- 1820s - Construction of Morris Canal begins; waterway eventually runs from Jersey City to Phillipsburg
- 1920s - With the canal all but obsolete, New Jersey officials advocate its abandonment
- 1929 - Subway construction begins on the Newark section of the former canal
- 1935 - Service begins between Broad Street and Heller Parkway
- 1937 - Southern extension, Broad Street to Pennsylvania Station
- 1940 - Northern extension, Heller Parkway to Franklin Avenue
- 1952 - Route 29 BLOOMFIELD, the last of several surface routes which used the subway, is converted to buses; only route 7 CITY SUBWAY remains
- 1953 - Thirty PCC cars, purchased second-hand from Twin City Rapid Transit in Minnesota, arrive in Newark
- 1970s - PCCs repainted in red, white and blue bi-centennial livery
- 1979 - New Jersey Transit created by state legislation; NCS comes under NJT Bus Operations
- 1980s - $ 25 million capital improvement project to renovate fixed facilities and cars; PCCs repainted in NJT livery
- 1990s - Plans advance to rebuild the line for LRV operation
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