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| The '''Lafayette Street Terminal''' was a railroad train terminal on Broad Street in downtown ]. It was operated by the ] (CNJ). |
The '''Lafayette Street Terminal''' was a railroad train terminal on Broad Street in downtown ]. It was operated by the ] (CNJ). On July 23, 1869, the ] opened as a short distance connector from downtown Newark to the CNJ's main Jersey City terminal. 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> | ||
| After a boat collision with the ] service to Communipaw Terminal ended in 1946. It became obsolete in 1967 when the ] channeled passenger railroad traffic away from the railroad's Communipaw Terminal to ] in ]. | |||
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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). On July 23, 1869, the Newark and New York Railroad opened as a short distance connector from downtown Newark to the CNJ's main Jersey City terminal. Three years later a connector south to the CNJ's Elizabethport station opened.
After a boat collision with the Hackensack Drawbridge service to Communipaw Terminal ended in 1946. It became obsolete in 1967 when the Aldene Connection channeled passenger railroad traffic away from the railroad's Communipaw Terminal to Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, New Jersey.
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- Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey Central Railroad http://www.r2parks.net/CNJ.html