Park Place station (Hudson and Manhattan Railroad)

Park Place
Park Place station on a 1914 postcard
General information
LocationPark Place and Centre Street
Newark, New Jersey
Coordinates40°44′23″N 74°10′04″W / 40.739746°N 74.16769°W / 40.739746; -74.16769 (Park Place)
Line(s)Park Place – Hudson Terminal
ConnectionsNewark Public Service Terminal
History
Opened1911
Closed1937 (demolished)
Former services
Preceding station Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Following station
Terminus Park Place – Hudson Terminal Harrison
Location
Map

Park Place was a terminal of the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad (H&M) located at the intersection of Park Place and Centre Street in Newark, New Jersey, across the street from Military Park nearby Newark Public Service Terminal. The terminal opened on November 26, 1911, after the H&M extended its line westward from Grove Street in Jersey City to Summit Avenue, Manhattan Transfer, and over the Centre Street Bridge to Newark. The terminal closed on June 20, 1937, after the H&M tracks were realigned to serve the new Newark Penn Station.[1][2]

The H&M was taken over by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in 1962, the system becoming the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH). The New Jersey Performing Arts Center is sited on the location of the terminal adjacent to the Newark Light Rail's NJPAC/Center Street station.

  1. ^ "New Station Open For Hudson Tubes" (PDF). New York Times. June 20, 1937. Retrieved February 25, 2011.
  2. ^ "New Short Line To Newark Completed" (PDF). New York Times. November 19, 1911. pp. XX2. Retrieved March 13, 2009.