Newark Broad Street Station

Newark Broad Street
Station statistics
Address	Lackawanna Avenue and Broad Street
Coordinates	40°44′51″N 74°10′19″W / 40.7475°N 74.17194°W / 40.7475; -74.17194
Lines	Gladstone Branch   Montclair-Boonton Line   Morristown Line   Broad Street – Newark Penn
Connections	NJT Bus: 11, 13, 27, 28, 29, 39, 41, 43, 72, 76, 78, and 108
Levels	2
Platforms	Commuter rail: 1 island, 1 side Light rail: 1 island
Tracks	3 (Commuter Rail) 2 (Light rail)
Other information
Opened	19 November 1836
Rebuilt	1903, 2008
Accessible
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Fare zone	2 (commuter rail only)[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	2,481 (average weekday)  1.73%
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station East Orange toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch New York Penn Station Terminus Hoboken Terminus Watsessing Avenue toward Hackettstown Montclair-Boonton Line Secaucus Junction toward New York Penn Station Hoboken Terminus East Orange toward Hackettstown Morristown Line Secaucus Junction toward New York Penn Station Hoboken Terminus Newark Light Rail Washington Park toward Newark Penn Station Broad Street – Newark Penn Terminus Riverfront Stadium One-way operation Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Roseville Avenue toward Buffalo Main Line Hoboken Terminus Summit toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Roseville Avenue toward Montclair Montclair Branch Harrison toward Hoboken
Newark Broad Street Station U.S. National Register of Historic Places Location: Broad and University Sts., Newark, New Jersey Coordinates: 40°44′50″N 74°10′20″W / 40.74722°N 74.17222°W / 40.74722; -74.17222Coordinates: 40°44′50″N 74°10′20″W / 40.74722°N 74.17222°W / 40.74722; -74.17222 Area: 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) Built: 1901 Architect: Nies,Frank J. Architectural style: Colonial Revival, Renaissance Governing body: State MPS: Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR NRHP Reference#: 84002662[2] Added to NRHP: June 22, 1984

Newark Broad Street is a New Jersey Transit commuter rail station at 25 University Avenue in Newark, New Jersey. Built in 1901-03 on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad main line from Hoboken to Denville, Scranton and Buffalo, the station's historic architecture includes an elegant clock tower and a brick and stone façade on the station's main building.

History

Newark Broad Street opened on 19 November 1836 at the east end of the opening segment of the Morris and Essex Railroad to Orange; for the first couple of decades trains east of Newark ran over the New Jersey Rail Road to Jersey City. A number of western expansions were built, and Hoboken Terminal, the current eastern end of the line, opened in 1907. In 1945 the Morris and Essex Railroad officially merged into the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (its identity had been largely lost years before). DL&W merged with the Erie Railroad in 1960 to form the Erie Lackawanna Railroad, which was absorbed by Conrail in 1976; New Jersey Transit has operated all passenger service since 1983.

Recent renovations

From 2004 to 2008 the station was renovated. The station changed from having 2 outside low platforms, with walkways across one track to the middle track, to having 2 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.

Services

Rail

Broad Street Station is currently served by the Montclair-Boonton Line and both branches of the Morris and Essex Lines (Morristown Line and Gladstone Branch).

Bus

Bus routes 11, 13, 27, 28, go28, 29, 39, 41, 43, 72, 76, 78, and 108 stop regularly at this station in both directions.

Light Rail

This station is the northern terminus of the Newark Light Rail line from Newark Penn Station. Service on this line opened on July 17, 2006. Light Rail trains operate from about 6AM to midnight, daily.^[3] Light rail service was unavailable from March 2008 until July 2008 due to a partial collapse of the former Westinghouse factory adjacent to the station during demolition. Demolition was completed, and service resumed, in July 2008.

Gallery

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  Station clock tower

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  Commuter rail platforms and tracks

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  The light rail station

References

1. ^ "Morris and Essex Timetables". Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/R0040.pdf. Retrieved November 27, 2010. 
2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
3. ^ New Jersey Transit Travel Alert announcing opening of Newark Light Rail Extended service.

External links

Media related to Newark Broad Street Station at Wikimedia Commons

• NJT rail station information page for Newark Broad Street Station
• DepartureVision real time train information for Newark Broad Street Station
  • Morris and Essex Line schedule (Morristown Line & Gladstone Branch)
  • Montclair-Boonton Line schedule
• NJT Newark Light Rail station information page for Newark Broad Street Station
• Newark Light Rail schedule
• New Jersey Transit: Newark Broad Street Station ADA Improvements
• Newark Broad Street Station Area Vision Plan
• Light Rail Station from Google Maps Street View
• University Avenue entrance to Commuter Rail from Google Maps Street View
• Commuter Rail station from I-280 from Google Maps Street View