8th Street (HBLR station)
| 8th Street New Jersey Transit light rail station |
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 Station as of December 2010 |
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| Address | 8th Street & Avenue C Bayonne, NJ |
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| Coordinates | 40°39′14″N 74°07′37″W / 40.654°N 74.127°WCoordinates: 40°39′14″N 74°07′37″W / 40.654°N 74.127°W | ||||||||||
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| Connections | NJ Transit bus 81, 120 Broadway Bus (one block west on Broadway) |
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| Levels | 1 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | January 31, 2011[1] | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 750 V (DC) overhead catenary | ||||||||||
| Accessible |  |
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| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
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8th Street is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) located at Avenue C and East 8th Street in Bayonne, New Jersey. It is the southern terminus for the route traveling northbound towards Hoboken Terminal.
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[edit] History
The station location was once served by a stop on the Central Railroad of New Jersey's main line, which was diverted to Newark Penn Station in 1967. Shuttle service from 8th Street ran south across the CRRNJ Newark Bay Bridge and continued until August 6, 1978.[2] The headhouse is reminiscent of the earlier station.[3]
On April 18, 2008, NJ Transit awarded a $58.4 million contracts to George Harms Company to begin the process of extending the line to 8th Street from 34th Street.[4] This contract paid for foundations, viaducts, tracks and a new station building.[5] The extension follows the Conrail right of way along Avenue E; a viaduct was constructed to take the trains above local streets to a station served by an elevator and stairs.[6] Ground was broken for the station on October 15, 2008.[7] Originally scheduled to open in the fall of 2010, the new station opened January 31, 2011.[1]
[edit] Service
Northbound service from the station is available to Hoboken Terminal. Service is also available to Tonnelle Avenue, in North Bergen, by transferring at stations between Liberty State Park and Pavonia-Newport for the West Side Avenue-Tonnelle Avenue route. The Liberty State Park station is a transfer point for those who are traveling between stations on the West Side Avenue (Jersey City) and Bayonne branches. Connection to PATH trains to midtown Manhattan and to New Jersey Transit commuter train service is available at Hoboken Terminal. Transfers to PATH trains to Newark, Harrison, and downtown Manhattan are available at Exchange Place.
[edit] Extension
Any further extensions to Hudson-Bergen Light Rail to the south would likely continue to Staten Island over the Bayonne Bridge. A proposed reconstruction of the bridge may include provisions for light rail.[8]
[edit] Vicinity
The station is located in the Bergen Point Section of Bayonne. The nearby Bayonne Community Museum at 9th street and Broadway is currently under construction.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Timetables". Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. January 31, 2011. p. 1. http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/upcoming/T0100.pdf. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
- ^ Thorpe. "CONRAIL/NJ D.O.T. Draws the Curtain on the Bayonne Shuttle". www.thorpefamily.us. http://www.thorpefamily.us/bayonne.html. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
- ^ "Construction Begins on New Hudson-Bergen Light Rail 8th Street Station in Bayonne" (Press release). New Jersey Transit. October 15, 2008. http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=2452. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
- ^ "Funds to stretch light rail to 8th St. in Bayonne", Jersey Journal, May 4, 2006.[dead link]
- ^ NJ Transit Press Release April 17, 2008
- ^ NJ Transit Press Release, October 15, 2008
- ^ Bayonne Ground-Breaking Ceremony Held for 8th Street Light Rail Extension, October 17, 2008, http://riverviewobserver.net/2008/10/bayonne-ground-breaking-ceremony-held-for-8th-street-light-rail-extension/, retrieved 2011-05-15
- ^ Hack, Charles (January 13, 2011). "Extending Light Rail across Bayonne Bridge to Staten Island is on minds of officials on both sides of Kill Van Kull". The Jersey Journal (Hoboken). http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/bayonne/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1294903561160540.xml&coll=3. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
[edit] External links
- NJT Hudson–Bergen Light Rail station information page for 8th Street
- Hudson–Bergen Light Rail schedule
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