South Street station (Pennsylvania Railroad) explained

South Street

Style:

Pennsylvania Railroad

Opened:

1903–1904

Closed:

1974–1976

Years1:

November 1951

Events1:

Station agent eliminated^[1]

Other Services Header:

Former services

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yes

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South Street is a closed station located along the Northeast Corridor in Newark, New Jersey. It served two lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad before closing. Construction on the station began in 1901, the original station had restrooms, a large waiting room, baggage facilities, a newsstand, and a telegraph office. The station replaced at-grade stations at Chestnut Street and Emmett Street.^[2]

Cancelled PATH proposal

A proposal to build a PATH station near the South Street station was abandoned. However, this was mixed up with the new station planned to be in the south ward, and politicians responded with anger to the Port Authority as a result. The Port Authority later explained the misunderstanding and that the South Ward project was not cancelled but still in the planning phase.^[3]

Notes and References

News: P.U.C. Authorizes Bus Fare Boosts . November 26, 2019 . . November 24, 1951 . . 1. Newspapers.com.
May 6, 1904. Track Elevation of the Pennsylvania in Newark, N.J.. Railroad Gazette. 36. 19. 338–342.
Strunsky, Steve. "Newark officials praise PATH $1.7B airport extension plan that includes new station", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, July 13, 2017. Accessed October 7, 2017. "An agency official who insisted on anonymity told NJ Advance Media at the time that the executives had confused talk of a South Ward station with a separate, defunct proposal to construct a station near South Street in Newark's Ironbound neighborhood."