Washington Street (NCS station)

Infobox Station
name=Washington Street
style=NJT Rail


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image_caption=Northbound platform
address=University Avenue
at Washington Street
Newark, New Jersey
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opened=1935
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ADA=Yes
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owned=New Jersey Transit
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Washington Street Station is an underground station on the Newark City Subway Line (blue) of the Newark Light Rail system. The station is owned and service is operated by New Jersey Transit. The station is located at the intersection of Raymond Boulevard and Washington Street with a second entrance at University Avenue, both in Downtown Newark. The station serves the western edge of downtown and the University Heights neighborhood. The station was opened in 1935. The station is decorated with beige tiles and colored tiles for borders, mosaics and street indicator signs. This station is wheelchair accessible.

History

In 1910, the Public Service Corporation planned to build two subway lines meeting at Broad Street (now Military Park). The east-west subway line (#7), which was eventually built in the old Morris Canal bed with Raymond Boulevard built over it. Construction on the line began in 1929 and service starting on the line on May 26, 1935.

Attractions

*Essex County Courthouse
*Essex County College
*Rutgers-Newark
*Institute of Jazz Studies
*restaurants and galleries

Transfers