Pennsylvania Station (Newark)

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Coordinates: 40°44′05″N 74°9′51″W / 40.73472, -74.16417

Newark Pennsylvania Station Amtrak station New Jersey Transit commuter rail station Newark Light Rail station PATH station Greyhound terminal
Station statistics
Address	Raymond Plaza West and Market Street Newark, NJ 07102
Lines	Amtrak: Acela Express Cardinal Carolinian Crescent Keystone Service Pennsylvanian Northeast Regional Silver Star Silver Meteor Vermonter NJ Transit: Northeast Corridor Line North Jersey Coast Line Raritan Valley Line Newark City Subway Newark Light Rail PATH: NWK–WTC
Connections	NJT Bus: 1, 5, 11, 21, 25, 28, 29, 34, 39, 40, 62, 67, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 78, 79, 108, 319, and 978 ONE Bus: 31, 44 Greyhound Lines long distance bus service
Other information
Accessible
Code	NWK (Amtrak) ZRP (IATA)
Fare zone	1 (NJT only)
Traffic
Passengers (2005)	4.838 million ▬ 0% (NJT)
Passengers (2007)	625,853 ▲ 3% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Metropark toward Washington Acela Express New York toward Boston (South) Trenton toward Chicago Cardinal New York Terminus Trenton toward Charlotte Carolinian Trenton toward New Orleans Crescent Newark Airport toward Harrisburg Keystone Service Trenton toward Pittsburgh Pennsylvanian Newark Airport toward Newport News Northeast Regional New York toward Boston (South) or Springfield Trenton toward Miami Silver Meteor New York Terminus Silver Star Metropark toward Washington Vermonter New York toward St. Albans New Jersey Transit Newark Airport toward Trenton Northeast Corridor Line Secaucus Junction toward New York Newark Airport toward Bay Head North Jersey Coast Line Secaucus Junction toward New York Hoboken Terminus Union toward High Bridge Raritan Valley Line Terminus Military Park toward Grove Street   Newark City Subway   Terminus Terminus   Newark Light Rail   NJPAC/Center Street toward Newark Broad PATH Terminus NWK–WTC Harrison toward World Trade Center

Northeast Corridor
Legend Boston South Station Boston Back Bay Route 128 Providence Kingston Westerly Mystic New London Springfield Hartford New Haven Bridgeport Stamford New Rochelle New York City Newark Metropark Princeton Junction Trenton Philadephia Wilmington Baltimore BWI Airport New Carrollton Washington DC

Pennsylvania Station in Newark, New Jersey (also known as Newark Penn Station) is a railroad/subway/bus transportation hub. It is larger than the city's two other main train stations: Newark Airport Station and Newark Broad Street Station.^[1] It is located at Raymond Plaza, between Market Street and Raymond Boulevard. Newark Penn Station serves the Newark Light Rail and City Subway, New Jersey Transit commuter rail, Amtrak long distance trains, the PATH rapid-transit line to New York City, and local, regional and national bus services (NJ Transit, Greyhound, and other private operators).^[2]

Designed by the renowned architectural firm McKim, Mead and White, the station is a mixture of Art Deco and Neo-Classical. The interior of the main waiting room has medallions illustrating the history of transportation, from wagons to steamships to cars and airplanes, the eventual doom of the railroad age. The current building was dedicated on March 23, 1935, and replaced a smaller structure; the first regular train to use it was a New York-Philadelphia express at 10:17 on March 24. Except for the separate Newark City Subway station, tracks are located above the ground.

It was built to be one of the centerpieces of the former Pennsylvania Railroad's (PRR's) train network, and was the western hub of its Newark-New York City train service to Penn Station New York, as well as a transfer point to the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad (now PATH), which was partially funded by the PRR, for travel to lower Manhattan. At the time, the PRR operated no fewer than 232 trains between the two cities daily. The trip, one-way, took an average of 16 minutes.

The station, the adjacent 230-foot lift bridge over the Passaic River (the longest three-track railway lift span in existence at the time), the Newark City Subway and the realignment of PATH were built at a cost of $42 million, borne almost evenly by the PRR and the City of Newark.

Newark Penn Station is still frequented by the intercity Northeast Corridor Amtrak service, but most of its passenger train traffic serves commuters. Three New Jersey Transit regional rail lines converge here — the Raritan Valley Line, which terminates here, and the Northeast Corridor Line and North Jersey Coast Line, which continue into Manhattan.

It is the western terminus for the Newark-World Trade Center line of the PATH train operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. It is also the southern terminus of the Newark City Subway, operated by New Jersey Transit. Both of those services were extended or realigned to the station on June 20, 1937, closing Manhattan Transfer.

The lower level of this station serves as the southern terminus for the Newark City Subway and its new Broad Street Extension. Passengers traveling along this light rail line from Newark and its key suburbs can transfer to Amtrak or PATH trains, or travel directly to Newark Broad Street Station or to any of four key sites in downtown Newark.

Newark Penn Station carries the IATA airport code of ZRP. [1]

Contents 1 Tracks and platforms 2 Nearby attractions 3 Sources and notes 4 Further reading

[edit] Tracks and platforms

There are eight tracks at Newark Penn Station, not including those for the Newark City Subway. Seven of these are located on one level, with PATH arrivals happening on an upper-level track, with a platform on the west (right) side.

• Track A is less commonly used and is served by a side platform, usually for Raritan Valley Line arrivals.
• Track 1 is normally used by New Jersey Transit trains to New York Penn Station and is served by an island platform shared with the track for departing PATH trains to World Trade Center in lower Manhattan.
• Track 2 is typically used by Amtrak and some New Jersey Transit trains to New York, but is also used during the PM rush for North Jersey Coast Line express trains. This track is served by an island platform that is also shared with the PATH departure track.
• Track 3 is usually used by southbound Amtrak trains, though southbound New Jersey Transit Northeast Corridor Line express trains will often use this track in the evening rush hours. This platform is served by an island platform shared with:
• Track 4, used by southbound New Jersey Transit trains traveling via Rahway.
• Track 5 is is usually used by westbound Raritan Valley Line trains. This track is served by a side platform.
• Track H is the PATH arrivals track. This track has stairs to Track 2, along with ramps to Tracks 3 and 4, and a separate one to Track 5.

[edit] Nearby attractions

• New Jersey Performing Arts Center
• New Jersey Institute of Technology
• Prudential Center
• Newark Museum
• Rutgers University-Newark
• Seton Hall University School of Law
• University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

[edit] Sources and notes

• Newark Dedicates New Station Today, New York Times March 23, 1935 page 13
• Newark Dedicates its New Terminal, New York Times March 24, 1925 page N1
• New Station Open for Hudson Tubes, New York Times June 20, 1937 page 35

[edit] Further reading

• Amtrak - Stations - Newark, NJ

• Ridership figures, FY 2004
• Ridership figures, FY 2005
• Ridership figures, FY 2006
• Ridership figures, FY 2007

• Newark Pennsylvania Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)

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