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Washington Street (NLR station)

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Owned by
  
New Jersey Transit

Disabled access
  
Yes

Owner
  
NJ Transit

Tracks
  
2

Opened
  
1935

Platforms in use
  
2

Washington Street (NLR station)

Location
  
University Avenue at Washington Street Newark, New Jersey

Connections
  
NJT Bus: 11, 28, 29, 70, 71, 72, 73, 76, 78, and 79

Electrified
  
750 V (DC) Overhead lines

Address
  
Newark, NJ 07102, United States

Line(s)
  
Grove Street – Newark Penn

Similar
  
Warren Street/NJIT, Grove Street, Military Park, Washington Park, Orange Street

Washington Street Station is an underground station on the Newark City Subway Line 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 and Washington Street with a second entrance at University Avenue, both in Downtown Newark. The station serves the western edge of downtown and the University Heights neighborhood. The station was opened in 1935. The station is decorated with beige tiles and colored tiles for borders, mosaics and street indicator signs. Some mosaic street indicators still show the exit for "Plane Street" which is the previous name for University Avenue. This station is wheelchair accessible.

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History

In 1910, the Public Service Corporation planned to build two subway lines meeting at Broad Street (now Military Park). The east-west subway line (#7), which was eventually built in the old Morris Canal bed with Raymond Boulevard built over it. Construction on the line began in 1929 and service starting on the line on May 26, 1935.

Attractions

  • Essex County Courthouse
  • Essex County College
  • Rutgers–Newark
  • Institute of Jazz Studies
  • restaurants and galleries
  • References

    Washington Street (NLR station) Wikipedia