Hoboken Terminal

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Hoboken
Newly renovated waiting room in 2004
Station statistics
Address	1 Hudson Place Hoboken, NJ
Coordinates	40°44′06″N 74°01′40″W / 40.7349, -74.0278Coordinates: 40°44′06″N 74°01′40″W / 40.7349, -74.0278
Lines	New Jersey Transit commuter rail:     Bergen County Line      Gladstone Branch      Main Line      Montclair-Boonton Line      Morristown Line      North Jersey Coast Line      Pascack Valley Line      Port Jervis Line New Jersey Transit light rail:      22nd Street-Hoboken      Hoboken–Tonnelle PATH:      HOB–WTC      HOB–33      JSQ–33 (via HOB)
Connections	BillyBey Ferry Company NJT Bus: 22, 64, 68, 85, 87, 89, and 126
Platforms	7 island platforms and 1 side platform
Tracks	16
Parking	no spaces
Bicycle facilities	no spaces
Baggage check	n/a
Other information
Opened	February 25, 1907
Electrified	1930
Accessible
Code	HOB
Owned by	Street level: New Jersey Transit Underground: PATH
Fare zone	1
Traffic
Passengers (2005)	4.507 million ▬ 0% (NJT)
Passengers (2006)	1.212 million ▲ 20% (HBLR)
Services
Preceding station   Metro-North Railroad   Following station Secaucus Junction toward Port Jervis Port Jervis Line Terminus Preceding station   New Jersey Transit   Following station Newark Penn toward Bay Head North Jersey Coast Line Newark Broad Street toward Hackettstown Montclair-Boonton Line Morristown Line Newark Broad Street toward Gladstone Gladstone Branch Secaucus Junction toward Spring Valley Pascack Valley Line Secaucus Junction toward Port Jervis Main Line Bergen County Line Preceding station   Hudson–Bergen Light Rail   Following station Terminus Hoboken–Tonnelle 2nd Street toward Tonnelle Avenue Pavonia-Newport toward 22nd Street 22nd Street-Hoboken Terminus Preceding station   PATH   Following station     Regular service     Terminus HOB–33 Christopher Street toward 33rd Street Terminus HOB–WTC Pavonia/Newport toward World Trade Center     Nights and weekends     Pavonia/Newport toward Journal Square JSQ–33 (via HOB) Christopher Street toward 33rd Street

Hoboken Terminal is a major transportation hub located in Hoboken, New Jersey on the Hudson River waterfront operated by New Jersey Transit. It connects most NJT commuter rail lines, various buses and now Hudson–Bergen Light Rail with Port Authority Trans Hudson rapid transit and BillyBey Ferry Company ferry service to Manhattan.

Contents 1 History 2 Services 2.1 New Jersey Transit commuter rail 2.2 New Jersey Transit bus 2.3 Port Authority Trans-Hudson 2.4 Hudson-Bergen Light Rail 2.5 BillyBey Ferry Company 3 Gallery 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

Designed by architect Kenneth M. Murchison in the Beaux-Arts style, the rail and ferry terminal buildings were constructed in 1907 as the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Terminal Complex. The terminal building is listed on the State Register and the National Register of Historic Places (added in 1973 as #73001102).^[1]

The large main waiting room, with its floral and Greek Revival motifs in tiled stained glass by Louis Comfort Tiffany set atop bands of pale cement, is generally considered one of the finest in the U.S. aesthetically. The terminal exterior extends to over four stories and has a distinguished copper-clad façade with ornate detailing. Its single-story base is constructed of rusticated Indiana limestone. A grand double stair with decorative cast-iron railings within the main waiting room provides an entrance to the upper-level ferry concourse.

The terminal is considered a milestone in American transportation development, combining rail, ferry, tram (later, bus; even later, bus on one side and light-rail on the other), and pedestrian facilities in one of the most innovatively designed and engineered structures in the nation. Hoboken Terminal was also one of the first stations in the world to employ the Bush-type train shed, which quickly became ubiquitous with station design.

Hoboken Terminal, like Hoboken itself, is a place of "firsts". One year before his death, Thomas Edison was at the controls for the first departure, in 1930, of a regular-service electrified train from Hoboken Terminal to Montclair, New Jersey. The first installation of central air-conditioning in a public space was at Hoboken Terminal, as was the first non-experimental use of mobile phones.^[2]

The station is unusual for a modern major commuter railroad terminal in that it still makes use of low-level platforms, which require passengers to make use of stairs on the train to board and disembark.

The station has been used for film shoots, including Once Upon a Time in America,Three Days of the Condor, The Station Agent and Eric Clapton's video for his 1996 single "Change the World".

A 225-foot (69 m) clock tower was originally built with the terminal over a century ago, but was dismantled in the early 1950s due to structural damage and deterioration from weather damage. A new clock tower, replicating the original, was constructed during the terminal's centennial year of 2007 and was fully erect that November. The replica tower has four foot high copper letters spelling out "LACKAWANNA", which are lit at night.

[edit] Services

Hoboken is served by the most rail routes in the entire New Jersey Transit system, including light rail.

[edit] New Jersey Transit commuter rail

• Main Line
• Bergen County Line
• Pascack Valley Line
• Morristown Line and Gladstone Branch of the Morris and Essex Lines
• Montclair-Boonton Line
• North Jersey Coast Line (limited service)

[edit] New Jersey Transit bus

New Jersey Transit bus routes from the terminal are the ^[3] 22, 64, 68, 85, 87, 89, and 126

[edit] Port Authority Trans-Hudson

PATH trains serve a three track station located below the main terminal. Access to the PATH tracks is from the north side of the concourse or the adjacent street. Service is provided 24 hours a day, along the following routes:

• Hoboken-33rd Street
• Hoboken-World Trade Center
• Journal Square-33rd Street (via Hoboken) (late hour service)

[edit] Hudson-Bergen Light Rail

Hoboken Terminal is the terminus for two of the three Hudson-Bergen Light Rail services. The Hoboken Terminal-Tonnelle Avenue service to North Bergen and the 22nd Street-Hoboken Terminal service to Bayonne (including Bayonne Flyer service) both operate from tracks on the south side of the terminal area. The West Side Avenue-Tonnelle Avenue service bypasses Hoboken Terminal, requiring passengers from stations on the West Side Branch to transfer at stations between Pavonia-Newport and Liberty State Park.

[edit] BillyBey Ferry Company

Passengers can connect to BillyBey ferries headed to the World Financial Center in Battery Park City or the Wall Street Ferry Pier in the Financial District on weekdays only.

[edit] Gallery

Light-rail terminal

Hoboken Terminal and others ca. 1900

Hoboken Terminal as seen from the Circle Line sightseeing boat on the Hudson River

The BillyBey ferry terminal for World Financial Center-bound boats

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Light Rail Station details
• Subway Nut station info and photos
• Redevelopment Study of Hoboken Terminal & Yard for the of the City Hoboken

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