Newark Broad Street station
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Line(s) | NJ Transit Rail Operations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Connections | 378[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platform levels | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | Light rail: 30775[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 2 (commuter rail)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | November 19, 1836[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1903, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | September 3, 1930[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2017 | 2,996 (average weekday)[7][8] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NRHP reference No. | 84002662[9] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | June 22, 1984 |
Newark Broad Street station is a
History
The current station is the second on the site. The original station opened on November 19, 1836, at the east end of the opening segment of the
The station had served several Lackawanna and then Erie Lackwanna passenger trains. These included the Lake Cities, Owl/New York Mail, Twilight/Pocono Express and the DLW flagship train, the Phoebe Snow.[10][11] However, all intercity service ended by 1970.
The station building has been listed in the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984[12] and is part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[13]
Renovation
From 2004 to 2008 the station was renovated. The station changed from having two outside low platforms, with walkways across one track to the middle track, to having two high platforms, one of them an island platform, to facilitate cross-platform transfers. The historic westbound shelter was removed in the project and new westbound waiting areas were built.
Proposed Scranton-NYC line
In 2023, a new
Station layout and services
Broad Street Station is currently served by the
This station is also the northern terminus of the
Gallery
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Station entrance on University Avenue
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Commuter rail platforms
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Light rail station
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Waiting room, during COVID-19 Pandemic
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Platforms during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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An Erie-Lackawana electric at Broad Street station in November 1978
Bibliography
- Douglass, A.M. (1912). The Railroad Trainman, Volume 29. Cleveland, Ohio: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
References
- ^ "Broad Street Station Area" (PDF) (Map). NJ Transit. August 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- ^ "Newark Broad Street Station". NJ Transit. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- ^ "Newark Light Rail" (PDF) (Map). NJ Transit. September 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Archived from the original(PDF) on September 4, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- ^ Douglass 1912, p. 339.
- ^ "D.L.&W. Electric Train Hoboken to Montclair". The Madison Eagle. September 5, 1930. p. 6. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ^ "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ 1954 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad timetable http://viewoftheblue.com/photography/timetables/DLW042554.pdf
- ^ 1961 Erie-Lackawanna timetable https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/ERIE_TABLE1_19610625.png
- ^ Essex County Listings, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed July 16, 2018.
- ^ Newark Broad Street Station New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey
- ^ Higgs, Larry (March 27, 2023). "A new Amtrak train ride from NYC to Scranton could hit 110 mph". nj.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
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