Branch Brook Park station

{{Infobox station

| name = Branch Brook Park

| style = NJ Transit

| style2 = Newark Light Rail green

| image = Branch Brook Park Station - April 2015.jpg

| image_caption = Branch Brook Park station in April 2015 from the ramp to Heller Parkway

| address = North 5th Street & Anthony Street

| borough = Newark, New Jersey

| coordinates = {{coord|40.7797|-74.1748|display=inline,title|format=dms|type:railwaystation_region:US-NJ}}

| owned = New Jersey Transit

| platform = 1 island platform, 1 side platform

| tracks = 2

| bus_stands = 5

| connections = {{bus icon}} NJ Transit Bus: {{NJ bus link|27|74|90|92|99}}

| structure = Below grade

| parking = 112 spaces{{Cite web |title=Branch Brook Park Light Rail Station |url=https://www.njtransit.com/station/branch-brook-park-light-rail-station |access-date=July 5, 2023 |website=NJ Transit |language=en-US}}

| bicycle = Yes

| accessible = Yes

| code = 30762{{Cite map |date=September 2022 |title=Newark Light Rail |url=https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/maps/NLR_100622_FINAL_Web.pdf |access-date=July 6, 2023 |website=NJ Transit}}

| zone =

| opened = {{Start date|1935|05|26}}

| rebuilt = 1940, 1953, 2001

| former = Franklin Avenue, Heller Parkway

| pass_year =

| passengers =

| pass_percent =

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=NJ Transit|line=Grove Street|left=Silver Lake|right=Davenport Avenue}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-light |marker-color={{rcr|NJ Transit|Grove Street}} |zoom=14 }}

}}

Branch Brook Park station is a light rail station in the Forest Hill neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey. The station services trains of the Newark Light Rail, operated by NJ Transit and is the last in the city of Newark heading westbound. The next station to the west is Silver Lake in Belleville. The next station to the south is Davenport Avenue. Branch Brook Park operates as an intermodal transportation hub, with two platforms for the light rail, one side platform and one island platform. There is also a third platform for bus services.

The station is located on the site of the original Newark City Subway streetcar loop and station known as Franklin Avenue. In 2001, NJ Transit replaced the loop, Franklin Avenue station and the nearby Heller Parkway station into one straight facility known as Branch Brook Park, named after the nearby park.

History

= Heller Parkway =

File:Heller Parkway Station - Feb 2015.jpg

Heller Parkway station was originally opened on May 26, 1935,{{cite news |title=Commuters Hail Newark Subway |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42284440/newark_subway_may_27_1935/ |accessdate=January 14, 2020 |work=The Asbury Park Evening Press |date=May 27, 1935 |page=17|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}} 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.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

= Franklin Avenue =

File:NJT 28 At Franklin TCR 417 Aprik 1985 - Flickr - drewj1946.jpg 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.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

References

External links

[https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.778421,-74.17516&spn=0.003843,0.013679&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.778451,-74.17526&panoid=sCivaZD9hNF62lGTSA5XeQ&cbp=12,36.14,,0,1.54 Heller Parkway entrance from Google Maps Street View]
[http://nycsubway.org/perl/showpix?nsta=29120 Branch Brook Park] and former [http://nycsubway.org/perl/showpix?nsta=29122 Franklin Avenue] and [http://nycsubway.org/perl/showpix?nsta=29118 Heller Parkway stations] (WorldNYCSubway.org)

Category:Newark Light Rail stations

Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 2001

Category:2001 establishments in New Jersey