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The 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.

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Norfolk Street
General information
Location	Norfolk Street & Clifton Avenue Newark, New Jersey
Coordinates	40.7453°N 74.1830°W / 40.7453; -74.1830
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 99 ONE Bus: 24, 44
History
Opened	May 26, 1935[1]
Electrified	750 V (DC) overhead lines
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Orange Street toward Grove Street Grove Street – Newark Penn Warren Street/NJIT toward Newark Penn Station

History

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.[2]

Vicinity

Institutions near the station include Science Park High School, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, the New Jersey Medical School, the New Jersey Dental School, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the School of Health Related Professions, and the School of Nursing. The historic, and now abandoned, Essex County Jail is adjacent to the station.

References

External links

• Norfolk Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Newark Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

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