NJPAC/Center Street station explained

NJPAC /
Center St.
Style:NJ Transit
Style2:Newark Light Rail black lowercase
Address:McCarter Highway and Center Street
Borough:Newark, New Jersey
Coordinates:40.7395°N -74.1655°W
Owned:New Jersey Transit
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Structure:At-grade
Bicycle:Yes[1]
Accessible:Yes
Code:30773[2]
Zone:1
Opened:[3]
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-light
Zoom:14

NJPAC/Center Street station is a light rail station on the Newark Light Rail's Broad Street Extension. It is located in Downtown Newark, New Jersey, on the south west corner of the McCarter Highway and Center Street at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) at the northern end of Military Park. The station is above ground, as is the rest of the line to the north. To the south, after crossing Center Street, the train enters a tunnel to the underground station at Newark Penn Station. NJPAC/Center Street is the southernmost station on this line, which links two of Newark's three train stations. To the south of Center Street is Newark Penn Station and to the north is Broad Street Station with stops at Atlantic Street and Riverfront Stadium on game days. Riding southbound the train leaves Broad Street and stops at Harriet Tubman Square, NJPAC/Center Street, and Penn Station. Service on this line opened on July 17, 2006, at 1:00 p.m. EDT.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NJPAC/Center Street . July 6, 2023 . . en-US.
  2. September 2022 . Newark Light Rail . July 6, 2023 . NJ Transit.
  3. Broad Street Extension of Newark Light Rail Celebrates 10 Years . January 15, 2020 . New Jersey Transit . July 18, 2016 . Newark, New Jersey.
  4. http://www.njtransit.com/sa_travel_alerts.jsp#32301 New Jersey Transit Travel Alert announcing opening of Newark Light Rail Extended service.