Editing Newark Light Rail (section)

{{Short description|Light rail system in New Jersey}}
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{{Infobox rail line
| name                            = Newark Light Rail
| logo                            = NewarkLightRail.svg
| logo_width                      = 200px
| image                           = New Jersey Transit Newark Light Rail Kinkisharyo104.jpg
| caption                         = A Newark Light Rail train crosses Broad Street by [[Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium]] in [[Newark, New Jersey]]
| system                          = [[New Jersey Transit]]
| type                            = [[Light rail]]
| locale                          = [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex County]]
| start                           = [[Pennsylvania Station (Newark)|Newark Penn Station]]
| end                             = [[Grove Street (NCS station)|Grove Street]] (City Subway Line)<br>[[Broad Street Station (Newark)|Newark Broad Street]] (Broad Street Extension)
| stations                        = 17
| routes                          = 2
| ridership2                      = 5,431,305<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.njtransit.com/AdminTemp/FactsAtaGlance_2019.pdf | title = NJ Transit Facts At a Glance Fiscal Year 2019 | publisher = NJ Transit | date = July 2018 | access-date = November 5, 2019 | archive-date = November 26, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191126071745/https://www.njtransit.com/AdminTemp/FactsAtaGlance_2019.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref>
| website                         = {{URL|https://njtransit.com}}
| open                            = May 26, 1935 (City Subway)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey_Light_Rail/City_Subway|title=world.nycsubway.org: Newark, New Jersey Light Rail/City Subway|work=nycsubway.org|author1=Pirmann, David |author2=Darlington, Peggy |name-list-style=amp |date=2012|publisher=David Pirmann}}</ref><br>July 17, 2006 (Broad Street Extension)<ref name="BroadSt-ext">{{cite web | title = Newark light rail set to open july 17 | publisher = NJ Transit | url = http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=2235 | date = June 22, 2006 | access-date = August 7, 2013 | archive-date = May 21, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130521155137/http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=2235 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
| close                           =
| owner                           = [[New Jersey Transit]]
| operator                        = [[New Jersey Transit Bus Operations]]
| character                       =
| stock                           = 21 Kinki Sharyo LRVs
| linelength                      = {{convert|6.2|mi|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="NJTransit-FactsAtAGlance">{{cite web | url = http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/FactsAtaGlance.pdf | title = NJ Transit Facts At a Glance Fiscal Year 2014 | publisher = NJ Transit | date = March 2015 | access-date = April 2, 2015 | archive-date = September 6, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150906064945/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/FactsAtaGlance.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref>
| tracklength                     =
| tracks                          =
| gauge                           = {{RailGauge|ussg|allk=on}}
| minradius                       = {{convert|33|ft|m|3|abbr=on}}<ref>[http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/tcrp/tcrp_rpt_02.pdf On line pubs] TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1995]</ref>
| electrification                 = {{750 V DC|conductor=overhead}}
| speed                           = {{convert|50|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}
| map                             = {{switcher
|{{maplink-road|from1=Newark City Subway.map|from2=Broad Street Extension.map}}
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|[[File:NLR Map.png|250px]]
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|{{NLR-map|inline=1}}
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The '''Newark Light Rail''' ('''NLR''') is a [[light rail]] system serving [[Newark, New Jersey]], and surrounding areas, owned by [[New Jersey Transit]] and operated by [[New Jersey Transit Bus Operations|its bus operations division]]. The service consists of two segments, the original '''Newark City Subway''' ('''NCS'''), and the extension to [[Broad Street Station (Newark)|Broad Street station]].<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/LightRail/NLR.pdf
| title = Newark Light Rail
| access-date = September 6, 2015
| date = August 2008
| publisher = New Jersey Transit
| format = PDF map
| archive-date = March 3, 2016
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201836/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/LightRail/NLR.pdf
| url-status = dead
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/LightRail/sf_lr_nlr_map.pdf|title=Newark Light Rail|date=January 2014|publisher=[[New Jersey Transit]]|access-date=September 6, 2015|format=PDF map|archive-date=July 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724005700/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/LightRail/sf_lr_nlr_map.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The City Subway opened on May 26, 1935, while the combined Newark Light Rail service was officially inaugurated on July 17, 2006.<ref name="BroadSt-ext" />