Riverfront Stadium station
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Riverfront Stadium station is a light rail station in the Washington Park section of Newark, New Jersey, United States. The station is a single low-level platform for trains used by the Newark Light Rail branch to Newark Broad Street station. Riverfront Stadium station is a northbound-only stop, and the site of the former stadium is located across Broad Street from the terminus.
Newark, New Jersey
Riverfront Stadium | |||||||||||
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Newark Light Rail car at Riverfront Stadium station in April 2009 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Atlantic Street and Broad Street Newark, New Jersey | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°44′44″N 74°10′09″W | ||||||||||
| Owner | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
Cycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 30774[2] | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | July 17, 2006[3] | ||||||||||
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| 2025 | 2 (average weekday)[4] | ||||||||||
| Rank | 17 of 17 | ||||||||||
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The station opened on July 17, 2006, when an extension from Newark Penn Station opened to Broad Street station.[5] Riverfront Stadium station attained its name from the Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, an independent baseball league ballpark. The station was located next to the entrance to Gate C; however, the stadium closed in 2013, and the city razed the stadium in 2019.
