Liberty State Park (HBLR station)

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Liberty State Park
Liberty Park HBLR platform jeh.JPG
Station statistics
Address Communipaw Avenue and Johnston Avenue
Jersey City, NJ
Coordinates 40°42′33″N 74°03′28″W / 40.7092°N 74.0579°W / 40.7092; -74.0579Coordinates: 40°42′33″N 74°03′28″W / 40.7092°N 74.0579°W / 40.7092; -74.0579
Lines      West Side–Tonnelle      22nd Street–Hoboken
Connections NJT Bus: 305 and 981
Platforms 2
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened April 15, 2000
Electrified 750VDC
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Fare zone 1
Services
Preceding station   Hudson–Bergen Light Rail   Following station
West Side–Tonnelle
toward 8th Street
22nd Street–Hoboken
toward Hoboken

Liberty State Park is a station on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) located between Communipaw and Johnston Avenues in Jersey City, New Jersey. The station opened on April 15, 2000.[1]

Northbound service from the station is available to Hoboken Terminal and Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen. Southbound service is available to terminals at West Side Avenue in Jersey City or 22nd Street in Bayonne. Connection to PATH trains to Midtown Manhattan and to New Jersey Transit commuter train service are available at Hoboken Terminal. Transfers to PATH trains to Newark, Harrison, and Downtown Manhattan are available at Exchange Place. 1248 park and ride spaces are also available one block from the station at the Liberty Science Center. A HBLR yard is located west of the line, south of this station. South of here, the line is in a railroad easement, and speeds are higher than in the parts where it is a streetcar line.

Contents

[edit] Gallery

[edit] Transfers

The 305 Liberty State Park shuttle and 981 Port Liberté bus lines stop here.

[edit] Nearby attractions

[edit] References

  1. ^ Most, Doug. "AT LAST, A TROLLEY RUNS THROUGH IT", The Record (Bergen County), April 16, 2000. Accessed May 13, 2008.

[edit] External links