Newport station (Hudson–Bergen Light Rail)

Newport
Newport station platform
General information
LocationMall 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 byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone1
History
OpenedNovember 18, 2000 (2000-11-18)
Previous namesPavonia/Newport (2000–2012)
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Harsimus Cove West Side–Tonnelle 2nd Street
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).

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. 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. 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.