Newport station (PATH)

Newport
PATH rapid transit station
The underground station platform in 2013
General information
Location	Washington Boulevard and Town Square Place Newport, Jersey City, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°43′36″N 74°02′05″W / 40.726676°N 74.034757°W / 40.726676; -74.034757
Owned by	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Platforms	1 island platform (southbound) 1 side platform (northbound)
Tracks	2
Connections	HBLR at Newport NJ Transit Bus: 64, 68, 126 Academy Bus
Construction
Parking	Paid parking nearby
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	1909; 115 years ago (1909)
Previous names	Erie (1909–1962) Pavonia Avenue (1962–1988)[1] Pavonia/Newport (1988–2010)
Passengers
2018	5,683,751[2]  2.2%
Rank	7 of 13
Services
Preceding station PATH Following station Weekdays Hoboken Terminus HOB–WTC Exchange Place toward World Trade Center Grove Street toward Journal Square JSQ–33 Christopher Street toward 33rd Street Weeknights, Weekends, Holidays Grove Street toward Journal Square JSQ–33 (via HOB) Hoboken toward 33rd Street
Track layout Legend Hoboken Former car elevator to surface shops to Christopher Street from Christopher Street Newport to Exchange Place to Grove Street Legend upper level lower level
Location

The Newport station (at different times known as the Erie, the Pavonia Avenue station, or the Pavonia-Newport station) is a station on the PATH system. Located on Town Square Place (formerly Pavonia Avenue) at the corner of Washington Boulevard in the Newport neighborhood of Jersey City, New Jersey, it is served by the Hoboken–World Trade Center and Journal Square–33rd Street lines on weekdays, and by the Journal Square–33rd Street (via Hoboken) line on weekends. As of 2017^[update], its estimated weekday use was nearly 20,000 passengers,^[3] up from 17,000 to 18,000 average weekday passengers in 2010.^[4][5]