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NLR train leaves the Riverfront Stadium station

Riverfront Stadium (NLR station) is a light rail station on the new Newark Light Rail 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.

It is located in Downtown Newark, New Jersey. Riverfront Stadium Station is an above ground stop in front of Gate C at Newark's Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, the home of the Newark Bears, an Atlantic League baseball team. This stop will provide service to the stadium on game days and possibly other scheduled events, but for non-game days riders can use the nearby Broad Street and Washington Park stations.