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The Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) Monorail Northeast
Corridor Connection Program will provide a critical transportation
link, allowing convenient rail access to the airport for passengers
throughout the region, while reducing airport frontage roadway congestion.
It will connect the existing EWR Monorail System to Amtrak's Northeast
Corridor (NEC) enabling New Jersey Transit and Amtrak to service
the airport via a new intermodal station.
Monorail Guideway
Monorail Guideway from Station "E" to Haynes.
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The existing 1.9 mile on-airport Monorail system will be extended
approximately one mile to the new Newark Liberty International Airport
Station site. The extension will maintain the bi-directional, dual
tracks (guideway) of the on-airport system and will utilize six
additional trains to accommodate projected ridership levels, while
maintaining the service intervals of the existing system.
Newark Liberty International Airport
Station
Computer generated rendering of the Newark Liberty International
Airport Station.
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| The configuration of the station is defined
by the interaction of the two transit modes--NEC rail operations
of NJ Transit and Amtrak, and the Newark Liberty International
Airport Monorail system. The new station will be one facility
comprised of three major elements: the NEC station train platforms,
the connecting concourse and the Monorail Station. Airport
passengers will move from the NEC platforms to the overhead
connecting concourse via stairs, escalators or elevators.
They will then proceed across the connecting concourse and
down to the center of the Monorail Station platform for monorail
connecting service to the main airport Terminals A, B and
C.
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- Concourse
The concourse (approximately 225 feet in length) will provide a connection between the NEC Station train platforms and the Monorail station platform. The concourse will be climate controlled and include facilities for train and airline information.
- NEC Station Train Platforms
The two train platforms will each be 32 feet wide and 1050
feet long. They are being constructed between existing NEC
tracks and newly added electrified siding tracks. Both platforms
will include climate controlled waiting areas and restroom
facilities.
- Monorail Station
The new Monorail Station will include a climate controlled
passenger platform on level two, and various system support
services, such as train control rooms and station mechanical/electrical
rooms on the ground level. Full service check-in and baggage
handling facilities will be provided at the concourse level.
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