Military Park
 next stop to theleft Washington Street 
 next stop to theright Penn Station 
Home<New Jersey<Newark City Subway<Military Park
Broad

Military Park (named Broad Street until it was renamed in 2004 to avoid confusion with the soon be open downtown Light Rail Line to the Newark Broad Street Train Station itself) was the original terminus of the Newark City Subway when it opened on May 26, 1935. The station originally served the Public Service Terminal, a major three level streetcar and later bus terminal in downtown Newark. There is still blue directional sign text for it (partially obscured by some information panels).

The underground station has two side platforms for the two track trolley line. These each have cream colored walls with a blue trimline that has a narrow green border and is interrupted by Broad written in the trimline in white text on blue. The trimline has a number of WPA-era murals that depict the building of the Morris Canal and are also found at the other 3 nearby stations. The platforms are much longer than they need to be for today's LRVs and the ends are fenced off or have fenced off corridors along the walls of the platform to serve the two entrances each platform has. The outbound platform has a fence running down the middle of it with the remains of fare boxes and narrow entrances for in station fare collection when the station originally opened long before the Newark Light Rail became POP in 1999 (passengers used to pay when boarding the PCCs). The inbound platform lacks this fencing and just has TVMs and POP validators directly on the platform.

Each platform has two exits. Towards western end of the platforms; the outbound side has staircases that lead up past white cinderblock walls to an entrance inside a storefront (with glass doors) along Raymond Blvd just west of Broad Street. The Penn Station-bound platform has a black streetstair, with white globes that say City Subway at the SW corner of this intersection. The other eastern exits are reversed, the outbound platform has a streetstair up to the southern corner of Military Park (the NE corner of Park Place, that meets Broad Street at a 5-way intersection here) and the Penn Station, inbound platform has an entrance in the building across the street tucked away next to a shoeshine.
Photos 1-11: 8 August, 2006, 12-59: 22 October, 2012

Page 1|Page 2|Page 3
militarypark1
A sign on the street with the direction of the Military Park Station, as well as Broad Street
militarypark2
A subway entrance to Military Park with the park itself behind it
militarypark3
A military Park Station sign at a storefront entrance for cars to Penn Station
militarypark4
Looking down a staircase at a storefront entrance to Military Park for Cars to Penn Station
militarypark5
'Broad' is still engraved in the trim on towards the top of the platform walls
militarypark6
A WPA Mural
militarypark7
Looking down by a gated area towards the center of the platform at Broad Street
militarypark8
An open section of the platform at Broad Street that isn't fenced off
militarypark9
Looking across to the outbound platform and the old fare gates that have stayed in place at Military Park
militarypark10
Looking across the tracks at Military Park
militarypark11
Another mosaic of people bathing in the trim
militarypark12
The Broad signs in the trim haven't been replaced
militarypark13
militarypark14
A hanging Military Park sign
militarypark15
Bathing in the canal
militarypark16
East or West side of Broad St
militarypark17
Sign to purchase tickets first
militarypark18
Exit sign
militarypark19
militarypark20
Another WPA mural
Page 1|Page 2|Page 3
Home<New Jersey<Newark City Subway<Military Park
New Jersey Transit

Last Updated: 6 December, 2013
This website is not allifiated with New Jersey Transit, their official website is here
This Website is maintained and copyright © 2004-2024, Jeremiah Cox. This website is not affiliated with any transit provider. Please do not remote link images or copy them from this website without permission.