Riverfront Stadium station
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Riverfront Stadium | |||||||||||
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| Location | Atlantic Street and Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°44′44″N 74°10′09″W / 40.7456°N 74.1692°WCoordinates: 40°44′44″N 74°10′09″W / 40.7456°N 74.1692°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  NJT Bus: 11, 13, 27, 28, 29, 39, 43, 72, 76, 78(northbound only) | ||||||||||
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| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | July 17, 2006[1] | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 750 V (DC) overhead lines | ||||||||||
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Riverfront Stadium is a light rail station in the Washington Park section of Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The station is a single low-level platform for trains used by the Newark Light Rail branch to Newark Broad Street station. Riverfront Stadium station is a northbound-only stop, located across Broad Street from the terminus.
The station opened on July 17, 2006 when an extension from Newark Penn Station opened to Broad Street station.[2] Riverfront Stadium station attained its name from the Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, an independent baseball league ballpark. The station was located next to the entrance to Gate C, however, the stadium closed in 2013 and the city razed the stadium in 2019.
References
- ^ "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.