / 40.7268; -74.0362Coordinates: 40°43′36″N 74°02′10″W / 40.7268°N 74.0362°W / 40.7268; -74.0362
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
  West Side–Tonnelle
  8th Street–Hoboken
  Bayonne Flyer
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections NJT Bus: 64, 68, 126
Academy Bus: Westampton, Lincroft/Red Bank
A&C Bus: 4 (inside Newport Centre Mall)
PATH at Newport
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 1
History
Opened November 18, 2000
Electrified 750 V (DC) overhead catenary
Previous names Pavonia-Newport (2000-????)
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 795,860 Increase 2%
Services
Preceding station   Hudson–Bergen Light Rail   Following station
West Side–Tonnelle
toward 8th Street
8th Street–Hoboken
Terminus
toward 8th Street
Bayonne Flyer

Pavonia/Newport is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) located at Mall Drive East in Jersey City, New Jersey. There are two tracks and an island platform. Current NJ Transit maps and timetables refer to this station as "Newport," following a similar change several years earlier in the name of the adjacent PATH station.[1][2]

The station opened on November 18, 2000. Northbound service from the station is available to Hoboken Terminal and Tonnelle Avenue, in North Bergen. Southbound service is available to West Side Avenue in Jersey City and 8th Street in Bayonne. Connection to PATH trains to midtown Manhattan and to New Jersey Transit commuter train service are available at Hoboken Terminal. Transfers to PATH trains to Newark, Harrison, and downtown Manhattan are available at Exchange Place.

Connecting New York Waterway 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. [3]

As of 2014, it is the busiest station on the HBLR system (with an average of 6,122 passenger boardings daily).[4]


Station layout

Ground/platform level
Exit/entrance and buses
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound ← West Side–Tonnelle toward West Side Avenue (Harsimus Cove)
← 8th Street–Hoboken toward 8th Street (Harsimus Cove)
← Bayonne Flyer toward 8th Street (rush hours) (Harborside)
Northbound West Side–Tonnelle toward Tonnelle Avenue (2nd Street) →
8th Street–Hoboken toward Hoboken (Terminus) →
Bayonne Flyer toward Hoboken (rush hours) (Terminus) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

References

  1. ↑ http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/LightRail/sf_lr_hblr_map.pdf
  2. ↑ http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0100.pdf
  3. ↑ "NY Waterway not restarting ferry service out of Newport terminal in Jersey City". The Jersey Journal. January 17, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  4. ↑ "NJ TRANSIT AVERAGE WEEKDAY LIGHT RAIL PASSENGER BOARDINGS Fiscal Year 2014" (PDF). July 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-06. "NJ TRANSIT AVERAGE WEEKDAY LIGHT RAIL PASSENGER BOARDINGS Fiscal Year 2014" (PDF). July 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
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