Newark Liberty International Airport (NJT station)

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Newark Liberty International Airport

Station Statistics
City	Newark
County	Essex
Platforms	2
Tracks	6
Other
Operated by	NJT
Accessible
Zone	1

Newark Liberty International Airport is a Northeast Corridor line station in the New Jersey Transit rail system. The AirTrain monorail connects the station to all Newark Airport terminals. Every week, some 794 NJ Transit trains stop at this station. The station is also serviced by Amtrak's Regional and Keystone Service intercity trains. Amtrak's high-speed Acela Express train does not stop at this station.

Also called the RAILink station, it provides travelers an easy way to get to Newark Airport via public transport. There is no bus service at the station, and there is no parking or drop-off area; the station is only accessible from rail service on the Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast lines or from AirTrain.

Newark's Penn Station is only one five-minute stop from the Rail Link station. New York's Penn Station is a 25-minute, three-station trip via New Jersey Transit local trains and a 22-minute, two-station trip via NJ Transit express trains and Amtrak trains. Northbound NJ Transit local trains additionally stop at the new Secaucus Junction station, located between Newark and New York, connecting travelers to northern New Jersey and southern Upstate New York.

Travelers must pay a $5.00 fee to enter or exit the track area; the fee is included in the price of tickets originating or terminating at the station (denoted with ** EWR ** as the origin or destination on such tickets). 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. NJ Transit monthly pass holders must pay an extra $5.00 to ride AirTrain.

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.

Next station	NJ Transit Lines			Next station
North Elizabeth toward Trenton		Northeast Corridor Line		Newark Penn toward New York Penn
North Elizabeth toward Bay Head		North Jersey Coast Line		Newark Penn toward New York Penn or Hoboken

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Bus	Bus operations – Bus fleet
Commuter rail	Atlantic City Line
	Main and Bergen County Lines, including the Port Jervis Line – Pascack Valley Line Montclair-Boonton Line – Morris and Essex Lines (Morristown Line and Gladstone Branch)
	North Jersey Coast Line – Northeast Corridor Line and Princeton Branch – Raritan Valley Line
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Light rail	Hudson-Bergen Light Rail – Newark Light Rail – River Line