Branch Brook Park station is a

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in the Forest Hill neighborhood of

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. The station services trains of the

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, operated by

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and is the last in the city of Newark heading westbound. The next station to the west is

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in Belleville. The next station to the south is Davenport Avenue. Branch Brook Park operates as an intermodal transportation hub, with two platforms for the light rail, one

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and one

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. There is also a third platform for bus services. The station is located on the site of the original Newark City Subway streetcar loop and station known as Franklin Avenue. In 2001, NJ Transit replaced the loop, Franklin Avenue station and the nearby Heller Parkway station into one straight facility known as Branch Brook Park, named after the nearby

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History

Heller Parkway

Heller Parkway station was originally opened on May 26, 1935, and was the northern terminus of the

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system until 1940 when North Sixth Street station was built. Heller Parkway station continued to operate until June 21, 2002. Access to the Heller Parkway bridge is available through a long ramp between the bridge and the south end of one of the platforms.

Franklin Avenue

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Originally known as North Sixth Street Newark City Subway station, it was built in 1940. Later as the turning loop was built, the station was moved closer to Anthony Street and named Franklin Avenue NCS station in 1953. When New Jersey Transit replaced the PCC cars with longer and more modern

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light rail vehicles, Franklin Avenue station was closed on August 25, 2001, and replaced with an elongated ramp leading to the current station.

References

External links

Heller Parkway entrance from Google Maps Street View

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