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Norfolk Street
Norfolk Street
	Norfolk Street station as seen from overpass
General information
Location	Norfolk Street & Bond Street; Newark, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°44′43″N 74°10′59″W / 40.7453°N 74.1830°W
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJ Transit Bus: 99; ONE Bus: 24, 44;
Construction
Structure type	Below grade
Accessible	No
Other information
Station code	30767
History
Opened	May 26, 1935
Services

Norfolk Street station is an open-cut station on the Newark City Subway Line of the Newark Light Rail, and the first following the line leaving the Raymond Boulevard tunnel. It is located on Norfolk Street just south of Central Avenue in University Heights.

History edit

Norfolk Street station was originally built by Public Service Corporation of New Jersey on May 26, 1935, and contained a connection to the Central Avenue line until December 14, 1947 when the route was converted into bus route #23.^[3]

Notable places nearby edit

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

References edit

^ "Newark Light Rail" (PDF) (Map). NJ Transit. September 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
^ "Commuters Hail Newark Subway". The Asbury Park Evening Press. May 27, 1935. p. 17. Retrieved January 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Station Reporter; Newark City Subway, including old map Archived 2015-01-23 at the Wayback Machine