Newark Liberty International Airport Station

Newark Liberty International Airport
Newark Liberty International Airport Station in 2010
Location	Newark, New Jersey 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
Line(s)	Northeast Corridor
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) (NJT)
Passengers (FY 2015)	138,724  24% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Metropark toward Harrisburg Keystone Service Newark, NJ toward New York City Metropark toward Norfolk, Newport News, or Lynchburg Northeast Regional Newark, NJ toward Boston South Station or Springfield NJ Transit Rail North Elizabeth toward Trenton Northeast Corridor Line Newark Penn Station toward New York Penn Station North Elizabeth toward Bay Head North Jersey Coast Line Newark Penn Station toward Hoboken or New York Penn Station

Newark Liberty International Airport Station (also known as Newark International Airport Station) 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 the Dayton neighborhood of the city, has no pedestrian access, bus service, parking facility, or drop-off area.

The station opened on October 21, 2001. 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. 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.

Passengers must pass through faregates 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 origin or destination for their pass need to pay the fee, which is waived for children 11 and under. 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 faregates for NJT service.