Branch Brook Park station
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Silver Lake toward Grove Street | Grove Street – Newark Penn | Davenport Avenue toward Newark Penn Station |
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Branch Brook Park station is a light rail station in the Forest Hill neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey. The station services trains of the Newark Light Rail, operated by NJ Transit and is the last in the city of Newark heading westbound. The next station to the west is Silver Lake in Belleville. The next station to the south is Davenport Avenue. Branch Brook Park operates as an intermodal transportation hub, with two platforms for the light rail, one side platform and one island platform. There is also a third platform for bus services.
The station is located on the site of the original Newark City Subway streetcar loop and station known as Franklin Avenue. In 2001, NJ Transit replaced the loop, Franklin Avenue station and the nearby Heller Parkway station into one straight facility known as Branch Brook Park, named after the nearby park.
History
Heller Parkway
Heller Parkway station was originally opened on May 26, 1935,[3] and was the northern terminus of the Newark City Subway system until 1940 when North Sixth Street station was built. Heller Parkway station continued to operate until June 21, 2002. Access to the Heller Parkway bridge is available through a long ramp between the bridge and the south end of one of the platforms.
Franklin Avenue
Originally known as North Sixth Street Newark City Subway station, it was built in 1940. Later as the turning loop was built, the station was moved closer to Anthony Street and named Franklin Avenue NCS station in 1953. When New Jersey Transit replaced the PCC cars with longer and more modern Kinki Sharyo light rail vehicles, Franklin Avenue station was closed on August 25, 2001, and replaced with an elongated ramp leading to the current station.
References
- ^ "Branch Brook Park Light Rail Station". NJ Transit. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ "Newark Light Rail" (PDF) (Map). NJ Transit. September 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- ^ "Commuters Hail Newark Subway". The Asbury Park Evening Press. May 27, 1935. p. 17. Retrieved January 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- Heller Parkway entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Branch Brook Park and former Franklin Avenue and Heller Parkway stations (WorldNYCSubway.org)
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- 8th Street
- 22nd Street
- 34th Street
- 45th Street
- Danforth Avenue
- Richard Street
- Liberty State Park
- Jersey Avenue
- Marin Boulevard
- Essex Street
- Exchange Place
- Harborside
- Harsimus Cove
- Newport
- Hoboken
West Side Avenue Branch | |
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Tonnelle Avenue Branch |
- Newark Penn Station
- Military Park
- Washington Street
- Warren Street/NJIT
- Norfolk Street
- Orange Street
- Park Avenue
- Bloomfield Avenue
- Davenport Avenue
- Heller Parkway (closed)
- Branch Brook Park
- Silver Lake
- Grove Street
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- Trenton
- Hamilton Avenue
- Cass Street
- Bordentown
- Roebling
- Florence
- Burlington Towne Centre
- Burlington South
- Beverly/Edgewater Park
- Delanco
- Riverside
- Cinnaminson
- Riverton
- Palmyra
- Pennsauken–Route 73
- Pennsauken Transit Center
- 36th Street
- Walter Rand Transportation Center
- Cooper Street–Rutgers University
- Aquarium
- Entertainment Center
- Category
- Commons
Italics denote closed stations, stations under construction, and unused line segments.