NJT - Newark City Subway - Front End View - July, 1999
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NEWARK CITY SUBWAY
The line opened in 1935 along the old Morris Canal right-of-way from Broad Street (now known as Military Park) to Heller Parkway (now replaced by the nearby Branch Brook Park station. Only one grade crossing was present on the original subway; the line crosses Orange Street at grade so it can pass over the below-grade Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (now NJT Morristown Line) immediately to the north. The original Newark City Subway line had its own right-of-way and did not share city streets with local traffic, except at the Orange Street grade crossing.
Operation of the complete subway to the newly built Penn Station was delayed until 1937. The terminal below Penn Station has five tracks, two incoming and three outgoing, connected by two loop tracks.
Starting in January 1954, 30 PCC streetcars bought from Twin City Rapid Transit provided all service on the route. They were single-ended, requiring construction of a new turning loop at the Franklin Avenue terminal.
The cars had been built 1946-1949 by the St. Louis Car Company and were sold by TCRT when that system went through a conversion to buses. Four cars were scrapped over the years, and two were sold to Shaker Heights Rapid Transit in 1978.
This video was made in July 1999.
Car 26,seen in this video, is being completely restored by the Baltimore Streetcar Museum.
Rode this thing for 20 years, seems like I remember every nook and cranny. Great trip down memory lane!
Amazing that this is only 22 years ago, yet the trolleys look ancient! And it's interesting to see how the stations have been upgraded and names changed. The line also goes two more stops today in one direction and there is a spur line after downtown Newark with a few more stops.
Yes, the system has been expanded.
Amazing This streetcar so pretty this design
This is a cool subway train. 😊
A trip back in time.
As a retired NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT worker i see the service is so cute and reliable
I agree.
You mean the driver doesn't announce there is train traffic ahead of us ? Ha ha lol
Thanks a bunch! Fantastic! I rode this as a kid with my dad Lord only knows how many times as a kid in the 60’s.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I used to ride the path trains out to Newark just to ride The Newark City Subway as it used to be called. I'm not old enough to remember street cars in New York City so for years this was my first ride on one until I went to Philadelphia.
Nice to ride the City Subway with the PCC cars.
Such a nice rail line. We have one of the cars now in San Francisco running on the F line historical service.
Oh that's right, you have restored PCC's there now.
Would they be in the Public Service paint scheme or the NJ Transit’s?
Since San Francisco paints the PCC's in the paint schemes of the cities that they ran in, it's up to them which paint scheme they choose.
@@barrytrain662 Right. I should remember. It's been close to eight years since I've last been to 'Frisco.
thank you
You're welcome
this trolley my dad tuck me when was 6 yaers old good times
We used to love riding this when we both worked downtown and lived in Forest Hill.
Yes, it was a fun ride.
0:39 Future Newark Light Rail extension to Newark Broad Street Station
Awesome
Thanks.
It should be noted that from its creation in the 1930s until the end of original street running streetcars the city subway was a way that cars reached the city center. If you look carefully you can see ramps to street level where they left the rapid transit line, for example after leaving the NORFOLK STREET station at 3:50 onwards. On inbound side similar ramps lead the incoming cars into subway. The one at Norfolk went to the Oranges, other esimilat at Bloomfield Ave, etc. (At BLOOMFILD AVE the ramp is before the station of that name>)
At end of line where ther is a loop to return the cars, the thrack went to street to go to Nutley.
In 1999 there was except for a grade crossing no street running, but now there is a second short branch leading to former Lackawana line on Broad Street,
I have a few short clips of early City Subway showing a few of the ramps. You can view it at czcams.com/video/wveLJ88rDVU/video.html
Yes! I’ll be riding that train for holy mass at the basilica and then cherry blossoms at branch brook! Not sure if they are in full bloom.
Yes, riding trains can be a religious experience.
Third rail is above the Train! 😄
Hello, I was wondering if I could get permission to use clips from this video? I am working on a documentary about transit proposals in New Jersey and this would be perfect for when I talk about Newark. You will be given full credit in the video of course.
No problem with using a clip from the video. Please let me know when the documentary is available to view. I am looking forward to it. @barrytrain662.
Choo choo! I'm a train and I approve this video! :D
The route of the rail is the Morris Canal
Yrs it is.
Are these tracks still being used?
Yes, the line still exists. New equipment has replaced the PCC cars. And there have been a couple of extensions. Please check Wikipedia for more info,
Is that how a Newark City Subway work in New Jersey? : 0
Yes, in 1999. It still runs today in 2021 with newer equipment and has been expanded.
Today, it’s known as the Newark Light Rail.
Ok,@@barrytrain662
Alright, @@tyrese3745
This doesn’t show up on Google maps is this service still in existence? Thx.
Yes, the line still exists. New equipment has replaced the PCC cars. Please check Wikipedia for more info,
It should now show on Google maps, they recently added NLR and HBLR on the transit layer. They were there before just without lines visible
Did jersey city have these back then
Jersey city did have trolleys but trolley service was eventually abandoned on all lines by the end of the 1940s,
Now, the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail connects residential Bayonne and western Jersey City with Jersey City's Exchange Place and Newport Center, and Hoboken Terminal.
I meant the pcc cars
What about Military Park Station?
The Broad Street station was renamed Military Park in September, 2004.
@@barrytrain662 I have already read in "description". Thank you.
estos tranvias so los que usaban en cdmx
Newark city sounds just new York City
Yes, it does.
When said in the local accent, it doesn't.
It's pronounced "Noork", or "Nūork" by most locals.
Newark, pronounced as "Nü-ark" is a city in Delaware, not New Jersey.
Sorry. I'm in the Chicago area and we have our own accent.