Washington Park Station is served by cars for Penn Station only. The station is located on along the west side of Broad Street, and has a sidewalk platform on the west side of the single track, where the sidewalk simply raises up to the Newark Light Rail Half-High platform height.The platform is directly alongside Washington Park between Lombardy Street (that trains curve onto) and Washington Street that becomes Bridge Street at the intersection. The station has a similar design to it's Broad Street-bound sister station Atlantic Street a block away. Parallelism to the Light Rail platform on the other side of it a low fence separates another bus platform for southbound buses. Blue letters spell out Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall. The platform accommodates two bus stops each with a canopy similar to those on the light rail platform.
The platform and edge of the sidewalk has red box with that forms a line of lighting. A Canopy is towards the southern end of the platform (smack in the middle of its block). It is slightly angled and above the light box line. Windscreens on the platform are unique oval shapes, Wind Shields by Willie Cole. The trackbed has the usual jazz notes and the platform edge the lyrics, part of the artwork on Jazz by Athena Tacha. The work engraved in this station is Footprints by Wayne Shorter.
The Washington Park Station has no conventional NJT Station signs instead has a high red beam along the platform
Looking down the sidewalk Washington Park Station platform with the park in the distance
Looking across to the Light Rail Station at Washington Park from the bus-stop platform
NJ LRV #107A for Penn Station curves off of Broad Street to run down Lombardy Street a block and rejoin its sister track
NJ LRV #107B for Penn Station runs down Lombardy Street
NJ LRV #107B for Penn Station on Lombardy Street about to rejoin it's other track.
Looking over to the Washington Park Station Platform
Bus shelter and light rail platform shelter
A sign left over from a temporary bus stop, used for substitute bus service for light rail service
Looking across to the light rail platform from the bus stop
Sign for Willie Cole's Wind Shields
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.
The pedestrian crossing north of the light rail stop
Light Rail Station or Bus stop with both in the distance
Last Updated: 16 March, 2013
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