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Newark Light Rail

light rail system serving Newark, New Jersey, United States
Thing Light Rail Q3078283

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
light rail
Inception
1935[13]
Owned by
New Jersey Transit, Norfolk Southern Railway[5][6]
Country
United States[2]
Part of
New Jersey Transit, public transport networks in New York[8][9]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 40.735°, -74.185°
Date of official opening
May 16, 1935[16]
Has part(s)
Grove Street – Newark Penn Line, Broad Street – Newark Penn Line[10][11]
Item operated
Grove Street – Newark Penn Line, Broad Street – Newark Penn Line[3][4]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Newark[1]
Operator
New Jersey Transit Bus Operations[7]
State of use
in use[17]
Terminus
Newark Penn Station[12]
Track gauge
standard-gauge railway[15]
Type of electrification
750 V DC railway electrification[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Newark Light Rail es Metro de newark es Metro ligero de Newark fr métro léger de Newark it rete tranviaria di Newark ja ニューアーク・ライトレール pt Metropolitano de Newark uk Легкий метрополітен Ньюарка zh 紐瓦克輕軌 zh 紐瓦克輕鐵 zh 紐華克輕軌
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
New Jersey Transit Newark Light Rail Kinkisharyo104.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/01t8r8
OSM Name Suggestion Index ID
newarklightrail-78370e, newarklightrail-1046b0
Onestop ID
r-dr5rb-newarklightrail
OpenStreetMap relation ID
9821033
X (Twitter) username
NJTRANSIT_NLR

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🔗 Connections
Owned by 2
Norfolk Southern Railway, New Jersey Transit
Owns / has subsidiaries 2
Norfolk Southern Railway, New Jersey Transit
Belongs to 1
New Jersey Transit
Country 1
United States
Instance of 1
light rail
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Newark
Part of 1
New Jersey Transit
Terminus 1
Newark Penn Station
Track gauge 1
standard-gauge railway
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  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Eihel · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    OSM Name Suggestion Index ID → newarklightrail-78370e, newarklightrail-1046b0
    "Created claim: OSM Name Suggestion Index ID: newarklightrail-1046b0, #temporary_batch_1793752567616; Useless: a value is not referenced by the property's own associated item."
  2. 8d ago · Eihel · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    OSM Name Suggestion Index ID → newarklightrail-78370e, newarklightrail-1046b0
    "Removed claim: OSM Name Suggestion Index ID: newarklightrail-1046b0, #temporary_batch_1793752567616"
  3. 8d ago · Eihel · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    OSM Name Suggestion Index ID → newarklightrail-78370e, newarklightrail-1046b0
    "Created claim: OSM Name Suggestion Index ID: newarklightrail-78370e, #temporary_batch_1793752567616; Useless: a value is not referenced by the property's own associated item."
  4. 8d ago · Eihel · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    OSM Name Suggestion Index ID → newarklightrail-78370e, newarklightrail-1046b0
    "Removed claim: OSM Name Suggestion Index ID: newarklightrail-78370e, #temporary_batch_1793752567616"
  5. 9w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → 1935
    OpenStreetMap relation ID → 9821033
    Terminus → Newark Penn Station
    Type of electrification → 750 V DC railway electrification
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: OpenStreetMap relation ID: 9821033, Adding OSM relation id claim from wikidata tag on relation/9821033 in United States"
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