Branch Brook Park (NLR station)

Branch Brook Park
Branch Brook Park station in April 2015 from the ramp to Heller Parkway.
Location	Anthony Place (formerly North 5th Street) Newark, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°46′47″N 74°10′29″W / 40.7797°N 74.1748°WCoordinates: 40°46′47″N 74°10′29″W / 40.7797°N 74.1748°W
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Grove Street – Newark Penn
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 27 (on Heller Parkway) 74, 90, 92, 93 (directly at the station)
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	2001
Electrified	750 V (DC) overhead lines
Services
Preceding station   Newark Light Rail   Following station Silver Lake toward Grove Street Grove Street – Newark Penn Davenport Avenue toward Newark Penn Station

Branch Brook Park Station is a station located at Anthony Place (formerly North Fifth Street) north of Heller Parkway on the Newark City Subway branch of the Newark Light Rail. This station was opened in 2001 to replace a previous streetcar loop at this stop, then called Franklin Avenue Station to allow for longer vehicles to be used that replaced the PCC streetcars that previously ran the line,^[1] and also replaced the now-shuttered Heller Parkway Station The station was named for Branch Brook Park and is the northernmost Newark Light Rail station along the west side of the park.

Prior to the opening of the line to Grove Street in Bloomfield, this stop was the final stop on the Newark City Subway. Some rush hour service still terminates here on a tail track north of the station. An 80 space park and ride lot is located one block from the station.

Heller Parkway station

Heller Parkway station in February 2015 with all facilities intact

Heller Parkway station was originally opened in 1935, 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.

Franklin Avenue station

A former Route #7 PCC Streetcar 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.

References

1. Newark City Subway's PCC Retirement Announcement poster, at Branch Brook Park (NYCSubway.org)

External links

• NJT Newark Light Rail station information page for Branch Brook Park
• Newark Light Rail schedule
• Heller Parkway entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Branch Brook Park and former Franlink Avenue and Heller Parkway stations (WorldNYCSubway.org)