Editing Newark Light Rail (section)

==Broad Street Extension==
[[File:NLRSendintheClowns.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|Lyrics to "[[Send in the Clowns]]", part of the tribute to Sarah Vaughan built into every station along this line]]
The Broad Street Extension is the second segment of the Newark Light Rail. It was planned as the first phase of the [[Newark-Elizabeth Rail Link]]. The line is {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}} long and connects Newark Penn Station to [[Newark Broad Street Station|Broad Street Station]]. It branches off the older City Subway using the existing junction that had led to the [[Newark Public Service Terminal|Public Service terminal]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/18/nyregion/paths-transit-once-forgotten-bound-for-duty-sealed-tunnels-unearthed-for-rail.html|title=Paths of Transit: Once Forgotten, Bound for Duty; Sealed Tunnels Unearthed for Rail System in Newark|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 18, 2000|last1=Jacobs|first1=Andrew}}</ref>

A new tunnel leads from the junction to a portal about two blocks north. The remaining section runs above ground. For a few blocks, the two tracks run on different streets a block or two apart. Both tracks serve the [[New Jersey Performing Arts Center]] at Center Street. The outbound track makes stops at [[Atlantic Street station|Atlantic Street]] and at the Riverfront Square development (formerly a baseball stadium) at the [[Riverfront Stadium station]]. The inbound track makes a stop at [[Washington Park station (Newark Light Rail)|Washington Park]]. The extension opened on July 17, 2006.<ref name="BroadSt-ext" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Capital Improvement Program – System Expansion Projects – Extension of the Newark Light Rail (NLR) to Newark Broad Street Station |publisher=NJ Transit |url=http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=Project005To |date=August 2006 |access-date=August 7, 2013}}</ref><ref name=opening>{{cite web |url=http://www.njtransit.com/sa_travel_alerts.jsp#32301 |title=NJ TRANSIT OFFICIALS, CUSTOMERS, TROLLEY ENTHUSIASTS SAY GOODBYE TO NEWARK CITY SUBWAY'S PCC CARS – New Light Rail Vehicles to Begin Service August 27 |author=Klufas, Michael |access-date=September 6, 2015 |date=August 24, 2001 |publisher=NJ Transit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184551/http://www.njtransit.com/nn_press_release.jsp?PRESS_RELEASE_ID=323 |archive-date=September 30, 2007}} Press Release 323.</ref>

Construction began in 2002 with an estimated cost of $207.7 million, or about $40,000 per foot of track;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.njtransit.com/an_cp_project005.shtml |title=Extension of the Newark Light Rail (NLR) to Newark Broad Street Station |author=NJ TRANSIT Department of Capital Planning and Programs |access-date=September 6, 2015 |publisher=NJ Transit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617074049/http://www.njtransit.com/an_cp_project005.shtml |archive-date=June 17, 2009}} Project 005.</ref> it was completed within budget.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.njtransit.com/nn_press_release.jsp?PRESS_RELEASE_ID=2246 |title=NEWARK LIGHT RAIL OPENS TO SUPPORT CITY'S ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION – Connects Newark's two train stations through business district |author=Stessel, Dan |access-date=September 6, 2015 |date=July 17, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927233949/http://www.njtransit.com/nn_press_release.jsp?PRESS_RELEASE_ID=2246 |archive-date=September 27, 2007}} Press Release NJT-06-092, ID 2246.</ref> Projections were for 4,000 average weekday boardings after one year, growing to about 7,000 in 2010. Actual weekday boardings in 2010 for both Newark Light Rail lines combined were reported at 9,000.<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/var/var_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=SurveyLRail2To New Jersey Transit]. Njtransit.com. Retrieved on June 23, 2014.</ref>

The art work at the new stations has a common theme, "Riding with Sarah and Wayne". It is a tribute to Newark-born jazz greats [[Sarah Vaughan]] and [[Wayne Shorter]], and includes the lyrics to Vaughan's signature song, "[[Send in the Clowns]]", and colored bricks representing the music notes.

The Broad Street Extension was intended to ease connections between Newark's two rail stations. The two separate stations are a legacy of their roots in two separate railroads. Broad Street Station was once owned by the Lackawanna Railroad and its successor, the [[Erie Lackawanna Railway]], while Penn Station was built and owned by the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]. Previously, passengers wanting to transfer between Amtrak and the former PRR/[[Conrail]] commuter lines and the former (Erie) Lackawanna commuter lines had to make their own way (usually by taxi or bus) between the two stations.