Newark Liberty International Airport (NJT station)

Newark Liberty International Airport New Jersey Transit commuter rail station Amtrak regional and intercity rail station
Station statistics
Address	10 Toler Place Newark, NJ 07114
Coordinates	40°42′16″N 74°11′27″W / 40.7044°N 74.1907°W / 40.7044; -74.1907Coordinates: 40°42′16″N 74°11′27″W / 40.7044°N 74.1907°W / 40.7044; -74.1907
Lines	Amtrak:   Keystone Service   Northeast Regional NJ Transit:   North Jersey Coast Line   Northeast Corridor Line
Connections	AirTrain Newark
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	6
Other information
Opened	2001
Accessible
Code	EWR
Owned by	PANYNJ
Fare zone	1
Formerly	Newark Airport Station
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	3,315 (average weekday)  1.12% (NJT)
Passengers (2010)	116,526[1]  6.4% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Metropark toward Harrisburg Keystone Service Newark toward New York City Metropark toward Newport News or Lynchburg Northeast Regional Newark 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 AirTrain Newark Terminus AirTrain Newark P4 toward P1

Newark Liberty International Airport Station is a Northeast Corridor line station in the New Jersey Transit (NJT) rail system in the Dayton area of Newark, New Jersey. Also called the RAILink station, it provides travelers access to Newark Airport via public transport. There is no bus service, parking facility, or drop-off area at the station. The AirTrain monorail connects the station to all Newark Airport terminals. Every week, some 794 NJT trains on Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast lines stop at the station. It is also served by Amtrak's Northeast Regional and a few Keystone Service trains, but not by its high-speed Acela Express.

Newark's Penn Station is one five-minute stop from the RAILink station. New York's Penn Station is a 25-minute, two-stop trip via New Jersey Transit local trains and a 22-minute, one-stop trip via NJ Transit express trains and Amtrak trains. Local trains stop at Secaucus Junction between Newark and New York, where transfer is possible for points in northeastern New Jersey and southern Upstate New York.

Travelers pay a $5.50 fee to enter or exit the track area; the fee is usually included in the price of New Jersey Transit tickets (denoted with ** EWR ** as the origin or destination on such tickets). Monthly pass holders that do not have Newark Airport as the source/destination for their pass will need to pay the $5.50 fee. The fee is waived for children 11 and under.[1] NJ Transit ticket vending machines are available on both the AirTrain side, as well as on the NJ Transit/Amtrak side of the station. Fare gates separate the two sides of the station. Passengers traveling to or from the monorail must pass through the fare gates, which read magnetic stripes on the tickets before allowing passage.

For passengers coming from the airport, there is a staffed ticket counter for Amtrak service. Although there are NJ Transit staff on site, passengers must use ticket vending machines for NJT service.

The station opened on October 21, 2001.^[2]

AirTrain Platform

AirTrain is east of the Northeast Corridor tracks. The monorail station has 2 tracks and 1 center island platform. The next stop on the AirTrain is P4.

Ridership

Of the six New Jersey stations served by Amtrak, Newark Liberty was the fourth-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 320 passengers daily.^[1]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of New Jersey" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/NEWJERSEY10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 
2. ^ Gootman, Elissa (October 22, 2001). "New Train Service To Newark Airport". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/nyregion/metro-briefing-new-york-manhattan-new-train-service-to-newark-airport.html. Retrieved 2010-02-19. 

External links

Media related to Newark Liberty International Airport Station at Wikimedia Commons

• NJT rail station information page for Newark Liberty International Airport
• DepartureVision real time train information for Newark Liberty International Airport
  • NJT Northeast Corridor Line schedule
  • North Jersey Coast Line schedule
• Amtrak – Stations – Newark Liberty International Airport
• Newark Airport Amtrak & New Jersey Transit Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)