Newark Penn
Penn Station's main entrance in June 2015
General information
Other names	Newark (PATH)
Location	1 Raymond Plaza West Newark, New Jersey United States
Owned by	NJ Transit
Line(s)	AmtrakNortheast Corridor
Distance	10.0 miles (16.1 km) fromNew York Penn Station[1]
Platforms	Upper level: 1side platform Main level: 3island platforms, 2 side platforms Lower level: 2 island platforms, 3 side platforms
Tracks	6 (Northeast Corridor), 2 (PATH), 5 (Newark Light Rail)
Train operators	Amtrak,NJ Transit,Newark Light Rail,PATH
Bus stands	12
Connections	NJ Transit Bus:1,5,11,21,25,GO25,28,29,30,31,34,39,40,41,44,62,65,66,67,70,71,72,73,76,78,79,108,319,361,375,378[2] Greyhound Lines Fullington Trailways FlixBus[3] Rutgers University Shuttle
Construction
Parking	Paid parking nearby
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak:NWK
IATA code	ZRP
Fare zone	1 (NJT)
History
Opened	March 24, 1935
Rebuilt	2007
Passengers
2017	27,695 avg. weekday[4][5] (NJT)
2018	8,789,165 annually[6]  1.4% (PATH)
Rank	3 of 13 (PATH)
FY 2023	671,703 annually[7] (Amtrak)
Services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Metropark towardWashington, D.C. Acela New York towardBoston South Trenton towardChicago Cardinal New York Terminus Trenton towardCharlotte Carolinian Metropark One-way operation Crescent Trenton towardNew Orleans Newark Airport towardHarrisburg Keystone Service Metropark towardSavannah Palmetto Trenton towardPittsburgh Pennsylvanian Trenton towardMiami Silver Meteor Newark Airport towardNorfolk,Newport News orRoanoke Northeast Regional New York towardBoston South orSpringfield Metropark weekends towardWashington, D.C. Vermonter New York towardSt. Albans Preceding station NJ Transit Following station NJ Transit Rail Operations Newark Airport towardTrenton Northeast Corridor Line Secaucus Junction towardNew York Penn Station Newark Airport towardBay Head North Jersey Coast Line Union towardHigh Bridge Raritan Valley Line Secaucus Junction limited service towardNew York Penn Station Hoboken limited service Terminus Hudson–Bergen Light Rail NJPAC/Center Street towardNewark Broad Street Broad Street – Newark Penn Terminus Military Park towardGrove Street Grove Street – Newark Penn Preceding station PATH Following station Terminus NWK–WTC Harrison towardWorld Trade Center
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Trenton towardWashington, D.C. Metroliner New York Terminus Metropark Until 2005 towardWashington, D.C. Trenton towardChicago Three Rivers 1995–2005 Broadway Limited Until 1995 Trenton towardKansas City National Limited Trenton towardWashington, D.C. Montrealer New York towardMontreal Trenton towardMiami Silver Star 1971–2024 New York Terminus Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Atlantic City Terminus ACES 2009–2011 New York Penn Station Terminus Preceding station Conrail Following station Bound Brook towardReading Terminal Crusader andWall Street 1976–1981 Terminus Bound Brook towardWest Trenton West Trenton Line 1981–1982 (NJ Transit) Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Newark South Street towardChicago Main Line [a] Manhattan Transfer towardNew York orExchange Place Newark South Street towardNew Brunswick New Brunswick Line [a] Preceding station Lehigh Valley Railroad Following station Townley towardBuffalo Main Line [a] Manhattan Transfer towardNew York Meeker Avenue towardBuffalo Main Line [a] Preceding station Central Railroad of New Jersey Following station Roselle Park towardScranton Main Line After 1967 Terminus
Pennsylvania Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Coordinates	40°44′5″N74°9′51″W / 40.73472°N 74.16417°W /40.73472; -74.16417
Area	5 acres (2 ha)
Built	1935
Architect	McKim, Mead & White
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Art Deco
NRHP reference No.	78001760[8]
Added to NRHP	December 20, 1978

Newark Penn Station is anintermodal passenger station inNewark, New Jersey.^[9] One of theNew York metropolitan area's major transportation hubs, Newark Penn Station is served by multiple rail and bus carriers, making it theseventh busiest rail station in the United States, and the fourth busiest in the New York City metropolitan area.

Located at Raymond Plaza between Market Street andRaymond Boulevard, the station is served by threeNJ Transit commuter rail lines, theNewark Light Rail,^[10] thePATH rapid transit system, and all 10 ofAmtrak'sNortheast Corridor services, including theAcela. The station is also Newark's mainintercity bus terminal; it is served by carriersGreyhound,Bolt, andFullington Trailways. Additionally, it is served by 33 local and regional bus lines operated byNJ Transit Bus Operations.

Designed by the renowned architectural firmMcKim, Mead & White, the same team behind the Pennsylvania Railroad's originalNew York Penn Station ten miles to the east, the station hasArt Deco andNeo-Classical features. The main waiting room has medallions showing the history of transportation, from wagons to steamships to cars and airplanes, the eventual doom of the railroad age. Chandeliers are decorated withZodiac signs.^[11] The building was dedicated on March 23, 1935; the first regular train to use it was a New York–Philadelphia express at 10:17 on March 24.^[12][13]

The new station was built alongside (northwest of) the old station, which was then demolished and replaced by the southeast half of the present station, completed in 1937. Except for the separate, underground Newark Light Rail station, all tracks are above street level.

It was to be one of the centerpieces ofPennsylvania Railroad's (PRR's) train network, and to become a transfer point to theHudson and Manhattan Railroad (now PATH), which was partially funded by the PRR, for travel tolower Manhattan. PRR then scheduled 232 weekday trains through Newark, about two-thirds of them to or from New York Penn Station and the rest to/fromExchange Place inJersey City.

The station itself, the adjacent 230-footDock Bridge over thePassaic River (the longest three-track railway lift span in existence at the time) and the realignments of the Newark City Subway (nowNewark Light Rail) and H&M cost $42 million, borne almost evenly by the PRR and the City of Newark. The City Subway extension and H&M realignment opened on June 20, 1937, and the nearbyManhattan Transfer station was closed, along with the H&M's originalPark Place station.^[14]

The Port of New York Authority (now thePort Authority of New York and New Jersey) bought the bankrupt H&M Railroad and reorganized it asPort Authority Trans-Hudson in 1962. New Jersey Department of Transportation'sAldene Plan redirectedCentral Railroad of New Jersey andReading Railroad trains fromCommunipaw Terminal in Jersey City to Newark Penn Station in 1967. The Pennsylvania Railroad merged with longtime rivalNew York Central Railroad in 1968 to formPenn Central Railroad, but Newark kept the name "Penn Station." In 1970, Penn Station became the sole intercity station in Newark when theErie Lackawanna ran its last intercity trains through Broad Street Station.

After Amtrak took over inter-city service in 1971, Penn Central continued to operate commuter service, despite being bankrupt. In 1976 theNew Jersey Department of Transportation acquired Penn Central, Reading and Jersey Central passenger service, which included lines from as far away as Philadelphia'sSEPTA diesel service along the West Trenton Line, withConrail operating service under contract.New Jersey Transit acquired the rail line north of West Trenton in 1982, and established its rail operations division in 1983, acquiring almost all commuter rail service from Conrail within the state.

WhenGateway Center and theNewark Legal Center were built,skybridges were also installed to connect these office buildings to Penn Station.

Newark Penn Station was extensively renovated in 2007, with restoration of the facade and historic interior materials (e.g., plaster ceilings, marble and limestone, windows, lighting fixtures), as well as train platform and equipment improvements.^[15]

In 2017, thePort Authority of New York and New Jersey conducted a study on extendingPATH'sNewark–World Trade Center line from Penn Station toNewark Liberty International Airport Station so that passengers could transfer toNewark Liberty International Airport'sAirTrain Newark.^[16]

In August 2019 theUnited States Department of Transportation awarded $18.4 million to NJ Transit to rehabilitate and repair Platform "D" that serves Tracks 3 & 4 and is a major transfer point for Amtrak and NJ Transit.^[17]

On the morning of December 14, 2023, NJ Transit service was delayed for 45 minutes at Newark Penn Station because a long-hornedbull was running loose along one of the station's tracks.^[18] The bull, who had escaped from a nearbyslaughterhouse, wastranquilized, safely removed from the tracks, and transported to Skylands Animal Sanctuary inWantage, where he was named Ricardo.^[19][20]

In 2023 ground was broken on the Mulberry Commons Pedestrian Bridge, a1⁄2-mile (0.80 km)footbridge overMcCarter Highway and theNortheast Corridor and a new train hall entrance with direct access to the platforms at Newark Penn. It will connectMulberry Commons toPeter Francisco Park in theIronbound, and eventually link toNewark Riverfront Park.^{[21][22][23][24]}

Despite its proximity to New York Penn Station, Newark Penn is a major station in its own right. In 2014, Newark Penn was the14th busiest station in the Amtrak system, the eighth busiest in the Mid-Atlantic region (behind New York Penn,Washington Union,Philadelphia,Baltimore Penn,Albany-Rensselaer,BWI Airport andWilmington) and by far the busiest of the six Amtrak stations in New Jersey. Since the 1970s, it has been the only intercity rail station in heavily populated northeastern New Jersey.

Newark Penn is served by all 10 services running along theNortheast Corridor, providing another option for Amtrak passengers traveling through the New York area.

Due to the wide availability of alternatives, including theNortheast Regional andAcela, as well as NJ Transit's commuter routes, passengers are not usually allowed to use Amtrak's long distance trains toFlorida,New Orleans, orChicago for local travel between Newark and New York.^[25]

Newark Penn Station carries theIATA airport code of ZRP.^[26]

ThreeNJ Transitcommuter rail lines converge here: theNortheast Corridor Line,North Jersey Coast Line and theRaritan Valley Line.^[27] The former two continue to New York at all times viaSecaucus Junction. The Raritan Valley Line generally terminates here, with the exception of certain off-peak weekday trains that continue to New York and one inbound weekday train that continues to Hoboken. Formerly, the North Jersey Coast Line also offered limited service to Hoboken, though present-day schedules have eliminated this service.^[28][29]

Newark Penn Station is the western terminus of theNewark–World Trade Center line of thePATH train, operated by thePort Authority of New York and New Jersey. Trains discharge on Platform H (upper level) and return to service on the lower level (platform B/C). Until the opening ofSecaucus Junction in 2003, NJ Transit commuter rail passengers and Amtrak intercity passengers had to transfer to PATH here in order to reachJersey City orHoboken.

On the lower level is the southern terminus of theNewark Light Rail (formerly the Newark City Subway), with three outbound tracks and two inbound tracks. Passengers on this light rail system from Newark and its nearby suburbs can transfer to Amtrak, NJ Transit or PATH trains, or travel toNewark Broad Street ordowntown Newark. The Broad Street extension, opened in 2006, was intended to ease transfers between the formerErie Lackawanna commuter routes that call at Broad Street and the Amtrak and former PRR commuter routes that call at Newark Penn Station. Previously, passengers had to make their own way (usually by taxi or bus) between the two stations.

v t e Track layout
Legend
Main level
toHarrison toHoboken Terminal, Secaucus Junction, orNew York Passaic River to upper level 5 4 3 2 M 1 A from upper level   toUnion,Newark Liberty, orMetropark
Upper level
from main level H to main level

Newark Penn Station has eight tracks and six platforms for both NJT and PATH (Newark Light Rail not included), but PATH trains from NYC arrive on the upper level and ones from South Street arrive on the lower level.^[30]

• Track A is less used and has a side platform, usually for Raritan Valley Line arrivals. Trains relay and lay-up at Hudson Yard in Harrison before returning on Track 5 for the reverse trip. Occasionally used by Amtrak trains to New York Penn Station.
• Track 1 is normally used by New Jersey Transit trains to New York Penn Station and is served by an island platform shared with Track M.
• Track 2 is typically used by northbound Amtrak and New Jersey Transit express trains. This track has an island platform that is shared with track M.
• Track 3 is usually used by southbound Amtrak trains, though westbound New Jersey TransitNortheast Corridor Line express trains will often use this track in the evening rush hours. This platform has an island platform shared with track 4.
• Track 4 is normally used by westbound New Jersey Transit trains traveling viaNewark Airport orRahway.
• Track 5 is usually used by westbound Raritan Valley Line trains and weekend eastbound Raritan Valley Line trains terminating. This track has a side platform. This track has closed periodically since 2013.^[31]
• Track M is the track for departing PATH trains toWorld Trade Center inLower Manhattan.^[30]
• Track H is for discharging PATH trains. This upper-level track, which did not have turnstiles untilSmartLink ones were installed in 2005, has stairs to Track 2, along with ramps to Tracks 3 and 4, and a separate stairway to Track 5. Trains relay and lay-up south of the station before returning on Track M for the trip to World Trade Center. There are two pairs of crossover switches south of the station for that purpose, as well as a center track from which trains can be reversed quickly.^[30]

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  Main entrance at night
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  Interior of main waiting room, featuring an information booth
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  A multi-level NJ Transit train at Newark Penn Station
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  Pedestrian ramp
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  Main corridor to tracks

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• Newark, NJ – Amtrak
• Newark, NJ – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
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