Branch Brook Park station

The Branch Brook Park station is a station located at Anthony Place (formerly North Fifth Street) north of Heller Parkway on the Newark City Subway Line of the Newark Light Rail. This station was opened in 2001 to replace a previous streetcar loop at this stop, then called Franklin Avenue station to allow for longer vehicles to be used that replaced the PCC streetcars that previously ran the line,[1] and also replaced the now-shuttered Heller Parkway station. The station was named for Branch Brook Park and is the northernmost Newark Light Rail station along the west side of the park.

Branch Brook Park
Branch Brook Park station in April 2015 from the ramp to Heller Parkway.
LocationAnthony Place
(formerly North 5th Street)
Newark, New Jersey
Coordinates40.7797°N 74.1748°W / 40.7797; -74.1748
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections NJT Bus: 27
(on Heller Parkway)
74, 90, 92, 93
(directly at the station)
Construction
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened2001
Electrified750 V (DC) overhead lines
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Silver Lake
toward Grove Street
 Grove Street – Newark Penn Davenport Avenue
toward Newark Penn Station

Prior to the opening of the line to Grove Street in Bloomfield, this stop was the final stop on the Newark City Subway Line. Some rush hour service still terminates here on a tail track north of the station. An 80 space park and ride lot is located one block from the station.

History

Heller Parkway
Heller Parkway station in February 2015 with all facilities intact

Heller Parkway station was originally opened on May 26, 1935,[2] 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
A former Route #7 PCC Streetcar at Franklin Avenue station in 1985.

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
  1. Newark City Subway's PCC Retirement Announcement poster, at Branch Brook Park (NYCSubway.org)
  2. "Commuters Hail Newark Subway". The Asbury Park Evening Press. May 27, 1935. p. 17. Retrieved January 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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