Grove Street station (Newark Light Rail)
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accessible spaces[1] | |||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | 30539[2] | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | June 22, 2002[3] | ||||||||||||
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Grove Street station is a surface-level
Penn Station in Newark. The vehicle maintenance facility is east of the station. Grove Street is a single island platform station with two tracks and is accessible for handicapped people as part of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. A 160-space park and ride lot is located one block from the station, after the loop track for the maintenance facility.[3] Grove Street is also near the Watsessing Avenue station of New Jersey Transit's Montclair-Boonton Line
.
Grove Street station opened on June 22, 2002, part of an extension from
Forest Hill section of Newark to West Orange. The former Bloomfield Avenue station was located one block west of the current Grove Street station. Service on that branch ended on May 20, 1955.[4]
References
- ^ "Grove Street Light Rail Station Bloomfield". NJ Transit. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ "Newark Light Rail" (PDF) (Map). NJ Transit. September 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- ^ New Jersey Transit (Press release). Newark, New Jersey. June 18, 2002. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
- ^ "Donohue Engineer on Last Ride on Erie Branch". The Paterson News. May 24, 1955. p. 20. Retrieved January 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
