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{{Short description|Transportation center in Newark, New Jersey}}
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{{Infobox station
| name = Newark Penn
| style = NJ Transit
| image = Newark Penn Station June 2015 001.jpg
| image_caption = Penn Station's main entrance in June 2015
| address = 1 Raymond Plaza West
| borough = [[Newark, New Jersey]]
| country = United States
| owned = [[NJ Transit]]
| line = [[Amtrak]] [[Northeast Corridor]]
| distance = {{convert|10.0|mi}} from [[New York Penn Station]]<ref name="njt-physical">{{cite book | title=NJ Transit Rail Operations: Physical Characteristics | date=2005 | last=NJ Transit | pages=117–119; 142b; 173–182}}</ref>
| platform = {{Indented plainlist|
* Upper level: 1 [[side platform]]
* Main level: 3 [[island platform]]s, 2&nbsp;side&nbsp;platforms
* Lower level: 2 island platforms, 3&nbsp;side&nbsp;platforms
}}
| other_name = Newark (PATH)
| tracks = 6&nbsp;(Northeast&nbsp;Corridor), 2&nbsp;(PATH), 5&nbsp;(Newark&nbsp;Light&nbsp;Rail)
| train_operators = [[Amtrak]], [[NJ Transit Rail Operations|NJ&nbsp;Transit]], [[Newark&nbsp;Light&nbsp;Rail]], [[PATH (rail system)|PATH]]
| bus_stands = 12
| connections = {{Unbulleted list
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 | {{bus icon}} {{rint|US|Greyhound}} [[Greyhound Lines]]
 | {{bus icon}} [[Fullington Trailways]]
 | {{bus icon}} [[FlixBus]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Higgs |first1=Larry |title=New bus service from Newark Penn Station to Washington, D.C., Baltimore launches this week |url=https://www.nj.com/news/2022/11/new-bus-service-from-newark-penn-station-to-washington-dc-baltimore-launches-this-week.html |access-date=November 30, 2022 |work=NJ.com |date=November 3, 2022}}</ref>
 | {{bus icon}} [[Rutgers University]] Shuttle
 }}
| parking = Paid parking nearby
| bicycle = No
| accessible = Yes
| code = {{Amtrak code|NWK}}
| iata = ZRP
| zone = 1 (NJT)
| opened = {{Start date|1935|03|24}}
| rebuilt = 2007
| mpassengers = {{Rail pass box|passengers=15,597 (average weekday)<ref name="ridership">{{cite report|url=https://archive.org/details/njt-boarding-data-q-1-2025-1|title=Average Weekday Rail Station Passenger Boardings History, FY 2019&ndash;2025|publisher=[[NJ Transit]]|date=2025|accessdate=June 1, 2025|via=[[Internet Archive]]|location=[[Newark, New Jersey]]}}</ref>|pass_year=2024|system=NJT}}
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'''Newark Penn Station''' is an [[intermodal passenger transport|intermodal passenger station]] in [[Newark, New Jersey]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Getting Around |url=http://www.gonewark.com/getting_around.html |access-date=March 13, 2010 |website=Greater Newark Convention & Visitors Bureau |archive-date=July 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721082429/http://www.gonewark.com/getting_around.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> One of the [[New York metropolitan area]]'s major transportation hubs, Newark Penn Station is served by multiple rail and bus carriers, making it the [[List of busiest railway stations in North America|seventh busiest rail station in the United States]], and the fourth busiest in the New York City metropolitan area.

Located at Raymond Plaza between Market Street and [[Raymond Boulevard]], the station is served by three [[NJ Transit Rail Operations|NJ Transit commuter rail]] lines, the [[Newark Light Rail]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pirmann, David |last2=Darlington, Peggy |title=Newark City Subway |url=http://world.nycsubway.org/us/newark/ |access-date=March 13, 2010 |website=nycsubway.org}}</ref> the [[PATH (rail system)|PATH]] rapid transit system, and all 10 of [[Amtrak]]'s [[Northeast Corridor]] services, including the ''[[Acela]]''. The station is also Newark's main [[intercity bus]] terminal; it is served by carriers [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]], [[BoltBus|Bolt]], and [[Fullington Trailways]]. Additionally, it is served by 33 local and regional bus lines operated by [[NJ Transit Bus Operations]].

== History ==
[[File:Newark Penn station ca. 1911 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left|Market Street Station, 1911]]
[[File:Newark Penn Station LOC gsc.5a02636.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Market Street under Newark Penn Station, June 1935]]
Designed by the renowned architectural firm [[McKim, Mead & White]], the same team behind the Pennsylvania Railroad's original [[New York Penn Station]] ten miles to the east, the station has [[Art Deco]] and [[Neoclassicism|Neo-Classical]] features. The main waiting room has medallions showing the history of transportation, from wagons to steamships to cars and airplanes, the eventual doom of the railroad age. Chandeliers are decorated with [[Zodiac]] signs.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Newark, NJ (NWK) |language=en-US |work=Great American Stations |url=https://www.greatamericanstations.com/stations/newark-nj-nwk/ |access-date=October 26, 2018}}</ref> The building was dedicated on March 23, 1935; the first regular train to use it was a New York–[[Philadelphia]] express at 10:17 on March 24.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 23, 1935 |title=Newark Dedicates New Station Today |page=13 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/03/23/archives/newark-dedicates-new-station-today-pennsylvania-terminal-and-huge.html |access-date=May 30, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=March 24, 1935 |title=Newark Dedicates Its New Terminal |page=N1 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/03/24/archives/newark-dedicates-its-new-terminal-railroad-station-centre-link-in.html |access-date=May 30, 2010}}</ref>

The new station was built alongside (northwest of) the old station, which was then demolished and replaced by the southeast half of the present station, completed in 1937. Except for the separate, underground Newark Light Rail station, all tracks are above street level.

It was to be one of the centerpieces of [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]'s (PRR's) train network, and to become a transfer point to the [[PATH (rail system)#Hudson & Manhattan Railroad|Hudson and Manhattan Railroad]] (now PATH), which was partially funded by the PRR, for travel to [[lower Manhattan]]. PRR then scheduled 232 weekday trains through Newark, about two-thirds of them to or from New York Penn Station and the rest to/from [[Exchange Place station (Pennsylvania Railroad)|Exchange Place]] in [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]].
[[File:CNJ GP40 3683 at Newark Penn Station, NJ on July 4, 1969 (24091179786).jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|[[Central Railroad of New Jersey|CNJ]] train at Newark Penn Station, July 1969]]
The station itself, the adjacent 230-foot [[Dock Bridge]] over the [[Passaic River]] (the longest three-track railway lift span in existence at the time) and the realignments of the Newark City Subway (now [[Newark Light Rail]]) and H&M cost $42 million, borne almost evenly by the PRR and the City of Newark. The City Subway extension and H&M realignment opened on June 20, 1937, and the nearby [[Manhattan Transfer (PRR station)|Manhattan Transfer]] station was closed, along with the H&M's original [[Park Place station (New Jersey)|Park Place station]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 20, 1937 |title=New Station Open for Hudson Tubes |page=1 |work=The New York Times |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0B14FB3A541B728DDDA90A94DE405B878FF1D3 |access-date=May 30, 2010}}</ref>

The Port of New York Authority (now the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]]) bought the bankrupt H&M Railroad and reorganized it as [[PATH (rail system)|Port Authority Trans-Hudson]] in 1962. New Jersey Department of Transportation's [[Aldene Connection|Aldene Plan]] redirected [[Central Railroad of New Jersey]] and [[Reading Company|Reading Railroad]] trains from [[Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal|Communipaw Terminal]] in Jersey City to Newark Penn Station in 1967. The Pennsylvania Railroad merged with longtime rival [[New York Central Railroad]] in 1968 to form [[Penn Central Transportation Company|Penn Central Railroad]], but Newark kept the name "Penn Station." In 1970, Penn Station became the sole intercity station in Newark when the [[Erie Lackawanna Railroad|Erie Lackawanna]] ran its last intercity trains through Broad Street Station.

After Amtrak took over inter-city service in 1971, Penn Central continued to operate commuter service, despite being bankrupt. In 1976 the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] acquired Penn Central, Reading and Jersey Central passenger service, which included lines from as far away as Philadelphia's [[SEPTA Regional Rail|SEPTA diesel service]] along the West Trenton Line, with [[Conrail]] operating service under contract. [[NJ Transit|New Jersey Transit]] acquired the rail line north of West Trenton in 1982, and established its rail operations division in 1983, acquiring almost all commuter rail service from Conrail within the state.

When [[Gateway Center (Newark)|Gateway Center]] and the [[Newark Legal Center]] were built, [[skybridges]] were also installed to connect these office buildings to Penn Station.

Newark Penn Station was extensively renovated in 2007, with restoration of the facade and historic interior materials (e.g., plaster ceilings, marble and limestone, windows, lighting fixtures), as well as train platform and equipment improvements.<ref>Hall Construction Co., Howell, NJ. [http://www.hallgc.com/httpdocs/PENN%20STATION%20PROGRAM.htm "NJ Transit – Newark Penn Station Improvement Program."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425143720/http://www.hallgc.com/httpdocs/PENN%20STATION%20PROGRAM.htm |date=April 25, 2012 }} Accessed November 15, 2011.</ref>

In 2017, the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]] conducted a study on extending [[PATH (rail system)|PATH's]] [[Newark–World Trade Center]] line from Penn Station to [[Newark Liberty International Airport Station]] so that passengers could transfer to [[Newark Liberty International Airport]]'s [[AirTrain Newark]].<ref>[https://www.panynj.gov/path/en/modernizing-path/extension-project.html PATH Extension Project]</ref>

In August 2019 the [[United States Department of Transportation]] awarded $18.4 million to NJ Transit to rehabilitate and repair Platform "D" that serves Tracks 3 & 4 and is a major transfer point for Amtrak and NJ Transit.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pries |first=Allison |date=August 20, 2019 |title=Commuters, rejoice! Newark Penn station is getting $18.4M upgrade. |url=https://www.nj.com/news/2019/08/commuters-rejoice-newark-penn-station-is-getting-a-184m-upgrade.html |access-date=March 6, 2019 |website=nj.com}}</ref>

On the morning of December 14, 2023, NJ Transit service was delayed for 45 minutes at Newark Penn Station because a long-horned [[bull]] was running loose along one of the station's tracks.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fahy |first1=Claire |last2=Bonamo |first2=Mark |title=Sorry for the Delay. The Train Has to Steer Clear of a Bull. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/nyregion/bull-on-tracks-nj-transit.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=December 15, 2023 |date=December 14, 2023}}</ref> The bull, who had escaped from a nearby [[slaughterhouse]], was [[sedative|tranquilized]], safely removed from the tracks, and transported to Skylands Animal Sanctuary in [[Wantage Township, New Jersey|Wantage]], where he was named Ricardo.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harding |first1=Adam |title=Bull in Newark Penn Station chaos avoids slaughterhouse |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/weird/bull-newark-penn-station-videp-animal-sanctuary/4953770/ |website=NBC New York |access-date=December 15, 2023 |date=December 15, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Borter |first1=Gabriella |title=Saga of New Jersey bull who disrupted trains ends peacefully |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bull-strays-onto-new-jersey-train-tracks-delaying-new-york-service-2023-12-14/ |website=Reuters |access-date=December 15, 2023 |date=December 14, 2023}}</ref>

In 2023 ground was broken on the Mulberry Commons Pedestrian Bridge, a {{convert|1/2|mi|adj=on}} [[footbridge]] over [[McCarter Highway]] and the [[Northeast Corridor]] and a new train hall entrance with direct access to the platforms at Newark Penn. It will connect [[Mulberry Commons]] to [[Peter Francisco Park]] in the [[Ironbound]], and eventually link to [[Newark Riverfront Park]].<ref>{{cite web |last = Cruz |first = David
|title = New pedestrian bridge will link Newark neighborhoods |publisher = NJ Spotlight |date = September 19, 2023 |url = https://www.njspotlightnews.org/video/new-pedestrian-bridge-will-link-newark-neighborhoods/|accessdate = January 12, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.6sqft.com/high-line-style-pedestrian-bridge-connects-newark-penn-station-and-prudential-center/|title=High Line-style pedestrian bridge to link Newark Penn Station and Prudential Center|date=September 20, 2023 |accessdate = January 12, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jerseydigs.com/mulberry-commons-pedestrian-bridge-newark/|title=Newark Breaks Ground on $110 Million Mulberry Commons Pedestrian Bridge|first=Chris|last=Fry|date=September 26, 2023|website=Jersey Digs |accessdate = January 12, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://architizer.com/projects/mulberry-pedestrian-bridge/|title=Mulberry Train Hall by Sage and Coombe Architects|date=April 20, 2023|website=Architizer |accessdate = January 12, 2024}}</ref>

== Current operations ==
===Amtrak===

Despite its proximity to New York Penn Station, Newark Penn is a major station in its own right. In 2014, Newark Penn was the [[list of busiest Amtrak stations|14th busiest]] station in the Amtrak system, the eighth busiest in the Mid-Atlantic region (behind New York Penn, [[Washington Union Station|Washington Union]], [[30th Street Station|Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania Station (Baltimore)|Baltimore Penn]], [[Albany-Rensselaer station|Albany-Rensselaer]], [[BWI Rail Station|BWI Airport]] and [[Wilmington station (Amtrak)|Wilmington]]) and by far the busiest of the six Amtrak stations in New Jersey. Since the 1970s, it has been the only intercity rail station in heavily populated northeastern New Jersey.

Newark Penn is served by all 10 services running along the [[Northeast Corridor]], providing another option for Amtrak passengers traveling through the New York area.

Due to the wide availability of alternatives, including the ''[[Northeast Regional]]'' and ''[[Acela]],'' as well as NJ Transit's commuter routes, passengers are not usually allowed to use Amtrak's long distance trains to [[Silver Service|Florida]], [[Crescent (train)|New Orleans]], or [[Cardinal (train)|Chicago]] for local travel between Newark and New York.<ref>{{cite web |title=Select Your Trip |url=https://www.amtrak.com/tickets/departure.html |website=amtrak.com |access-date=July 22, 2022}}</ref>

Newark Penn Station carries the [[IATA airport code]] of ZRP.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Three Letter Airport Codes |url=http://www.lastupdate.com/usairports/airportcodes_us_n.html |access-date=March 13, 2010 |website=Lastupdate Travel |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126030615/http://www.lastupdate.com/usairports/airportcodes_us_n.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===NJ Transit===
Three [[NJ Transit]] [[NJ Transit Rail Operations|commuter rail]] lines converge here: the [[Northeast Corridor Line]], [[North Jersey Coast Line]] and the [[Raritan Valley Line]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Newark Penn Station |url=https://www.njtransit.com/station/newark-penn-station |website=njtransit.com |access-date=July 22, 2022}}</ref> The former two continue to New York at all times via [[Secaucus Junction]]. The Raritan Valley Line generally terminates here, with the exception of certain off-peak weekday trains that continue to New York and one inbound weekday train that continues to Hoboken. Formerly, the North Jersey Coast Line also offered limited service to Hoboken, though present-day schedules have eliminated this service.<ref name=timetableNJCL>{{cite web|url=https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/rail/2022/11/130055/njcl.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315082343/https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/rail/2022/11/130055/njcl.pdf|archivedate=March 15, 2023|accessdate=March 15, 2023|date=November 13, 2022|title=North Jersey Coast Line Master File|publisher=[[NJ Transit]]}}</ref><ref name=timetable>{{cite web|url=https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/printable%20schedules%20Nov%202022/RVL-WKDY-111322.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222045607/https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/printable%20schedules%20Nov%202022/RVL-WKDY-111322.pdf|archivedate=December 22, 2022|accessdate=December 21, 2022|date=November 13, 2022|title=Raritan Valley Line Weekdays To Newark/Hoboken/New York|publisher=[[NJ Transit]]}}</ref>

=== PATH ===
Newark Penn Station is the western terminus of the [[Newark–World Trade Center]] line of the [[PATH (rail system)|PATH]] train, operated by the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]]. Trains discharge on Platform H (upper level) and return to service on the lower level (platform B/C). Until the opening of [[Secaucus Junction]] in 2003, NJ Transit commuter rail passengers and Amtrak intercity passengers had to transfer to PATH here in order to reach [[Jersey City]] or [[Hoboken]].

=== Newark Light Rail ===
On the lower level is the southern terminus of the [[Newark Light Rail]] (formerly the Newark City Subway), with three outbound tracks and two inbound tracks. Passengers on this light rail system from Newark and its nearby suburbs can transfer to Amtrak, NJ Transit or PATH trains, or travel to [[Newark Broad Street station|Newark Broad Street]] or [[downtown Newark]]. The Broad Street extension, opened in 2006, was intended to ease transfers between the former [[Erie Lackawanna Railway|Erie Lackawanna]] commuter routes that call at Broad Street and the Amtrak and former PRR commuter routes that call at Newark Penn Station. Previously, passengers had to make their own way (usually by taxi or bus) between the two stations.

=== Tracks and platforms ===
{{Newark Penn Station}}

Newark Penn Station has eight tracks and six platforms for both NJT and PATH (Newark Light Rail not included), but PATH trains from NYC arrive on the upper level and ones from South Street arrive on the lower level.<ref name="tracks">{{NYCS const|trackref|trackbook3}}</ref><ref name=directory>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251110010236if_/https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/maps/NewarkPenn_Directory_8-21.pdf |archive-date=November 10, 2025 |url=https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/maps/NewarkPenn_Directory_8-21.pdf |date=July 2021 |title=Station Directory: Newark Penn Station |publisher=NJ Transit}}</ref>
* Track A is less-used and has a side platform, usually for Raritan Valley Line arrivals. Trains relay and lay-up at Hudson Yard in Harrison before returning on Track 5 for the reverse trip. Occasionally also used by Amtrak trains to New York Penn Station.
* Track 1 is normally used by New Jersey Transit trains to New York Penn Station and is served by an island platform shared with Track M.
* Track 2 is typically used by northbound Amtrak and New Jersey Transit express trains. This track has an island platform that is shared with track M.
* Track 3 is usually used by southbound Amtrak trains, though westbound New Jersey Transit [[Northeast Corridor Line]] express trains will often use this track in the evening rush hours. This platform has an island platform shared with track 4.
* Track 4 is normally used by westbound New Jersey Transit trains traveling via [[Newark Liberty International Airport Station|Newark Airport]] or [[Rahway station|Rahway]].
* Track 5 is usually used by westbound Raritan Valley Line trains and weekend eastbound Raritan Valley Line trains terminating. This track has a side platform. This track has closed periodically since 2013 for extensive construction and renovations.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Higgs |first=Larry |date=August 26, 2015 |title=What's going on with Track 5 in Newark? Ask @CommutingLarry |work=NJ.com |url=https://www.nj.com/traffic/index.ssf/2015/08/whats_going_on_with_track_5_in_newark_ask_commutinglarry.html |access-date=November 2, 2018 |archive-date=November 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103052957/https://www.nj.com/traffic/index.ssf/2015/08/whats_going_on_with_track_5_in_newark_ask_commutinglarry.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Track M is the track for departing PATH trains to [[World Trade Center station (PATH)|World Trade Center]] in [[Lower Manhattan]].<ref name="tracks" />
* Track H is for discharging PATH trains. This upper-level track, which did not have turnstiles until [[SmartLink (smart card)|SmartLink]] ones were installed in 2005, has stairs to Track 2, along with ramps to Tracks 3 and 4, and a separate stairway to Track 5. Trains relay and lay-up south of the station before returning on Track M for the trip to World Trade Center. There are two pairs of crossover switches south of the station for that purpose, as well as a center track from which trains can be reversed quickly.<ref name="tracks" />

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Newark Penn Station June 2015 002.jpg|Main entrance at night
Newark Pennsylvania Station interior.jpg|Interior of main waiting room, featuring an information booth
File:NJ Transit train at Newark Penn Station.jpg|A multi-level NJ Transit train at Newark Penn Station
File:Ramp track 3&4 Newark Penn jeh.jpg|Pedestrian ramp
File:Newark Penn Station Main Corridor.jpg|Main corridor to tracks
</gallery>

== Sources and notes ==
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== External links ==
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{{Amtrak web|NWK|Newark, NJ}}
* [http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/newarknj.htm Newark Pennsylvania Station (USA RailGuide – TrainWeb)]
* [https://www.panynj.gov/path/en/stations/newark-station.html PATH – Newark Station]
* [https://www.njtransit.com/station/newark-penn-station NJ Transit – Newark Penn Station]

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