Bloomfield Avenue station
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Bloomfield Avenue | |||||||||||
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Location | 310 Bloomfield Avenue Newark, New Jersey | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°45′56″N 74°10′48″W / 40.7655°N 74.1799°WCoordinates: 40°45′56″N 74°10′48″W / 40.7655°N 74.1799°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | NJT Bus: 11, 28, 29, 72 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | May 26, 1935[1] | ||||||||||
Electrified | 750 V (DC) overhead lines | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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The Bloomfield Avenue station is an open-cut station on the Newark City Subway Line of the Newark Light Rail, located at Bloomfield Avenue on the west side of Branch Brook Park, near its main entrance. Connections are available here for Bloomfield Avenue bus service on four lines for service between Newark and Paterson, Wayne, Montclair, West Caldwell, and Parsippany-Troy Hills. The station has elevators for handicapped passengers.
History[]
Bloomfield Avenue station was originally built by Public Service Corporation of New Jersey on May 26, 1935, and contained a connection to the Bloomfield Avenue line until March 30, 1952 when the route was converted into bus route no. 29.[2]
Transfers[]
- New Jersey Transit buses: 11, 28, 29, 72
References[]
- ^ "Commuters Hail Newark Subway". The Asbury Park Evening Press. May 27, 1935. p. 17. Retrieved January 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Station Reporter; Newark City Subway, including old map". Archived from the original on 2015-01-23. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
External links[]
Categories:
- Newark Light Rail stations
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1935
- 1935 establishments in New Jersey
- United States light rail stubs
- New Jersey railway station stubs