Military Park (NCS station)

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Military Park

Station entrance at the south end of park

Station statistics

Address

Park Place
at Broad Street
Newark, New Jersey

Lines

Newark City Subway

Connections

NJT Bus: 13, 27, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 59, 62, 65, 66, 67, 70, 71, 72, 73, 76, 78, 79 and 108
ONE Bus: 24, 44

Other information

Owned by

New Jersey Transit

Services

Preceding station		Newark City Subway		Following station
Washington Street toward Grove Street		Newark City Subway		Penn Station toward Newark Penn

Interior

Military Park Station is an underground station on the Newark City Subway Line (blue) of the Newark Light Rail. The station is owned and service is operated by New Jersey Transit. The station is located at the intersection of Raymond Boulevard, Park Place and Broad Street in Downtown Newark at Military Park. The station was opened in 1935 and called Broad Street Station. It was renamed so only one station in the system would carry the name Broad Street when Downtown Newark's stations (Penn Station and Broad Street) were connected by the Newark Light Rail Line. The station is decorated with beige tiles and colored tiles for borders, mosaics and street indicator signs. This station is not wheelchair accessible. The adjacent stations, Penn Station and Washington St. are handicap accessible.

1 History
2 Attractions
- 2.1 Other Attractions
3 Transfers

[edit] History

In 1910, the Public Service Corporation planned to build two subway lines meeting at Broad Street (now Military Park). An additional north-south line would have connected Bridge Street to the north with Clinton Avenue near The Coast/Lincoln Park neighborhood near Lincoln Park. The proposed second segment of the Newark-Elizabeth Rail Link (NERL) together with the first segment, the Newark Light Rail would service this area. The existing Newark City Subway Line was built in the old Morris Canal bed with construction beginning in 1929 and service starting on the line on May 26, 1935.