Orange Street (NLR station)

Orange Street

Orange Street station south from the street towards Penn Station.
Coordinates 40°45′02″N 74°11′06″W / 40.7506°N 74.1850°W / 40.7506; -74.1850Coordinates: 40°45′02″N 74°11′06″W / 40.7506°N 74.1850°W / 40.7506; -74.1850
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 3
Connections NJT Bus: 71, 73, 79
(see note)
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Electrified 750 V (DC) overhead lines
Services
Preceding station   Newark Light Rail   Following station
toward Grove Street
Grove Street – Newark Penn

Orange Street Station is a surface station on the Newark City Subway Line of the Newark Light Rail system, located on the south side of Orange Street between Duryea and First Streets, at street level. Orange Street station is on the south side of the road across from a bridge over the Lackawanna Main Line (now the NJT Morris & Essex Lines) and another under Interstate 280 near exit 13.

History

Orange Avenue station was originally built by Public Service Corporation of New Jersey on May 26, 1935, and contained a connection to the Main Street line until March 30, 1952 when the route was converted into bus route #21.[1]

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