Newark Public Service Terminal
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The Public Service Terminal was a three-level
Park Place station. It served as the terminus for streetcar lines from as far as Trenton
. Public Service was both a transportation company and a utility, providing electric and gas service to much of northern New Jersey. The six office stories above the terminal served as company headquarters.
The terminal, opened on April 30, 1916 was located at the northeast corner of Park Place and Raymond Boulevard at
Penn Station
. The eastbound connection passed under the City Subway to avoid a grade crossing.
Like most trolley companies, Public Service converted its routes to bus lines during the 1930s. The last streetcar line using the terminal upper level was the #1-Newark line to
Exchange Place Terminal in Jersey City
, which ended on August 1, 1937. The last on the lower level was the #43-Jersey City line, running to Exchange Place Terminal by a different route, which ended on May 1, 1938. The terminal continued in use for bus routes. The lower level was used until May 1966, and the upper level until 1978.
Public Service sold its transportation system to the
Broad Street branch of the Newark Light Rail
, emerging at Centre Street.
See also
References
- Edward Hamm, Jr., The Public Service Trolley Lines in New Jersey, ISBN 0-933449-12-7
- John Harrington Riley, The Newark City Subway Lines, published by the author, 1987.
- New York Times, May 7, 1916, "How Newark's Great Civic Celebration Reveals Progressive Industrial Career".
- Public Service Enterprise Group data sheet, accessed on August 22, 2008.