Newark Liberty International Airport Station

Newark Liberty International Airport
Location Newark, New Jersey 07114
United States
Coordinates 40°42′16″N 74°11′26″W / 40.70444°N 74.19056°W / 40.70444; -74.19056Coordinates: 40°42′16″N 74°11′26″W / 40.70444°N 74.19056°W / 40.70444; -74.19056
Owned by PANYNJ[1]
Line(s) Northeast Corridor[1]
Platforms 2 island platforms
Tracks 6
Connections AirTrain Newark
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code Amtrak code: EWR
Fare zone 1 (NJ Transit)
History
Opened 2001
Traffic
Passengers (2012) 3,314 (average weekday)[2] (NJT)
Passengers (FY 2015) 138,724[3] Increase 24% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Harrisburg
Keystone Service
Northeast Regional
NJ Transit Rail
toward Trenton
Northeast Corridor Line
toward Bay Head
North Jersey Coast Line

Newark Liberty International Airport Station[4][5] (also known as Newark International Airport Station[6]) is a railroad station on the Northeast Corridor (NEC) in Newark, New Jersey. The station provides access to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) via the AirTrain monorail which connects the station to the airport's terminals and parking areas. It is served by New Jersey Transit's (NJT) Northeast Corridor Line and North Jersey Coast Line and Amtrak's Northeast Regional and Keystone Service trains. The station, located in Dayton neighborhood of the city, has no pedestrian access, bus service, parking facility, or drop-off area.[7]

History

The station opened on October 21, 2001.[8] It is owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), the airport's operator, and therefore has a different design than NJT and Amtrak stations, especially the signage, which is the same as used throughout the airport.[9] The Port Authority originally intended to name the station "Newark Airport" but changed it to "Newark Liberty International Airport" after the airport's renaming, which honors the victims of the September 11 attacks and the proximity of the airport to the Statue of Liberty.[10][11]

Service connections

NEC–Airtrain transfer

Passengers must pass through fare-gates and pay a $5.50 fee to transfer between the NEC and Airtrain. The fee is usually included in the price and encoded on magnetic stripes of NJT tickets with the station as the origin or destination (denoted with ** EWR **). Monthly pass holders who do not have Newark Airport as the source/destination for their pass need to pay the fee, which is waived for children 11 and under.[12] There is a staffed Amtrak ticket counter between Airtrain and the NEC platforms. Although there are NJ Transit staff on site, passengers are required to use the ticket vending machines (TVMs) on either side of the fare-gates for NJT service.

Connecting services via NEC

On the NEC, it is a 6-minute trip to Newark's Penn Station, where connections are available to the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) system to Jersey City, Hoboken and Lower Manhattan as well as the Newark Light Rail and regional bus services. New York City's Penn Station, where connections are available to Long Island Rail Road and the New York City Subway, is a 22-to-25-minute trip. Trenton is a 31-to-50-minute trip and Philadelphia is a 59-to-67-minute trip.[13][14][15] NJT local trains stop at Secaucus Junction, where connections are available to other New Jersey Transit Rail Operations commuter lines in northern New Jersey and Metro-North Railroad's West of Hudson services.

PATH extension proposal

In September 2012, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced that work would commence on a study to explore extending the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) system to the station and building a park and ride facility at it.[16] In 2014, the PANYNJ proposed a 10-year capital plan that included the PATH extension,[17][18] which was approved by the Board of Commissioners approved on February 19, 2014.[19]

However, there were calls in late 2014 for reconsideration of PA funding priorities. The PATH extension was called "redundant" of existing Manhattan-to-Newark Airport train service, while funding was lacking for both the proposed Amtrak Gateway Tunnel under the Hudson River (a substitute for the cancelled ARC Tunnel), and the replacement of the aging and overcrowded Port Authority Bus Terminal.[20]

References

  1. 1 2 Newark - Airport, NJ - EWR (Amtrak; Great American Stations)
  2. ↑ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS". New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2015, State of New Jersey" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "To and From Newark". panynj.gov. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Newark Liberty International Airport, NJ Train Station (EWR) - Amtrak". amtrak.com. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Newark Airport". njtransit.com. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  7. ↑ Dayton Street Transformation Plan (PDF) (Report). Newark Housing Authority. April 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  8. ↑ Gootman, Elissa (October 22, 2001). "New Train Service To Newark Airport". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
  9. ↑ Newark-Liberty International Airport Station (The Subway Nut)
  10. ↑ Wilson, Michael (August 22, 2002). "Governors Seek a Name Change for Newark Airport". The New York Times (NYTimes.com). Retrieved 2010-03-14.
  11. ↑ Smothers, Ronald (30 August 2002). "Port Authority Extends Lease of a Renamed Newark Airport". The New York Times (NYTimes.com). Retrieved 2010-03-13.
  12. ↑
  13. ↑ Summer 2014 Amtrak Timetable, http://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/749/127/Northeast-Regional-1-Schedule-060914.pdf
  14. ↑ NJ Transit, Summer 2014 North Jersey Coast Timetable, http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/R0080.pdf
  15. ↑ NJ Transit, Summer 2014 Northeast Corridor Timeable, http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/R0070.pdf
  16. ↑ "PORT AUTHORITY TO UNDERTAKE STUDY ON EXTENDING PATH RAIL SERVICE TO NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT" (Press release). PANYNJ. September 20, 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
  17. ↑ Boburg, Shawn (February 4, 2014). "Port Authority plans to extend PATH to Newark airport". The Record. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
  18. ↑ "PORT AUTHORITY UNVEILS COMPREHENSIVE, PROPOSED $27.6 BILLION CAPITAL PLAN TO REVITALIZE REGION’S TRANSPORTATION ASSETS" (Press release). PANYNJ. February 4, 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
  19. ↑ "PORT AUTHORITY BOARD APPROVES HISTORIC $27.6 BILLION 10-YEAR CAPITAL PLAN THAT FOCUSES THE AGENCY ON ITS CORE TRANSPORTATION MISSION". Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. February 19, 2014.
  20. ↑ Magyar, Mark J. (October 24, 2014). "Christie’s Airport PATH Deal Undercuts Rail Tunnel, PA Bus Terminal Needs". NJ Spotlight. Retrieved October 24, 2014.

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