Harriet Tubman Square station (formerly Washington Park) is a light rail station on the Newark Light Rail's Broad Street Extension. It is located in Downtown Newark, New Jersey, United States, on the southbound side of Broad Street between Bridge and Lombardy Streets adjacent to Washington Park. The station only serves trains in the southbound direction, the nearby Atlantic Street station is served by northbound trains. 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.
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 Harriet Tubman Square station (signage still has prior name of Washington Park station) | |||||||||||
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| Location | Broad Street and Bridge Street Newark, New Jersey | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°44′37.95″N 74°10′12.27″W / 40.7438750°N 74.1700750°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  NJ Transit Bus: 1, 11, 13, 27, 28, go28, 29, 30, 41, 59, 76, 378[1] | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes[2] | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 30776[3] | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | July 17, 2006[4] | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Washington Park | ||||||||||
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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, Rutgers Business School and the Polhemus house. The station is above ground, as is most of the second NLR 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 and Newark Penn Station. Service on this line opened on July 17, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. EDT.[5]
The station also features two installations of public art by Willie Cole, a native Newarker and African American conceptual and visual artist.[6]
References edit
- ^ "Broad Street Station Area" (PDF) (Map). NJ Transit. August 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- ^ "Harriet Tubman Square Station". NJ Transit. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- ^ "Newark Light Rail" (PDF) (Map). NJ Transit. September 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- ^ "Broad Street Extension of Newark Light Rail Celebrates 10 Years". New Jersey Transit (Press release). Newark, New Jersey. July 18, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
- ^ New Jersey Transit Travel Alert announcing opening of Newark Light Rail Extended service.
- ^ WASHINGTON PARK STATION; NEWARK, NEW JERSEY