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section of Bloomfield, Essex County,

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. The station is the western terminus of the

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section of the

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that heads to

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. The vehicle maintenance facility is east of the station. Grove Street is a single

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station with two tracks and is accessible for handicapped people as part of the

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. A 160-space

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lot is located one block from the station, after the loop track for the maintenance facility. Grove Street is also near the

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of New Jersey Transit's

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. Grove Street station opened on June 22, 2002, part of an extension from

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in Newark to Bloomfield, with a middle stop at

in Belleville. The tracks however follow the

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of the former

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, which went from the Forest Hill section of Newark to West Orange. The former Bloomfield Avenue station was located one block west of the current Grove Street station. Service on that branch ended on May 20, 1955.

Transfers

*New Jersey Transit buses: 11, 28, 29, 72, 90 ''NOTE'': All buses except for the 90 stop on Bloomfield Avenue.

References

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