Bloomfield Avenue station explained

Bloomfield Ave.
Style:NJ Transit
Style2:Newark Light Rail black
Address:310 Bloomfield Avenue
Borough:Newark, New Jersey
Coordinates:40.7655°N -74.1799°W
Owned:New Jersey Transit
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Connections: NJ Transit Bus:
Structure:Below-grade
Accessible:Yes
Code:30773[1]
Opened:[2]
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-light
Zoom:14

Bloomfield Avenue station is an open-cut station on the Newark City Subway Line of the Newark Light Rail, located at Bloomfield Avenue on the west side of Branch Brook Park, near its main entrance. Connections are available here for Bloomfield Avenue bus service on four lines for service between Newark and Paterson, Wayne, Montclair, West Caldwell, and Parsippany-Troy Hills. The station has elevators allowing access to passengers with disabilities.

History

Bloomfield Avenue station was originally built by Public Service Corporation of New Jersey on May 26, 1935, and contained a connection to the Bloomfield Avenue line until March 30, 1952 when the route was converted into bus route no. 29.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. September 2022 . Newark Light Rail . July 6, 2023 . NJ Transit.
  2. News: Commuters Hail Newark Subway . January 14, 2020 . . May 27, 1935 . 17. Newspapers.com.
  3. Web site: Station Reporter; Newark City Subway, including old map . 2013-03-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150123233509/http://www.stationreporter.net/nlr.htm# . 2015-01-23 . dead .