Harriet Tubman Square station explained

Harriet Tubman Square Station
Style:NJ Transit
Style2:Newark Light Rail orange
Address:Broad Street and Bridge Street
Borough:Newark, New Jersey
Coordinates:40.7439°N -74.1701°W
Owned:New Jersey Transit
Platform:1 side platform
Tracks:1
Connections: NJ Transit Bus: [1]
Structure:At-grade
Bicycle:Yes[2]
Accessible:Yes
Zone:1
Opened:[3]
Former:Washington Park
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-light
Zoom:14

Harriet Tubman Square station (formerly Washington Park) is a light rail station on the Newark Light Rail system. It is located in Downtown Newark, New Jersey, United States, on the southbound side of Broad Street between Bridge and Lombardy Streets adjacent to Harriet Tubman Square. The station is only served by southbound trains; the nearby Atlantic Street station is its northbound counterpart. It opened on July 17, 2006, as part of the extension to Newark Broad Street station.[4]

The station also features two installations of public art by Willie Cole, a native Newarker and African American conceptual and visual artist.[5]

Notes and References

  1. August 2021 . Broad Street Station Area . July 6, 2023 . NJ Transit.
  2. Web site: Harriet Tubman Square Station . July 6, 2023 . . en-US.
  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.
  5. http://www.williecole.com/id101.html WASHINGTON PARK STATION; NEWARK, NEW JERSEY