Just came back to the US via EWR Terminal B. It keeps getting worse. They can’t demolish and make a new terminal soon enough. It is taking too long considering the initial renderings came out in 2026.
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The Port Authority is moving laughably slow at EWR. They don’t care and even Terminal A is starting to fall apart. When I got off my plane, even in the pier that goes to the jetbridge from the terminal there was missing ceiling tiles and peeling ceiling trim. Its been 6 months and its still broken. I also saw a restroom taped off and closed and also a crazy person making a scene by the baggage claim. No security or cops to be found.
Look at the speed they have for JFK and LGA. LGA was rebuilt without disrupting too much and JFK’s new terminals start going online this year. The EWR air train was announced for years and they kept delaying it too.
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Beginning Thursday, Jan. 15, AirTrain Newark service to and from the Airport Train Station will be replaced by shuttle buses on weekdays from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. due to construction activity. Bus shuttles will run every four to five minutes. Passengers should allow up to 15 minutes of additional travel time during the AirTrain outages. AirTrain Newark will continue operating between the P4, Terminal C, Terminal B, P3, and Terminal A stations.
AirTrain Newark will operate normally on weekends. All outages will pause during the peak travel season between Memorial Day and Labor Day, resuming in September 2026. Outages will pause again during the holiday travel season between Oct. 30, 2026, and Jan. 15, 2027. Additional AirTrain outages are planned in 2027 and 2028 as work progresses, with details of those impacts shared at a future date.
Wow, that’s pretty bad. And they’re continuing to charge people $8.50 to use the AirTrain, even though much of the journey is by bus. The PANYNJ should be ashamed of itself.
If I am not mistaken, this means the fastest (and cheapest) route from Manhattan to Newark Airport via transit will actually be to take NJ Transit to Broad Street station and then change to express bus 28, which goes directly to the airport terminals ( Go Bus 28 | New Jersey Public Transportation Corporation). Bus 28 takes 23 minutes to travel from Broad Street to Terminal A. Port Authority says it will take 35 minutes to travel via bus shuttle / AirTrain from Newark Airport railway station to Terminal A.
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Goin to EWR will be a mess for a while. I really hope they move on EWR Terminal B soon now. it is such a dirty mess. JFK Phase 1 is almost done, so hopefully they move to EWR renovations.
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I don’t see why they can’t work on the EWR B concurrently with the other renovations. It always seems like the PA neglects EWR, and it shows, despite being a major international airport that is also consistently rated as one of the worst. The speed at which these projects (including the Air Train and especially the Air Train) move after being announced is astronomical compared to both LGA and JFK. Again, the Air Train is the worst offender as it was announced with Terminal A, yet it’s only now starting. I have low hope for B starting anytime soon.
I sort of agree, but i have to give them props for doing a great job with Terminal A.
Agreed. Feels like the PA are often very NY-centric despite it being a bi-state agency. Not sure if that’s just a personal feeling but EWR improvements have been catastrophically slower than JFK or LGA
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Agree. The terminal B renderings and vision plan came out in 2024. Slow slow since.
Even worse: the air train replacement was discussed when Terminal A was being planned and announced. You’d think they’d get things going when they started the new terminal.
Not only that but there’s more transparency regarding happening with JFK and LGA. Other than recent developments there’s almost no news or updates from the PA regarding EWR.
I agree. I wonder if it had to do with the governor
Lets see how things go in 2026.
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