Prospect,Īnd 43-Jersey City car lines the Cedar Street subway was a shortĬonnection to the trolley terminal at the Public Service building

The Cedar Street subway, used by the 13-Broad St., 27-Mt. Between Penn Station and Broad Street, connection to.Locations for streetcars to enter the subway. In 1935, a number of Newark streetcar routes wereĭiverted into the new subway. Northern extension from Heller Parkway to Franklin was completed on Pennsylvania Station was completed and opened June 20, 1937. Street and Heller Parkway, was May 16, 1935. Passenger service, between the original southern terminal at Warren Test car traversed the tracks on October 3, 1934.

Portion was dredged out and overpasses were built at major cross Was covered, creating a new street (Raymond Blvd.), while the outer To become a right-of-way for streetcars, and construction began on In 1927, the Newark portion of the canal was authorized Legislature pushed for the draining and filling of the canal bed. Stagnant waters were a health hazard and the New Jersey state Railroads across New Jersey (specifically the Lackawanna and JerseyĬentral) signed the Morris Canal's death certificate and by 1920, the At its peak it was over 100 miles long and barges took fiveĭays to traverse its entire length. The Newark City Subway was, for the most part,Ĭonstructed in the bed of the Morris Canal, which itself wasīuilt between Jersey City and Phillipsburg, NJ in the periodġ825-1837. 3 Current and Former City Subway Services.

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