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The '''Cedar Street Subway''' was built by the [[Public Service Corporation]] |
The '''Cedar Street Subway''' was built by the [[Public Service Corporation]] as an entrance to the lower level of the [[Newark Public Service Terminal]]. Starting at street level at Washington Street, it runs down a ramp into a short tunnel extending one block under Cedar Street and across Broad Street. |
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The subway was originally used by streetcars, and later by bus routes. It was closed in 1966. Since the demolition of the Public Service Terminal in 1981, it has ended at a wall |
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== Current events == |
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under Broad Street. |
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A small section of the original Cedar Street Subway tunnel junction is back in service as of [[July 17]], [[2006]], serving the [[Newark Light Rail#Newark Light Rail|Newark Light Rail]], a new light rail line connecting Newark's [[Broad Street Station (Newark)|Broad Street Station]] ([[New Jersey Transit|NJ Transit]]'s [[Morris and Essex Lines|Morris & Essex]] Line Newark station) to [[Pennsylvania Station (Newark)|Newark Penn Station]] (as part of the proposed [[Newark-Elizabeth Rail Link]]). The light rail cars utilize the Cedar Street Subway junction to connect the ''Newark Light Rail'' to the ''[[Newark Light Rail#Newark City Subway|Newark City Subway]]'' briefly before terminating in Newark Penn Station. |
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The Cedar Street Subway itself, which runs west from the underground junction, remains abandoned. |
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Revision as of 02:37, 23 August 2008
The Cedar Street Subway was built by the Public Service Corporation as an entrance to the lower level of the Newark Public Service Terminal. Starting at street level at Washington Street, it runs down a ramp into a short tunnel extending one block under Cedar Street and across Broad Street.
The subway was originally used by streetcars, and later by bus routes. It was closed in 1966. Since the demolition of the Public Service Terminal in 1981, it has ended at a wall under Broad Street.