Talk:Newport station (PATH)

Walkway
I modified the sentence on the walkway based on personal experience.

When the Newport Mall opened in November 1987, I started going there from NYC and the walkway was still in place. I had always wondered what it was there for and why it didn't work. At the time the side platform was still in original condition and basically abandoned.

As the mid-1990s came around there was a surge in building of residential and office buildings in the area (still is in 2007). That is when the PA decided (or was forced possibly) to refurbish the entire station (including the side platform). The walkway was removed during this time.

Now that I am older and work in the area I wish the walkway was still in place and working - that ramp can wear you out.

--Allan 16:52, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Screwed-up picture placement
How does the picture of the Erie Railroad column wind up at the bottom of the page obstructed by the local sites and references chapter when you place it on the top of the history section? -User:DanTD (talk) 15:44, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Okay, I found the problem. It was the pic of the walkway that screwed it up. -User:DanTD (talk) 15:48, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

B or C class article?
Per Content assessment: ''B-class: The article is mostly complete and without major problems, but requires some further work to reach good article standards. Readers are not left wanting, although the content may not be complete enough to satisfy a serious student or researcher.''

One can say that this is true of this article, which has sufficient references cited. Thus, meets C-class, at least.Djflem (talk) 10:28, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

Uncited material in need of citations
I am moving the following uncited material here until it can be properly supported with inline citations of reliable, secondary sources, per WP:V, WP:CS, WP:IRS, WP:PSTS, WP:BLP, WP:NOR, et al. This diff shows where it was in the article. Nightscream (talk) 19:50, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

History
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.

Without any reason to disembark other than some parking lots, ridership at the Erie tube station declined sharply. For nearly 30 years, the station served primarily as a transfer station between the Uptown and Downtown Tube routes, and was closed on evenings and weekends.

By 1988, ridership had rebounded enough that it resumed 24-hour a day operation.

The open steelwork beside the headhouse is the skeleton for a never-built second level that was to connect to office towers across the street via a skywalk, similar to those at the Gateway complex at Newark Penn Station.

Station layout
During daytime and evening hours, trains bound for Hoboken and 33rd Street use the side platform. The island platform is used for trains bound for the World Trade Center and Journal Square, and for all trains during overnight hours.