Warren Street/NJIT station

Warren Street/NJIT station is one of four underground stations on the Newark City Subway Line of the Newark Light Rail. It is the furthest station from Downtown Newark that is underground. The station is owned and service is operated by New Jersey Transit. The station has entrances on both sides of Lock Street, just north of Warren Street in University Heights. It is decorated with beige tiles and colored tiles for borders, mosaics and street indicator signs. This station is not wheelchair accessible.

Warren Street/NJIT
Warren Street/NJIT station in March 2015
General information
LocationLock Street at Warren Street
Newark, New Jersey
Coordinates40°44′33″N 74°10′53″W
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport NJ Transit Bus: 71, 73, 79
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleNo
Other information
Station code30768[1]
History
OpenedMay 26, 1935 (May 26, 1935)[2]
Rebuilt2011
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Norfolk Street
toward Grove Street
 Grove Street – Newark Penn Washington Street
toward Newark Penn Station

History

In 1910, the Public Service Railway planned to build two subway lines meeting at Broad Street (now Military Park). In 1929 construction began on the east-west subway line (#7), now the Newark Light Rail, which was built in the old Morris Canal bed with Raymond Boulevard built over it, and service started on the line on May 26, 1935, operated by the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey. Additionally, the station contained a connection to the Main Street line until March 30, 1952 when the route was converted into bus route #21.[3]

On March 7, 2011, the station's name was officially changed from Warren Street to Warren Street/NJIT with the help of New Jersey Institute of Technology and its students who initiated (and paid for) the name-change/makeover project.[4]

Notable places nearby

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:

References
  1. "Newark Light Rail" (PDF) (Map). NJ Transit. September 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  2. "Commuters Hail Newark Subway". The Asbury Park Evening Press. May 27, 1935. p. 17. Retrieved January 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. "Station Reporter; Newark City Subway, including old map". Archived from the original on 2015-01-23. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
  4. Heyboer, Kelly (March 4, 2011). "Warren Street stop on Newark Subway line to get $40K makeover with help of NJIT student". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved March 5, 2011.


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