NJPAC/Center Street station

NJPAC/Center Street
The station as seen from the north side of Center Street
Location	McCarter Highway Route 21 and Center Street Newark, NJ
Coordinates	40°44′22″N 74°09′56″W / 40.7395°N 74.1655°W / 40.7395; -74.1655Coordinates: 40°44′22″N 74°09′56″W / 40.7395°N 74.1655°W / 40.7395; -74.1655
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	July 17, 2006[1]
Electrified	750 V (DC) overhead lines
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Newark Penn Station Terminus Broad Street – Newark Penn Atlantic Street toward Newark Broad Street Washington Park One-way operation

The NJPAC/Center Street 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.^[2]

It is located in Downtown Newark, New Jersey, on the south west corner of the McCarter Highway and Center Street at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center at the northern end of Military Park. The station is above ground, as is the rest of the line to the north. To the south, after crossing Center Street, the train enters a tunnel to the underground station at Newark Penn Station. NJPAC/Center Street is the southernmost station on this line, which links two of Newark's three train stations. To the south of Center Street is Newark Penn Station and to the north is Broad Street Station with stops at Atlantic Street and Riverfront Stadium on game days. Riding southbound the train leaves Broad Street and stops at Washington Park, NJPAC/Center Street, and Penn Station.

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• Station from Center Street from Google Maps Street View

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