Newport station (PATH)

Newport
PATH rapid transit station
The underground station platform, when it was Pavonia-Newport
Location	Washington Boulevard and Town Square Place (formerly Pavonia Avenue) Newport, Jersey City, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°43′36″N 74°02′05″W / 40.726676°N 74.034757°W / 40.726676; -74.034757Coordinates: 40°43′36″N 74°02′05″W / 40.726676°N 74.034757°W / 40.726676; -74.034757
Owned by	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Line(s)	HOB–WTC   JSQ–33   JSQ–33 (via HOB)
Platforms	1 island platform (southbound only) 1 side platform (northbound only)
Tracks	2
Connections	HBLR at Pavonia-Newport NJT Bus: 64, 68, 126 Academy Bus
Construction
Parking	Parking garages available in area
Disabled access	Yes
History
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)
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	5,750,188  1.3%
Services
Preceding station   PATH   Following station   Regular service   Hoboken Terminus HOB–WTC Exchange Place toward World Trade Center Grove Street toward Journal Square JSQ–33 Christopher Street toward 33rd Street Journal Square Terminus 33rd Street Terminus   Nights and weekends   Grove Street toward Journal Square JSQ–33 (via HOB) Hoboken toward 33rd Street Journal Square Terminus

Newport (formerly known as Pavonia–Newport, Pavonia, or Erie) 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.

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.