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Bloomfield Ave. | |||||||||||
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Location | 310 Bloomfield Avenue Newark, New Jersey | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°45′56″N74°10′48″W / 40.7655°N 74.1799°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | NJ Transit Bus: 11, 28, go28, 29, 72 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Below-grade | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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Station code | 30773 [1] | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | May 26, 1935[2] | ||||||||||
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Bloomfield Avenue station is an open-cut station on the Newark City Subway Line of the Newark Light Rail, located at Bloomfield Avenue on the west side of Branch Brook Park, near its main entrance. Connections are available here for Bloomfield Avenue bus service on four lines for service between Newark and Paterson, Wayne, Montclair, West Caldwell, and Parsippany-Troy Hills. The station has elevators allowing access to passengers with disabilities.
Bloomfield Avenue station was originally built by Public Service Corporation of New Jersey on May 26, 1935, and contained a connection to the Bloomfield Avenue line until March 30, 1952 when the route was converted into bus route no. 29. [3]
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