Newport (HBLR station)

Newport
Station platform
Location	Mall Drive East Jersey City, NJ
Coordinates	40°43′36″N 74°02′10″W / 40.7268°N 74.0362°W / 40.7268; -74.0362Coordinates: 40°43′36″N 74°02′10″W / 40.7268°N 74.0362°W / 40.7268; -74.0362
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	West Side–Tonnelle   8th Street–Hoboken   Bayonne Flyer
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 64, 68, 126 Academy Bus: Westampton, Lincroft/Red Bank A&C Bus: 4 (inside Newport Centre Mall) PATH at Newport NY Waterway
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	November 18, 2000
Electrified	750 V (DC) overhead catenary
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	795,860  2%
Services
Preceding station   Hudson–Bergen Light Rail   Following station Harsimus Cove toward West Side Avenue West Side–Tonnelle 2nd Street toward Tonnelle Avenue Harsimus Cove toward 8th Street 8th Street–Hoboken Hoboken Terminus Harborside toward 8th Street Bayonne Flyer

Newport is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) located at Mall Drive East in Jersey City, New Jersey. There are two tracks and an island platform. Current NJ Transit maps and timetables refer to this station as "Newport," following a similar change several years earlier in the name of the adjacent PATH station.

The station opened on November 18, 2000. Northbound service from the station is available to Hoboken Terminal and Tonnelle Avenue, in North Bergen. Southbound service is available to West Side Avenue in Jersey City and 8th Street in Bayonne. Connection to PATH trains to midtown Manhattan and to New Jersey Transit commuter train service are available at Hoboken Terminal. Transfers to PATH trains to Newark, Harrison, and downtown Manhattan are available at Exchange Place.

As of 2014, it is the busiest station on the HBLR system.

HBLR 2017A en route to Bayonne

Trackside view of Newport Centre Mall parking garage

A train at Newport station

Bridge, north of station

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