Newark Broad Street station
Newark Broad Street is a NJ Transit commuter rail and light rail station at 25 University Avenue in Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. Built in 1903, the station's historic architecture includes an elegant clock tower and a brick and stone façade on the station's main building.
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Location | Lackawanna Avenue and Broad Street, Newark, NJ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°44′51″N 74°10′19″W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | NJ Transit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Hoboken Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | Commuter rail: 1 island, 1 side Light rail: 1 island | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 (Commuter Rail) 2 (Light rail) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | NJT Bus: 11, 13, 27, 28, 29, 30, 41, 72, 76, 78, and 108 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platform levels | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 2 (commuter rail only)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | November 19, 1836[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1903, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | September 3, 1930[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2017 | 2,996 (average weekday)[4][5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Newark Broad Street Station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Broad St and University Ave., Newark, NJ 07102 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°44′50″N 74°10′20″W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Built | 1901 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architect | Frank J. Nies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Renaissance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPS | Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 84002662[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | June 22, 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History
The current station is the second on the site. The original station opened on November 19, 1836 at the east end of the opening segment of the Morris and Essex Railroad to Orange; for the first couple of decades trains east of Newark ran over the New Jersey Rail Road to Jersey City. The present station opened in 1903 after two years of construction, located on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad main line from Hoboken to Denville, Scranton and Buffalo The Newark Drawbridge connecting to the station and crossing the Passaic River to the east also opened in 1903. A number of western expansions were built, and Hoboken Terminal, the current eastern end of the line, opened in 1907. In 1945, the Morris and Essex Railroad officially merged into the Lackawanna Railroad, which had leased it since 1868 (though the Morris and Essex' separate identity had been largely lost years before). DL&W merged with the Erie Railroad in 1960 to form the Erie Lackawanna Railroad, which was absorbed by Conrail in 1976; NJ Transit has operated all passenger service since 1983.
The station had served several Lackawanna and then Erie Lackwanna passenger trains. These included the Lake Cities, Owl/New York Mail, Twilight/Pocono Express and the DLW flagship train, the Phoebe Snow.[7][8] However, all intercity service ended by 1970.
The station building has been listed in the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984[9] and is part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[10]
Renovation
From 2004 to 2008 the station was renovated. The station changed from having 2 outside low platforms, with walkways across one track to the middle track, to having 2 high platforms, one of them an island platform, to facilitate cross-platform transfers. The historic westbound shelter was removed in the project and new westbound waiting areas were built.
Station layout and services
Broad Street Station is currently served by the Montclair-Boonton Line and both branches of the Morris and Essex Lines –– the Morristown Line and Gladstone Branch. All three lines either proceed to Secaucus Junction en route to New York Penn Station or terminate in Hoboken.
This station is also the northern terminus of the Newark Light Rail Broad Street Extension line from Newark Penn Station. Service on this line opened on July 17, 2006, although light rail service was unavailable from March through July 2008 due to a partial collapse of the former Westinghouse factory adjacent to the station during demolition. This allows passengers on the two commuter lines serving Broad Street to easily transfer to Newark Penn, and vice versa. Previously, passengers wishing to transfer in Newark had to make their own way (usually by bus or taxi) between the two stations.
P Platform level |
Track 3 | ← Morristown Line toward Dover or Hackettstown (East Orange) ← Gladstone Branch toward Gladstone (East Orange) ← Montclair-Boonton Line toward Bay Street, Montclair State University or Hackettstown (Watsessing Avenue) |
Island platform | ||
Track 1 | ← Morristown Line toward Dover or Hackettstown (East Orange) ← Gladstone Branch toward Gladstone (East Orange) Morristown, Gladstone, Montclair-Boonton lines toward Hoboken (Terminus) → Morristown, Gladstone, Montclair-Boonton lines toward New York Penn Station (Secaucus Junction) → | |
Track 2 | Morristown, Gladstone, Montclair-Boonton lines toward Hoboken (Terminus) → Morristown, Gladstone, Montclair-Boonton lines toward New York Penn Station (Secaucus Junction) → | |
Side platform | ||
G | Street level | Station house, buses |
Light Rail | Broad Street – Newark Penn toward Newark Penn Station (Washington Park) → | |
Island platform | ||
Light Rail | Broad Street – Newark Penn toward Newark Penn Station (Washington Park) → |
Gallery
- Station entrance on University Avenue
- Commuter rail platforms
- Light rail station
- Waiting room, during COVID-19 Pandemic
- Platforms during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Bibliography
- Douglass, A.M. (1912). The Railroad Trainman, Volume 29. Cleveland, Ohio: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
References
- "Morris and Essex Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- Douglass 1912, p. 339.
- "D.L.&W. Electric Train Hoboken to Montclair". The Madison Eagle. September 5, 1930. p. 6. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- 1954 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad timetable http://viewoftheblue.com/photography/timetables/DLW042554.pdf
- 1961 Erie-Lackawanna timetable https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/ERIE_TABLE1_19610625.png
- Essex County Listings, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed July 16, 2018.
- Newark Broad Street Station New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey
External links
Media related to Newark Broad Street Station at Wikimedia Commons