Narrative:

We were landing at ewr and after touchdown were told to follow the airplane in front of us and exit the runway as soon as possible. After doing so, we switched to ground frequency and were told to hurry and then take a certain taxiway then hold short of the north runway. We assumed that we were to follow the airliner in front of us and then taxi north on the taxiway by the terminal. Never assume. There was another taxiway in between the 2 long runways and evidently this was the one we should have used. We followed the airliner in front of us and after doing so, were called by ground and asked why we did not turn on the taxiway and why we had crossed a runway. Seems that we had missed the correct taxiway. We went back later and there are no markings at all on the intersection for this taxiway and we had gone through it. No problem occurred and the tower said that it had happened before. Would be a lot safer if they would mark the txwys and stop telling people to hurry, especially when they are not familiar. Next time I will hold and confirm if I am not positive. What did not help was that I had a brand new copilot in the right seat and it was pretty much single pilot on this flight.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TXWY IDENT PROB. A CL604 CHALLENGER FLC TAXIES THE WRONG DIRECTION WHEN PASSING THE ASSIGNED TXWY AT EWR, NJ.

Narrative: WE WERE LNDG AT EWR AND AFTER TOUCHDOWN WERE TOLD TO FOLLOW THE AIRPLANE IN FRONT OF US AND EXIT THE RWY ASAP. AFTER DOING SO, WE SWITCHED TO GND FREQ AND WERE TOLD TO HURRY AND THEN TAKE A CERTAIN TXWY THEN HOLD SHORT OF THE N RWY. WE ASSUMED THAT WE WERE TO FOLLOW THE AIRLINER IN FRONT OF US AND THEN TAXI N ON THE TXWY BY THE TERMINAL. NEVER ASSUME. THERE WAS ANOTHER TXWY IN BTWN THE 2 LONG RWYS AND EVIDENTLY THIS WAS THE ONE WE SHOULD HAVE USED. WE FOLLOWED THE AIRLINER IN FRONT OF US AND AFTER DOING SO, WERE CALLED BY GND AND ASKED WHY WE DID NOT TURN ON THE TXWY AND WHY WE HAD CROSSED A RWY. SEEMS THAT WE HAD MISSED THE CORRECT TXWY. WE WENT BACK LATER AND THERE ARE NO MARKINGS AT ALL ON THE INTXN FOR THIS TXWY AND WE HAD GONE THROUGH IT. NO PROB OCCURRED AND THE TWR SAID THAT IT HAD HAPPENED BEFORE. WOULD BE A LOT SAFER IF THEY WOULD MARK THE TXWYS AND STOP TELLING PEOPLE TO HURRY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE NOT FAMILIAR. NEXT TIME I WILL HOLD AND CONFIRM IF I AM NOT POSITIVE. WHAT DID NOT HELP WAS THAT I HAD A BRAND NEW COPLT IN THE R SEAT AND IT WAS PRETTY MUCH SINGLE PLT ON THIS FLT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.