Newport station (PATH)

Newport
Port Authority Trans-Hudson PATH rapid transit station
The underground station platform in 2013
General information
LocationWashington Boulevard and Town Square Place
Newport, Jersey City, New Jersey
Coordinates40°43′36″N 74°02′05″W / 40.726676°N 74.034757°W / 40.726676; -74.034757
Owned byPort Authority of New York and New Jersey
Platforms1 island platform (southbound)
1 side platform (northbound)
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
ParkingPaid parking nearby
AccessibleYes
History
Opened1909; 115 years ago (1909)
Previous names
  • Erie (1909–1962)
  • Pavonia Avenue (1962–1988)[1]
  • Pavonia/Newport (1988–2010)
Passengers
20185,683,751[2]Decrease 2.2%
Rank7 of 13
Services
Preceding station PATH Following station
Weekdays
Hoboken
Terminus
HOB–WTC Exchange Place
Grove Street JSQ–33 Christopher Street
Weeknights, Weekends, Holidays
Grove Street JSQ–33 (via HOB) Hoboken
Location
Map

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, its estimated weekday use was nearly 20,000 passengers,[3] up from 17,000 to 18,000 average weekday passengers in 2010.[4][5]

  1. ^ Polner, Robert (February 25, 1988). "The Rebuilding of Jersey City". The Bergen Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. p. A5. Retrieved November 24, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "PATH Ridership Report". Port Authority NY NJ. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  3. ^ "PATH Ridership Report" (PDF). pathnynj.gov. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 24, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  4. ^ "RFP# 20136 Attachment A: Background" (PDF) (Press release). Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. November 15, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  5. ^ Clark, Sara (November 19, 2010). "Japanese developers tour Jersey City's Newport as example of transit-oriented smart growth". Jersey Journal. Retrieved December 30, 2010.