Newport | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 Newport station platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Mall Drive East Jersey City, New Jersey | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°43′36″N74°02′10″W / 40.7268°N 74.0362°W /40.7268; -74.0362 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1island platform | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Bicycle facilities | Yes[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 30830[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | November 18, 2000 (2000-11-18)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Pavonia/Newport (2000–2012) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Newport station is a station of theHudson–Bergen Light Rail inJersey City, New Jersey. Located on Mall Drive East near theNewport Centreshopping mall, the station services trains operating betweenHoboken Terminal andTonnelle Avenue station inNorth Bergen toWest Side Avenue in Jersey City and8th Street station inBayonne. The station is also a stop on theBayonne Flyer, an express service on the light rail. Newport station also serves as a transfer to thePATH line betweenNewark Penn Station, Hoboken Terminal and the33rd Street andWorld Trade Center stations inNew York City atits Newport station. The station consists of a singleisland 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).[4]
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 asPavonia/Newport. However, both were changed to Newport in the early 2010s.[5][6] 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.[7] Ferry service was previously discontinued in January 2014 due to deteriorating pier conditions. TheHudson River Waterfront Walkway toHoboken Terminal also had been recently completed allowing access to the ferry services at the terminal from Newport.[8]
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