Washington Park (NLR station)

Washington Park

Location

Bridge Street and Lombardy Street
Newark, NJ

Coordinates

40°44′37.95″N 74°10′12.27″W / 40.7438750°N 74.1700750°WCoordinates: 40°44′37.95″N 74°10′12.27″W / 40.7438750°N 74.1700750°W

Owned by

New Jersey Transit

Line(s)

Broad Street – Newark Penn

Platforms

1 side platform

Tracks

Connections

NJT Bus: 11, 13, 27, 28, 29, 39, 41, 42, 43, 59, 65, and 66

Construction

Disabled access

Yes

Other information

Fare zone

Electrified

750V (DC) Overhead lines

Services

Preceding station		Newark Light Rail		Following station
NJPAC/Center Street toward Newark Penn Station		Broad Street – Newark Penn		Broad Street Station One-way operation

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.^[1]

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 and the Polhemus house. The station is above ground, as is most of the NLR second 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 Station 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.^[2]

Washington Park (NLR station)

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