Riverfront Stadium is a light rail station in the Washington Park section of

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, Essex County,

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. The station is a single low-level platform for trains used by the Newark Light Rail branch to Newark Broad Street station. Riverfront Stadium station is a northbound-only stop, located across Broad Street from the terminus. The station opened on July 17, 2006 when an extension from Newark Penn Station opened to Broad Street station.New Jersey Transit Travel Alert announcing opening of Newark Light Rail Extended service.
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Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, originally simply Riverfront Stadium, was a 6,200-seat baseball park in Newark, New Jersey, United States built in 1999. It was the home of the Newark Bears, who played in the Atlantic League of Professional Base ...

, an independent baseball league ballpark. The station was located next to the entrance to Gate C, however, the stadium closed in 2013 and the city razed the stadium in 2019.

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