NJPAC/Center Street (NLR station)

NJPAC/Center Street

Station statistics

Address

McCarter Highway and Center Street
Newark, NJ

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Accessible

Owned by

Fare zone

Services

Preceding station		Newark Light Rail		Following station
Newark Penn Terminus		Newark Light Rail (southbound)		Washington Park toward Newark Broad
Newark Penn Terminus		Newark Light Rail (northbound)		Atlantic Street toward Newark Broad

NJPAC/Center Street Station is a light rail station on the Newark City Subway's second line (the first segment of the proposed Newark-Elizabeth Rail Link). 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 south west corner of the McCarter Highway and Center Street at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center at the northern end of Military Park. The station is above ground, as is the rest of the line to the north. To the south, after crossing Center Street, the train enters a tunnel to the underground station at Newark Penn Station. NJPAC/Center Street is the southernmost station on this line, which links two of Newark's three train stations. To the south of Center Street is Newark Penn Station and to the north is Broad Street Station with stops at Atlantic Street Station and Riverfront Stadium station on game days. Riding southbound the train leaves Broad Street and stops at Washington Park Station, NJPAC/Center Street, and Penn Station.