9th Street–Congress Street station
9th Street–Congress Street | |||||||||||||||
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| Hudson–Bergen Light Rail station | |||||||||||||||
 Station platforms with elevator to Jersey City Heights | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | 700 Eighth Street Hoboken, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°44′55″N 74°02′19″W / 40.7487°N 74.0387°W | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Connections |  NJT Bus: 85, 87, 89, 123 (on Congress Street)22, 84, 86 (on Palisade Avenue) Red&Tan: 10, 99S (on Palisade Avenue) | ||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | September 7, 2004[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 750 V (DC) overhead catenary | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 211,120  24% | ||||||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||||||
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9th Street–Congress Street is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) operated by New Jersey Transit which opened on September 7, 2004. Located at Ninth Street, west of Jackson Street, in Hoboken, New Jersey, the station also serves the Heights of Jersey City. There are two tracks and two side platforms.
Elevator
9th Street-Congress Street station is notable for having an elevator which runs along the face of the Palisades cliffs between the platforms at their base and Paterson Plank Road at their crest. Use of the elevator is free. Before its construction, travel between Jersey City Heights and Hoboken was along Paterson Plank Road, Mountain Road, 14th Street Viaduct or paths along the cliffs now made inaccessible by fencing along the right of way.[2]
Station layout
| Mezannine level | Elevators to Paterson Plank Road and buses | |
| Ground/platform level Exit/entrance | ||
Side platform, doors will open on the right 
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| Southbound | ← Hoboken–Tonnelle toward Hoboken (2nd Street) ← West Side–Tonnelle toward West Side Avenue (2nd Street) | |
| Northbound | Hoboken–Tonnelle toward Tonnelle Avenue (Lincoln Harbor) → West Side–Tonnelle toward Tonnelle Avenue (Lincoln Harbor) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right
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References
- ^ "NJ Transit Set to Extend Hudson-Bergen Light Rail to Weehawken" (Press release). New Jersey Transit. September 3, 2004. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
- ^ Newman, Andy (November 19, 1995). "N.J. Law; Do Walls Keep Out Crime, or Just Neighbors?". The New York Times. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
External links
Media related to 9th Street-Congress Street (HBLR station) at Wikimedia Commons