Washington Park station (Newark Light Rail)

The 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.[2]

Washington Park
LocationBridge Street and Lombardy Street
Newark, NJ
Coordinates40°44′37.95″N 74°10′12.27″W
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Connections NJT Bus: 11, 13, 27, 28, 29, 39, 41, 42, 43, 59, 65, and 66
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone1
History
OpenedJuly 17, 2006[1]
Electrified750 V (DC) overhead lines
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
NJPAC/Center Street Broad Street – Newark Penn Newark Broad Street
One-way operation

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, Rutgers Business School and the Polhemus house. The station is above ground, as is most of the second NLR 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 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.[3]

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