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Not to be confused with Newark Broad Street station.
Newark Broad Street
General information
Location832–836 Broad Street
Newark, New Jersey
USA
Line(s)Newark and New York branch
Distance7.5 miles (12.1 km) from Jersey City
Construction
ArchitectJoseph O. Osgood
Architectural styleBeaux-Arts
Location

Newark Broad Street station was a railway station in Newark, New Jersey. It was the on the western end of the Newark and New York branch of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. The station was approximately 2,500 feet (760 m) west of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Newark Penn Station and 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's Newark Broad Street station, also located on Broad Street. The building was constructed in 1917, replacing an earlier structure. The station closed in 1967 as part of the Aldene Plan. The Prudential Center occupies most of the site, although the facade on Broad Street remains.

Design

Broad Street station was designed by Joseph O. Osgood. It had to fit within a small, urban footprint: the part of the station facing Broad Street was only 40 feet (12 m) wide. The concourse, located behind Broad Street, was 60 by 166 feet (18 m × 51 m). The station had four tracks, and a small freight yard was located to the south, adjacent to Lafayette Street.

History

The Central Railroad of New Jersey established the Newark and New York Railroad in 1866 to construct a branch from Jersey City, New Jersey, to Newark, New Jersey. The 6-mile (9.7 km) line cost a then-exorbitant $300,000/mile. The line was elevated through Newark, with the Newark terminus located on Broad Street "between Fair and Mechanic." Service over the branch began on August 2, 1869.

Notes

  1. Now Lafayette Street and Edison Place, respectively.

Footnotes

  1. Official Guide of the Railways. New York: National Railway Publication Co. March 1945. p. 350. OCLC 6340864.
  2. Komelski (1983), pp. 46–48.
  3. ICC (1929), p. 760.
  4. Schmidt (1948), p. 52.
  5. "Real Estate Notes". New York Daily Herald. April 11, 1869. p. 11. Retrieved December 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ICC (1929), p. 835.

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