Washington Park (NLR station)

Washington Park
Location Bridge Street and Lombardy Street
Newark, NJ
Coordinates 40°44′37.95″N 74°10′12.27″W / 40.7438750°N 74.1700750°W / 40.7438750; -74.1700750Coordinates: 40°44′37.95″N 74°10′12.27″W / 40.7438750°N 74.1700750°W / 40.7438750; -74.1700750
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
  Broad Street – Newark Penn
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Connections NJT Bus: 11, 13, 27, 28, 29, 39, 41, 42, 43, 59, 65, and 66
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 1
Electrified 750 V (DC) overhead lines
Services
Preceding station   Newark Light Rail   Following station
Broad Street – Newark Penn
One-way operation

Washington Park Station is a light rail station on the Newark Light Rail's Broad Street Extension. Service on this line opened on July 17, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. EDT.[1]

It is located in Downtown Newark, New Jersey, on the southbound side of Broad Street between Bridge and Lombardy Streets adjacent to the park that lends its name to the station. It is directly across from the headquarters of IDT Corporation and 1 Washington Park and during the afternoon rush hour carries many outgoing commuters from these buildings to Newark Penn Station.

Two key attractions near this station are the Newark Museum and Newark Public Library. The station is also located near the James Street Commons Historic neighborhood and the Polhemus house. The station is above ground, as is most of the NLR second line, except for a two-track tunnel having a portal to the south of Center Street that connects the line to the original NCS line at Newark Penn Station. This station receives only southbound trains, which leave Newark Broad Street Station and continue on to NJPAC/Center Street Station and Newark Penn Station.

The station also features two installations of public art by Willie Cole, a native Newarker and African American conceptual and visual artist.[2]

References

  1. ↑ New Jersey Transit Travel Alert announcing opening of Newark Light Rail Extended service.
  2. ↑ WASHINGTON PARK STATION; NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
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