Newark Light Rail

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

Summary

Newark Light Rail is a light rail[1]. It draws 662 Wikipedia views per month (light_rail category, ranking #23 of 79).[2]

Key Facts

  • Newark Light Rail is located in Newark[3].
  • Newark Light Rail is in the country of United States[4].
  • Newark Light Rail's instance of is recorded as light rail[5].
  • Newark Light Rail's item operated is recorded as Grove Street – Newark Penn Line[6].
  • Newark Light Rail's item operated is recorded as Broad Street – Newark Penn Line[7].
  • Newark Light Rail is owned by New Jersey Transit[8].
  • Newark Light Rail is owned by Norfolk Southern Railway[9].
  • Newark Light Rail is operated by New Jersey Transit Bus Operations[10].
  • Newark Light Rail is part of New Jersey Transit[11].
  • Newark Light Rail is part of public transport networks in New York[12].
  • Newark Light Rail's Commons category is recorded as Newark Light Rail[13].
  • Newark Light Rail comprises Grove Street – Newark Penn Line[14].
  • Newark Light Rail comprises Broad Street – Newark Penn Line[15].
  • Newark Light Rail's terminus is recorded as Newark Penn Station[16].
  • 1935 marks the founding of Newark Light Rail[17].
  • Newark Light Rail's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 40.735277777, 'longitude': -74.185}[18].
  • Newark Light Rail's type of electrification is recorded as 750 V DC railway electrification[19].
  • Newark Light Rail's track gauge is recorded as standard-gauge railway[20].
  • Newark Light Rail's date of official opening is recorded as May 16, 1935[21].
  • Newark Light Rail's state of use is recorded as in use[22].

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Definition and Type

Newark Light Rail's instance of is recorded as light rail[5].

Origins

1935 marks the founding of Newark Light Rail[17].

Use and Application

Components include Grove Street – Newark Penn Line[14] and Broad Street – Newark Penn Line[15]. Part of include New Jersey Transit[11], a transport company[23], in United States[24], founded in 1979[25], headquartered in New Jersey[26] and public transport networks in New York[12].

Why It Matters

Newark Light Rail draws 662 Wikipedia views per month (light_rail category, ranking #23 of 79).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception +1935-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Openstreetmap relation id 9821033
    Owned by
    Located in
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P402]]: 9821033, Adding OSM relation id claim from wikidata tag on relation/9821033 in United States"
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