Silver Lake station is a surface-level

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operated by

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Belleville, New Jersey Belleville (French: "Belle ville" meaning "Beautiful city / town") is a township in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States Census, the township's population was 38,222, reflecting an increase of 6.4% from th ...

. The station is the only one in Belleville, operating along the Grove Street–

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line of the

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. The station contains two low-level platforms that are off-centered. The Newark-bound platform is accessible from Franklin Street ( County Route 607) and nearby Heckel Street while the Grove Street-bound platform is accessible from nearby Belmont Avenue. The current light rail station opened on June 22, 2002, as part of an extension of the

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from nearby

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to Grove Street in Bloomfield. The station uses former tracks of the former

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, which went from nearby Forest Hill in Newark to West Orange. Service on this line ended on June 20, 1955. Silver Lake boasted a full wooden station depot with a built-in railroad tower.

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Franklin Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

Belmont Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
Belleville, New Jersey Newark Light Rail stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 2002 Former Erie Railroad stations Railway stations in Essex County, New Jersey 2002 establishments in New Jersey {{NewJersey-railstation-stub