Is the south end of Newark Penn Station known as the abandoned South St Newark or was it simply abandoned portion of Newark Penn Station and why?
In my rather dim and possibly incorrect memory, there was a separate simple low-platform station, the east side between the northbound local track and the two PATH (H&M back then, but PRR-owned) pocket tracks, the west side west of the southbound local track, called South Street. A very few MP-54 local trains stopped there in the morning and evening rush hours. I think the two platforms remained for at least several years after all service ceased at that station. The platforms were several car-lenghts long.
It makes sense, and you're probably right. Interestingly the first station innthat city was called Pennstation Newark but back then it was 2 tracks on ground level with a a trolley line crossing it on grade level and abig facility cica 1840-1911. Then the line was elevated with 6 lanes of track through the station circa 1912/13-1935. In 1935 the station was finally called Penn station Raymond Plaza and was totally rebuilt to the station that has remained unchanged to this day. I had 6 tracks with 2 H&M RR now PATH. One H&M track in the middle and another known as tack H today was elevated.
South St station was on the SW side of South St-- you can still see where the platforms were. It was built when they elevated thru Newark circa 1904-- closed in the 1970s.
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