Park Place station (Hudson and Manhattan Railroad)

The Park Place station was a terminal of the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad (H&M) located at the intersection of Park Place and Centre Street in Newark, New Jersey, across the street from Military Park nearby Newark Public Service Terminal. The terminal opened on November 26, 1911, after the H&M extended its line westward from Grove Street in Jersey City to Summit Avenue, Manhattan Transfer, and over the Centre Street Bridge to Newark. The terminal closed on June 20, 1937, after the H&M tracks were realigned to serve the new Newark Penn Station.^[1][2]

Park Place
Park Place station on a 1914 postcard
General information
Location	Park Place and Centre Street Newark, New Jersey
Coordinates	40.739746°N 74.16769°W / 40.739746; -74.16769 (Park Place)
Line(s)	Park Place – Hudson Terminal
Connections	Newark Public Service Terminal
History
Opened	1911
Closed	1937 (demolished)
Former services
Preceding station Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Following station Terminus Park Place – Hudson Terminal Harrison toward Hudson Terminal
Location

The H&M was taken over by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in 1962, the system becoming the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH). The New Jersey Performing Arts Center is sited on the location of the terminal adjacent to the Newark Light Rail's NJPAC/Center Street station.

See also

• New Jersey Railroad
• Four Corners (Newark)
• Newark and New York Branch