The underground station platform, when it was Pavonia-Newport
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Location | Washington Boulevard and Town Square Place (formerly Pavonia Avenue) Newport, Jersey City, New Jersey |
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Coordinates | 40°43′36″N 74°02′05″W / 40.726676°N 74.034757°WCoordinates: 40°43′36″N 74°02′05″W / 40.726676°N 74.034757°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 1 island platform (southbound only) 1 side platform (northbound only) |
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Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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HBLR at Pavonia-Newport NJT Bus: 64, 68, 126 Academy Bus |
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Parking | Parking garages available in area | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | 600V (DC) Third Rail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Erie (1909-1962) Pavonia Avenue (1962-1988) Pavonia (Alt. name; 1962-1988) Pavonia/Newport (1988-2010) |
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Passengers (2015) | 5,750,188 1.3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Newport (formerly known as Pavonia – Newport, Pavonia, or Erie) is a PATH station located on Town Square Place (formerly Pavonia Avenue) at the corner of Washington Boulevard in Newport, Jersey City, New Jersey.
The station was opened on August 2, 1909 as part of the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad (H&M), originally constructed to connect to the Erie Railroad's Pavonia Terminal. The capitals of the station's columns are adorned with the "E", and recall its original name, Erie. After the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey 1960s takeover of the system, the station was renamed Pavonia, or Pavonia Avenue, itself named for the 17th New Netherland settlement of Pavonia. In 1988, the station became known as Pavonia/Newport to reflect the re-development of the former railyards along the banks of the Hudson River to residential, retail, and recreational uses as Newport. In 2010, the name became Newport.
The station has undergone a number of transformations. During the Erie period, the station was so busy that a second platform was added to manage the flow of passengers from the over 30 passenger trains that ran in and out of the station hourly. The desire to reuse old caissons (from previous tunneling attempts) when building the H&M system meant that the tubes at this location were located far inland. As a result, the actual station was not closely integrated into the Erie Railroad Terminal above, and the Erie never built a new terminal on top of the underground platforms. Therefore, a lengthy walk through inclined pedestrian tunnels was necessary in order to connect from the H&M to the passenger trains. In response to this, in 1954, the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad installed a 277-foot (84 m) long moving sidewalk known as "the Speedwalk". It was the first such moving walkway built in the United States; built by Goodyear, it moved up a 10 percent grade at a speed of 1.5 mph (2.4 km/h). The walkway was closed within a decade due to significant changes happening above ground. It remained in place until the mid-1990s when the station was completely refurbished in response to the new office and commercial development in the area.