Newark Broad Street station

Newark Broad Street
Newark Broad Street in Newark, New Jersey in November 2009
General information
LocationLackawanna Avenue and Broad Street
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Coordinates40°44′51″N 74°10′19″W / 40.74750°N 74.17194°W / 40.74750; -74.17194
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Line(s)NJ Transit Rail Operations
Platforms
Tracks
  • Commuter rail: 3
  • Light rail: 2
ConnectionsBus transport NJ Transit Bus: 11, 13, 27, 28, go28, 29, 30, 41, 71, 72, 73, 76, 78, 108, 378[1]
Construction
Platform levels2
Bicycle facilitiesYes[2]
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeLight rail: 30775[3]
Fare zone2 (commuter rail)[4]
Websitewww.njtransit.com/dv-to/Newark%20Broad%20Street%20Station
History
OpenedNovember 19, 1836 (November 19, 1836)[5]
Rebuilt1903, 2008
ElectrifiedSeptember 3, 1930[6]
Passengers
20172,996 (average weekday)[7][8]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
East Orange
toward Gladstone
Gladstone Branch
(weekdays)
Hoboken
Terminus
Secaucus Junction
(limited service)
Watsessing Avenue Montclair-Boonton Line Hoboken
Terminus
Montclair-Boonton Line
(weekdays)
Secaucus Junction
East Orange Morristown Line
Morristown Line
(weekdays)
Hoboken
Terminus
Harriet Tubman Square Broad Street – Newark Penn Terminus
Riverfront Stadium
One-way operation
Former services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Watsessing
toward Bay Street
Montclair Branch Hoboken
Terminus
Ampere
toward Bay Street
Roseville Avenue
toward Bay Street
Montclair Branch
until 1984
Harrison
toward Hoboken
Grove Street
toward Gladstone
Gladstone Branch
until April 7, 1991
Hoboken
Terminus
Grove Street Morristown Line
until April 7, 1991
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Roseville Avenue
toward Buffalo
Main Line Hoboken
Terminus
Roseville Avenue
toward Gladstone
Gladstone Branch
Roseville Avenue
toward Montclair
Montclair Branch Harrison
toward Hoboken
Newark Broad Street Station
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1901
ArchitectFrank J. Nies
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Renaissance
MPSOperating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.84002662[9]
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1984
Location
Map

Newark Broad Street station is a New Jersey Transit commuter rail and light rail station at 25 University Avenue in Newark, New Jersey. 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. In June 1984, the station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in recognition of its historical significance.

History

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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.[10][11] However, all intercity service ended by 1970.

The station building has been listed in the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984[12] and is part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[13]

Renovation

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From 2004 to 2008 the station was renovated. The station changed from having two outside low platforms, with walkways across one track to the middle track, to having two 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.

Proposed Scranton-NYC line

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In 2023, a new Amtrak line was proposed between Scranton and New York with an estimated half a million riders annually by 2030. It is planned to hit 110 mph. The closest station to the New York Penn Station on the line is Newark Broad Street. The next stop will be either Morristown station or Montclair station depending on the schedule it is running.[14]

Station layout and services

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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.

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Bibliography

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  • Douglass, A.M. (1912). The Railroad Trainman, Volume 29. Cleveland, Ohio: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Retrieved April 4, 2020.

References

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  1. ^ "Broad Street Station Area" (PDF) (Map). NJ Transit. August 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  2. ^ "Newark Broad Street Station". NJ Transit. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  3. ^ "Newark Light Rail" (PDF) (Map). NJ Transit. September 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  4. ^ "Morris and Essex Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 4, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  5. ^ Douglass 1912, p. 339.
  6. ^ "D.L.&W. Electric Train Hoboken to Montclair". The Madison Eagle. September 5, 1930. p. 6. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  8. ^ "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  9. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  10. ^ 1954 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad timetable http://viewoftheblue.com/photography/timetables/DLW042554.pdf
  11. ^ 1961 Erie-Lackawanna timetable https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/ERIE_TABLE1_19610625.png
  12. ^ Essex County Listings, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed July 16, 2018.
  13. ^ Newark Broad Street Station New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey
  14. ^ Higgs, Larry (March 27, 2023). "A new Amtrak train ride from NYC to Scranton could hit 110 mph". nj.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
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