Grove Street station (PATH)

Coordinates: 40°43′11″N 74°02′35″W / 40.719671°N 74.043117°W / 40.719671; -74.043117
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Grove Street
The center platform at Grove Street station
General information
LocationNewark Avenue and Grove Street
Jersey City, New Jersey
Coordinates40°43′11″N 74°02′35″W / 40.719671°N 74.043117°W / 40.719671; -74.043117
Owned byPort Authority of New York and New Jersey
Line(s)
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsLocal Transit NJT Bus: 80, 81, 82, 86
Local Transit Red & Tan: 4, 16
Local Transit A&C Bus
Construction
ParkingParking lots and garages adjacent to station
History
Opened1910
Rebuilt2003
Electrified600V (DC) Third Rail
Previous namesGrove-Henderson Streets
Services
Preceding station   PATH   Following station
  Regular service  
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  Nights and weekends  
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  Former services  
Preceding station   H&M   Following station
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Grove Street is a PATH station at the junction of Grove Street, Newark Avenue and Railroad Avenue in Jersey City, New Jersey. Opened on September 6, 1910 as Grove-Henderson Streets station, it is situated in the heart of downtown Jersey City. The station is served by the Newark – World Trade Center and Journal Square – 33rd Street trains.

Station layout

G Street Level Exit/Entrance
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent
P
Platform level
Westbound   Template:PATH lines toward Newark (Journal Square)
  Template:PATH lines toward Journal Square (Terminus)
  Template:PATH lines toward Journal Square (Terminus)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound   Template:PATH lines toward World Trade Center (Exchange Place)
  Template:PATH lines toward 33rd Street (Newport)
  Template:PATH lines toward 33rd Street (Newport)

Originally the station had exits at either end. The western stair led to the intersection of Grove Street and Newark Avenue and a simple kiosk underneath the Pennsylvania Railroad's mainline viaduct, which ran above what is now Christopher Columbus Drive. The station's easterly end exited to Henderson Street (now Marín Boulevard). The railroad viaduct was taken down in the late 1960s, and the station was reconfigured in the 1970s. As part of the reconstruction, the eastern and western exits were closed in favor of a mezzanine situated in a triangle formed by the intersections of Grove Street, Newark Avenue, and Columbus Drive. Two stairways from the platform level connect to the mezzanine, with fare turnstiles at the top of each stairway. Two exits lead to street level; one, with escalators, leads to the station's primary kiosk, while the other is a stairway that leads to the south side of Columbus Drive.

As a result of an increase in ridership, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) reopened the easterly exit and built a second kiosk at the corner of Columbus Drive and Marín Boulevard. Despite the fact that construction eastern entrance/exit of took place between 2003–2005, the station was not made compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.[1] In September 2011 a federal judge found that it was technically feasible to do so and ordered the PANYNJ provide handicapped-access.[2][3] In 2014 legal settlement the PANYNJ agreed to provide handicap at the western end of the station.[4] Construction of elevator access began in April 2015.[5]

The intersection is a busy stop for buses, most of which head west and south.

References

  1. ^ http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2009/12/04/advocates-path-station-is-in-violation-of-americans-with-disabilities-act/
  2. ^ MacDonald, Terrence (September 8, 2011), "Federal judge orders Port Authority to make Grove Street PATH station handicapped-accessible", The Jersey Journal
  3. ^ "United Spinal Association Secures Judgment Ordering Port Authority to Make PATH Train Station Accessible to Wheelchair Users" (Press release). United Spinal Association. September 9, 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
  4. ^ http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/06/port_authority_settles_suit_over_disabled_access_to_grove_street_path_station.html
  5. ^ http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/04/grove_street_path_elevator.html#incart_river

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