The station is owned and service is operated by New Jersey Transit.

The station is located at the intersection of Raymond Boulevard, Park Place and Broad Street in Downtown Newark at Military Park.

In 1910, the Public Service Corporation planned to build two subway lines meeting at Broad Street (now Military Park).

The proposed second segment of the Newark-Elizabeth Rail Link (NERL) together with the first segment, the Newark Light Rail would service this area.

The existing Newark City Subway Line was built in the old Morris Canal bed with construction beginning in 1929 and service starting on the line on May 26, 1935.