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| The '''Lafayette Street Terminal''' was a railroad train terminal on Broad Street in downtown ]. It was operated by the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ). It became obsolete in 1967 when the ] channeled passenger railroad traffic from the railroad's ] in ] to ] in ]. | The '''Lafayette Street Terminal''' was a railroad train terminal on Broad Street in downtown ]. It was operated by the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ). It became obsolete in 1967 when the ] channeled passenger railroad traffic from the railroad's ] in ] to ] in ]. On July 23, 1869, the Newark and New York Railroad opened as a short distance connector from central Newark to the CNJ's main terminal in 1869. Three years later a connector south to the CNJ's Elizabethport station opened.<ref>Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey Central Railroad http://www.r2parks.net/CNJ.html</ref> | ||
| The CNJ had service going to ] over a line whose remnant is now the ]. Additional service from this station was a line that followed the Raritan Valley Line, then branching southwest at ] and heading to ] and southeastern Pennsylvania. | |||
| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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The Lafayette Street Terminal was a railroad train terminal on Broad Street in downtown Newark, New Jersey. It was operated by the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ). It became obsolete in 1967 when the Aldene Connection channeled passenger railroad traffic from the railroad's Communipaw Terminal in Jersey City to Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, New Jersey. On July 23, 1869, the Newark and New York Railroad opened as a short distance connector from central Newark to the CNJ's main terminal in 1869. Three years later a connector south to the CNJ's Elizabethport station opened.
External links
- Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey Central Railroad http://www.r2parks.net/CNJ.html