Newport station (Hudson–Bergen Light Rail)

Light rail station in Jersey City, New Jersey

Newport

Newport station platform

General information
Location| Mall Drive East
Jersey City, New Jersey
Coordinates| 40°43′36″N 74°02′10″W﻿ / ﻿40.7268°N 74.0362°W﻿ / 40.7268; -74.0362
Owned by| New Jersey Transit
Platforms| 1 island platform
Tracks| 2
Connections|

* NJ Transit Bus: 64, 68, 126
* Academy Bus
* PATH at Newport

Construction
Bicycle facilities| Yes[1]
Accessible| Yes
Other information
Fare zone| 1
History
Opened| November 18, 2000 (2000-11-18)[2]
Previous names| Pavonia/Newport (2000–2012)
Services
| Preceding station  |  NJ Transit | Following station

|
|

Harsimus Cove

toward West Side Avenue

|  | West Side–Tonnelle |  | 2nd Street

toward Tonnelle Avenue

Harsimus Cove

toward 8th Street

|  | 8th Street–Hoboken |  | Hoboken

Terminus

Harborside

toward 8th Street

|  | Bayonne Flyer |

Location

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]

## Gallery

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* HBLR 2017A (sporting a NY Waterway ad) en route to Bayonne

* Trackside view of Newport Centre Mall parking garage

* A train at Newport station in January 2007

* Elevated rail bridge, north of station

## References

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1. ^ "Newport Light Rail Station". NJ Transit. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
2. ^ Fink, Jason (November 20, 2000). "New Light Rail Stations Open for Holidays". The Jersey Journal. Jersey City, New Jersey. p. 11. Retrieved March 17, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "NJ TRANSIT AVERAGE WEEKDAY LIGHT RAIL PASSENGER BOARDINGS Fiscal Year 2014" (PDF). July 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2014."NJ TRANSIT AVERAGE WEEKDAY LIGHT RAIL PASSENGER BOARDINGS Fiscal Year 2014" (PDF). July 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 5, 2011. Retrieved August 3, 2013.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2011.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. ^ "Ferry Service Will Return to Newport Jersey City This Summer". jerseydigs.com. January 30, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
7. ^ McDonald, Terrence T. (January 17, 2014). "NY Waterway not restarting ferry service out of Newport terminal in Jersey City". The Jersey Journal. Retrieved January 10, 2018.

## External links

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* NJT Hudson–Bergen Light Rail station information page for Newport station
* Subway Nut station info and photos
* north entrance from Google Maps Street View
* south entrance from Google Maps Street View

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Newport (HBLR station).

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