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Newark Light Rail

Index Newark Light Rail

The Newark Light Rail (NLR) is a light rail system under New Jersey Transit Bus Operations serving Newark, New Jersey. [1]

92 relations: Amtrak, Atlantic Street station, Bayonne, New Jersey, Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, Belleville, New Jersey, Bloomfield Avenue station, Bloomfield, New Jersey, Blue, Green, and Waterfront Lines (Cleveland), BoltBus, Branch Brook Park station, Cedar Street Subway, Connecticut Trolley Museum, Davenport Avenue station, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, Direct current, East Orange, New Jersey, Erie Railroad, Essex County, New Jersey, F Market & Wharves, Folding seat, Gladstone Branch, Green Line (MBTA), Greyhound Lines, Grove Street station (Newark Light Rail), Hudson–Bergen Light Rail, Ian Allan Publishing, Kinki Sharyo, Level crossing, Light rail, Light rail in the United States, List of NJ Transit bus routes (100–199), List of NJ Transit bus routes (1–99), List of NJ Transit bus routes (300–399), List of tram and light rail transit systems, Manhattan, Military Ocean Terminal at Bayonne, Military Park station, Minneapolis, Minnesota Transportation Museum, Montclair-Boonton Line, Morris Canal, Morristown Line, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark Broad Street station, Newark Public Service Terminal, Newark, New Jersey, Newark–Elizabeth Rail Link, NJ Transit, NJ Transit Bus Operations, NJ Transit Rail Operations, ..., NJPAC/Center Street station, Norfolk Southern Railway, Norfolk Street station, North Jersey Coast Line, Northeast Corridor Line, Olympia Trails, Orange Street station (Newark Light Rail), Overhead line, Park Avenue station (Newark Light Rail), PATH (rail system), PCC streetcar, Pennsylvania Railroad, Pennsylvania Station (Newark), Philadelphia, Pittsburgh Railways, Proof-of-payment, Public Service Corporation, Raritan Valley Line, Raymond Boulevard, River Line (NJ Transit), Riverfront Stadium station, Roseville, Newark, San Francisco Municipal Railway, Sarah Vaughan, Seashore Trolley Museum, Send In the Clowns, SEPTA, Silver Lake station, St. Louis Car Company, The Dark Knight Rises, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Star-Ledger, Tram, Tramways & Urban Transit, Twin City Rapid Transit Company, Volt, Warren Street/NJIT station, Washington Park station (Newark Light Rail), Washington Street station (Newark Light Rail), Wayne Shorter, Works Progress Administration, 34th Street station (Hudson–Bergen Light Rail). Expand index (42 more) »

Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is a passenger railroad service that provides medium- and long-distance intercity service in the contiguous United States and to three Canadian cities.

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Atlantic Street station

Atlantic Street station is a light rail station in Newark, New Jersey on the Newark Light Rail.

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Bayonne, New Jersey

Bayonne is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.

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Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium

Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, originally simply Riverfront Stadium, is a 6,200-seat baseball park in Newark, New Jersey, United States, that is home to the baseball teams of two of Newark's universities: the Rutgers-Newark Scarlet Raiders, who play in the New Jersey Athletic Conference as part of NCAA Division III, and the NJIT Highlanders, who play in the Atlantic Sun Conference as part of NCAA Division I. The impetus for the stadium's construction was the awarding of an expansion franchise in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, an independent minor baseball league, in 1999.

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Belleville, New Jersey

Belleville (French: "Belle ville" meaning "Beautiful city / town") is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.

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Bloomfield Avenue station

Bloomfield Avenue station is an open-cut station on the Newark City Subway Line of the Newark Light Rail, located at Bloomfield Avenue on the west side of Branch Brook Park, near its main entrance.

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Bloomfield, New Jersey

Bloomfield is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.

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Blue, Green, and Waterfront Lines (Cleveland)

The Blue Line, Green Line, and Waterfront Line are the light rail components of the RTA Rapid Transit, a rail transit system in greater Cleveland and Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

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BoltBus

BoltBus is an intercity bus common carrier that operates low cost, non-stop and limited-stop, premium level routes in the northeast and western United States and British Columbia, Canada.

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Branch Brook Park station

Branch Brook Park station is a station located at Anthony Place (formerly North Fifth Street) north of Heller Parkway on the Newark City Subway Line of the Newark Light Rail.

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Cedar Street Subway

The Cedar Street Subway is a rail tunnel in Newark that allowed street cars (and later buses) access to the subterranean level of the Newark Public Service Terminal.

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Connecticut Trolley Museum

The Connecticut Trolley Museum is the oldest incorporated museum dedicated to electric railroading in the United States, as it was founded in 1940.

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Davenport Avenue station

Davenport Avenue station is a station on the Newark City Subway Line of the Newark Light Rail, located at the dead end of Davenport Avenue east of North Fifth Street.

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Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad

The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (also known as the DL&W or Lackawanna Railroad) was a U.S. Class 1 railroad that connected Buffalo, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey, a distance of about.

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Direct current

Direct current (DC) is the unidirectional flow of electric charge.

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East Orange, New Jersey

East Orange is a city in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.

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Erie Railroad

The Erie Railroad was a railroad that operated in the northeastern United States, originally connecting New York City — more specifically Jersey City, New Jersey, where Erie's former terminal, long demolished, used to stand — with Lake Erie.

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Essex County, New Jersey

Essex County is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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F Market & Wharves

The F Market & Wharves line is one of several light rail lines in San Francisco, California.

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Folding seat

A Folding seat is a seat that folds away so as to occupy less space.

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Gladstone Branch

The Gladstone Branch (also known as the Gladstone Line) is a branch of New Jersey Transit's Morris and Essex Lines.

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Green Line (MBTA)

The Green Line is a light rail system run by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in the Boston, Massachusetts, metropolitan area.

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Greyhound Lines

Greyhound Lines, Inc., usually shortened to Greyhound, is an intercity bus common carrier serving over 3,800 destinations across North America.

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Grove Street station (Newark Light Rail)

Grove Street station is the northern terminus station on the Newark City Subway Line of the Newark Light Rail.

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Hudson–Bergen Light Rail

The Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) is a light rail system in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.

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Ian Allan Publishing

Ian Allan Publishing is a UK publisher, established in 1942, which specialised in transport books.

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Kinki Sharyo

() is a Japanese manufacturer of railroad vehicles base in Osaka.

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Level crossing

A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road or path at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using a bridge or tunnel.

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Light rail

Light rail, light rail transit (LRT), or fast tram is a form of urban rail transport using rolling stock similar to a tramway, but operating at a higher capacity, and often on an exclusive right-of-way.

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Light rail in the United States

Light rail is defined in the United States (and elsewhere) as a mode of electrified (or in a few exceptional cases, diesel-powered) rail-based transit, usually urban in nature, which is distinguished by operation in routes of generally exclusive, though not necessarily grade-separated, rights-of-way.

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List of NJ Transit bus routes (100–199)

New Jersey Transit operates interstate bus routes in northern New Jersey, most terminating at the Port Authority Bus Terminal (PABT) in Midtown Manhattan.

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List of NJ Transit bus routes (1–99)

NJ Transit operates or contracts out the following bus routes, all of which originate from Newark, Jersey City, Hoboken, or Elizabeth.

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List of NJ Transit bus routes (300–399)

New Jersey Transit operates the following bus routes, which are mostly focused on long-distance travel, special-event service, or park-and-ride service.

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List of tram and light rail transit systems

The following is a list of cities that have current tram/streetcar (including heritage trams/heritage streetcars), or light rail systems as part of their regular public transit systems.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, and its historical birthplace.

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Military Ocean Terminal at Bayonne

Military Ocean Terminal at Bayonne (MOTBY) was a U.S. military ocean terminal located in the Port of New York and New Jersey which operated from 1942 to 1999.

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Military Park station

Military Park station (formerly Broad Street station) is an underground station on the Newark City Subway Line of the Newark Light Rail.

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Minneapolis

Minneapolis is the county seat of Hennepin County, and the larger of the Twin Cities, the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States.

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Minnesota Transportation Museum

The Minnesota Transportation Museum (MTM, reporting mark MNTX) is a transportation museum in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.

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Montclair-Boonton Line

The Montclair-Boonton Line is a commuter rail line of New Jersey Transit Rail Operations in the United States.

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Morris Canal

| The Morris Canal (1829–1924) was a 107-mile (172-km) common carrier coal canal across northern New Jersey in the United States that connected the two industrial canals at Easton, Pennsylvania, across the Delaware River from its western terminus at Phillipsburg, New Jersey, to New York Harbor and the New York City markets via its eastern terminals in Newark and on the Hudson River Jersey City, New Jersey.

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Morristown Line

The Morristown Line is one of New Jersey Transit's commuter lines and is one of two branches that run along the Morris and Essex Lines.

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New Jersey Performing Arts Center

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), in downtown Newark, New Jersey, United States, is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States.

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Newark Broad Street station

Newark Broad Street is a NJ Transit commuter rail and light rail station at 25 University Avenue in Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.

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Newark Public Service Terminal

The Public Service Terminal was a three-level streetcar station in Newark, New Jersey, owned and operated by the Public Service Corporation, adjacent to the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad's Park Place station.

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Newark, New Jersey

Newark is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County.

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Newark–Elizabeth Rail Link

The Newark–Elizabeth Rail Link (NERL) is a New Jersey Transit proposed -long light rail line in New Jersey, which would connect the downtown areas of Newark and Elizabeth with Newark Liberty International Airport.

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NJ Transit

New Jersey Transit Corporation, branded as NJ Transit (NJT; stylized as NJ TRANSIT), is a state-owned public transportation system that serves the US state of New Jersey, along with portions of New York State and Pennsylvania.

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NJ Transit Bus Operations

NJ Transit Bus Operations is the bus division of NJ Transit, providing bus service throughout New Jersey along with service along one light rail line, with many routes going to New York City and Philadelphia.

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NJ Transit Rail Operations

NJ Transit Rail Operations is the rail division of NJ Transit.

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NJPAC/Center Street station

NJPAC/Center Street station is a light rail station on the Newark Light Rail's Broad Street Extension.

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Norfolk Southern Railway

The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I railroad in the United States.

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Norfolk Street station

Norfolk Street station is an open-cut station on the Newark City Subway Line of the Newark Light Rail, and the first following the line leaving the Raymond Boulevard tunnel.

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North Jersey Coast Line

The North Jersey Coast Line is a New Jersey Transit commuter rail service running from New York City or Hoboken to Bay Head, New Jersey.

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Northeast Corridor Line

The Northeast Corridor Line is a commuter rail line operated by New Jersey Transit along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor in the United States.

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Olympia Trails

Olympia Trails, also doing business under the brands ONE/Independent Bus for local bus service in Essex and Union counties in New Jersey and Megabus Northeast, LLC for the Megabus service that it directly operates, is a bus operator serving northern New Jersey with local and commuter bus service.

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Orange Street station (Newark Light Rail)

Orange Street station is a surface station on the Newark City Subway Line of the Newark Light Rail, located on the south side of Orange Street between Duryea and First Streets, at street level.

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Overhead line

An overhead line or overhead wire is used to transmit electrical energy to trams, trolleybuses or trains.

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Park Avenue station (Newark Light Rail)

Park Avenue station is an open-cut station on the Newark City Subway Line of the Newark Light Rail, located at Park Avenue east of North Fourth Street, and the first (i.e. southernmost) station located on the west side of Branch Brook Park.

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PATH (rail system)

Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) is a rapid transit system serving Newark, Harrison, Hoboken, and Jersey City in metropolitan northern New Jersey, as well as lower and midtown Manhattan in New York City.

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PCC streetcar

The PCC (Presidents’ Conference Committee) is a streetcar (tram) design that was first built in the United States in the 1930s.

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Pennsylvania Railroad

The Pennsylvania Railroad (or Pennsylvania Railroad Company and also known as the "Pennsy") was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Pennsylvania Station (Newark)

Pennsylvania Station (also known as Newark Penn Station) is a major transportation hub in Newark, New Jersey.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Pittsburgh Railways

Pittsburgh Railways was one of the predecessors of the Port Authority of Allegheny County.

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Proof-of-payment

Proof-of-payment (POP) or proof-of-fare (POF) is an honor-based fare collection system used on many public transportation systems.

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Public Service Corporation

The Public Service Corporation (PSC) was an energy and transportation company in New Jersey.

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Raritan Valley Line

The Raritan Valley Line is a commuter rail service operated by New Jersey Transit (NJT) which serves passengers in municipalities in Union, Somerset, and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey.

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Raymond Boulevard

Raymond Boulevard is a major thoroughfare in Newark, New Jersey.

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River Line (NJ Transit)

The River Line (stylized as River LINE) is a diesel tram-train light rail system in southern New Jersey, United States, that connects the cities of Camden and Trenton, New Jersey's capital.

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Riverfront Stadium station

Riverfront Stadium is a light rail station on the Newark Light Rail's Broad Street Extension.

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Roseville, Newark

Roseville is an unincorporated community and neighborhood within the city of Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.

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San Francisco Municipal Railway

The San Francisco Municipal Railway (SF Muni or Muni) is the public transit system for the city and county of San Francisco, California.

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Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Lois Vaughan (March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer.

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Seashore Trolley Museum

The Seashore Trolley Museum, located in Kennebunkport, Maine, United States, is the world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

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Send In the Clowns

"Send In the Clowns" is a song written by Stephen Sondheim for the 1973 musical A Little Night Music, an adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles of a Summer Night.

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SEPTA

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is a regional public transportation authority that operates bus, subway / elevated rail line, commuter and light rail line, and electric trolleybus services to nearly 4 million people in five counties in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Silver Lake station

Silver Lake station is a surface station in Belleville, New Jersey on the City Subway Line of the Newark Light Rail, and the southernmost one on the line outside of the city of Newark.

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St. Louis Car Company

The St.

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The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises is a 2012 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan, and the story with David S. Goyer.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily newspaper that serves the Philadelphia metropolitan area of the United States.

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The Star-Ledger

The Star-Ledger is the largest circulated newspaper in the U.S. state of New Jersey and is based in Newark.

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Tram

A tram (also tramcar; and in North America streetcar, trolley or trolley car) is a rail vehicle which runs on tramway tracks along public urban streets, and also sometimes on a segregated right of way.

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Tramways & Urban Transit

Tramways & Urban Transit (TAUT or T&UT), also known as Modern Tramway, is a British monthly magazine about tramways and light rail transport, published continuously since 1938.

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Twin City Rapid Transit Company

The Twin City Rapid Transit Company (TCRT), also known as Twin City Lines (TCL), was a transportation company that operated streetcars and buses in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Volt

The volt (symbol: V) is the derived unit for electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force.

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Warren Street/NJIT station

Warren Street/NJIT station is one of four underground stations on the Newark City Subway Line of the Newark Light Rail.

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Washington Park station (Newark Light Rail)

Washington Park station is a light rail station on the Newark Light Rail's Broad Street Extension.

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Washington Street station (Newark Light Rail)

Washington Street station is an underground station on the Newark City Subway Line of the Newark Light Rail.

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Wayne Shorter

Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.

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Works Progress Administration

The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing millions of people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads.

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34th Street station (Hudson–Bergen Light Rail)

34th Street is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) located at Avenue E and East 34th Street in Bayonne, New Jersey.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newark_Light_Rail

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