Tonnelle Avenue (HBLR station)

Tonnelle Avenue
The platform of the Tonnelle Avenue HBLR station.
Station statistics
Address	Tonnelle Avenue and 51st Street North Bergen, NJ
Coordinates	40.787327°N 74.03119°W / 40.787327; -74.03119
Lines	West Side–Tonnelle   Hoboken–Tonnelle
Connections	NJT Bus: 83 and 127
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	25 February 2006
Electrified	750 V (DC) overhead catenary
Accessible
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Fare zone	1
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	142,480  0%
Services
Preceding station   Hudson–Bergen Light Rail   Following station Bergenline Avenue toward West Side Avenue West Side–Tonnelle Terminus Bergenline Avenue toward Hoboken Hoboken–Tonnelle

Tonnelle Avenue is a station on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) located at 51st Street in North Bergen, New Jersey. The station opened for service on February 25, 2006.

Southbound service from the station is available to Hoboken Terminal and to West Side Avenue in Jersey City (bypassing Hoboken Terminal). Transfers for service to 8th Street in Bayonne are available at station stops between Hoboken Terminal and Liberty State Park. Connections 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.

In conjunction with the station, New Jersey Transit operates a 730-space park-and-ride lot on Tonnelle Avenue (U.S. Route 1 & 9), between 49th and 51st Streets.

Currently, the station is the northern terminus for the light rail system, with two tracks and an island platform. The proposed Northern Branch Corridor Project would extend the line from Tonnelle Avenue north into eastern Bergen County.

Vicinity

The station at street level, on Tonnelle Avenue.

• North Bergen Municipal Building
• New Durham, North Bergen
• Flower Hill Cemetery
• Grove Church Cemetery
• Hoboken Cemetery
• Macphelah Cemetery
• Weehawken Cemetery

External links

• NJT Hudson–Bergen Light Rail station information page for Tonnelle Avenue
• Hudson–Bergen Light Rail schedule
• Subway Nut station photos
• Tonnelle Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View