Warren Street/NJIT station

Warren Street/NJIT station is one of four underground stations on the Newark City Subway Line of the Newark Light Rail. It is the furthest station from Downtown Newark that is underground. The station is owned and service is operated by New Jersey Transit. The station has entrances on both sides of Lock Street, just north of Warren Street in University Heights. It is decorated with beige tiles and colored tiles for borders, mosaics and street indicator signs. This station is not wheelchair accessible.

Warren St./NJIT
Warren Street/NJIT station in March 2015
General information
Location	Lock Street at Warren Street Newark, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°44′33″N 74°10′53″W
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJ Transit Bus: 71, 73, 79
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	No
Other information
Station code	30768
History
Opened	May 26, 1935 (May 26, 1935)
Rebuilt	2011
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Norfolk Street toward Grove Street Grove Street – Newark Penn Washington Street toward Newark Penn Station
Location

History

In 1910, the Public Service Railway planned to build two subway lines meeting at Broad Street (now Military Park). In 1929 construction began on the east-west subway line (#7), now the Newark Light Rail, which was built in the old Morris Canal bed with Raymond Boulevard built over it, and service started on the line on May 26, 1935, operated by the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey. Additionally, the station contained a connection to the Main Street line until March 30, 1952 when the route was converted into bus route #21.

On March 7, 2011, the station's name was officially changed from Warren Street to Warren Street/NJIT with the help of New Jersey Institute of Technology and its students who initiated (and paid for) the name-change/makeover project.

Notable places nearby

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

• New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
• Essex County College (ECC)
• Rutgers University–Newark

External links

• Warren Street entrance from Google Maps Street View