AirTrain Newark
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AirTrain Monorail entering Newark Airport Rail Station, 2004
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| Type | Straddle-beam monorail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Newark Liberty International Airport, Newark, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Newark Liberty International Airport (NJT station) (north) P1 (south) |
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| Stations | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | May 31, 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator(s) | Bombardier Transportation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Character | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rolling stock | Von Roll Mk III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Line length | 3 mi (4.8 km) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track gauge | monorail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrification | Dual third rails | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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AirTrain Newark is a 3-mile (4.8 km) monorail system connecting the terminals at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and trains at Newark Liberty International Airport Station on the Northeast Corridor (NEC), where transfers are possible to Amtrak and New Jersey Transit's Northeast Corridor Line and North Jersey Coast Line
As of 2015, the system is slated for replacement.
The monorail opened in 1996 and initially served only as an airport circulator, a service which allows passengers to transfer between airport terminals or concourses. The monorail track was refurbished and extended to the NEC, with construction beginning in 1997. The system reopened for service on October 21, 2000. When first opened in 1996 a fleet of 12 six-car Bombardier trains ran on the network. It has expanded to 18 six-car trains.
The contract to build the system was awarded to Von Roll AG, but the project was finished by Adtranz, who acquired Von Roll's monorail division while the system was being built. Adtranz was later acquired by Bombardier Transportation, who continues to operate the AirTrain under contract to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the operator of the airport.
AirTrain service was suspended from May 1, 2014, for 75 days, until mid-July, to allow repairs. Repairs were completed early, and the service re-opened on July 3.
The system has a projected lifespan of 25 years. In April 2015, the PANYNJ suggested that initial work to replace the system would cost $40 million in consultant and engineering studies.
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