Jersey Avenue station (Hudson–Bergen Light Rail)
Jersey Avenue | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Jersey Avenue station in October 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Jersey Avenue at Regent Street Jersey City, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°42′54″N 74°02′55″W / 40.7151°N 74.0486°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  NJ Transit Bus: 1, 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | April 15, 2000[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Jersey Avenue station is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) located south of Grand Street in Jersey City, New Jersey. The station opened on April 15, 2000. There are two tracks and an island platform.
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 8th 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.
The station is in the developing Liberty Harbor neighborhood near the Jersey City Medical Center.
Station layout[edit]
| Southbound | ← West Side–Tonnelle toward West Side Avenue (Liberty State Park) ← 8th Street–Hoboken toward 8th Street (Liberty State Park) ← Bayonne Flyer does not stop |
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right 
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| Northbound | West Side–Tonnelle toward Tonnelle Avenue (Marin Boulevard) → 8th Street–Hoboken toward Hoboken (Marin Boulevard) → Bayonne Flyer does not stop → |
Image gallery[edit]
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Looking east in 2008 -
West end of the platform -
Sculpture on platform in 2021
References[edit]
- ^ "Jersey Avenue Light Rail (HBLR)". NJ Transit. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ Canal, Alberto (April 16, 2000). "Leaders Cheer Light Rail Opening as Hudson Steps Into 21st Century". The Jersey Journal. Jersey City, New Jersey. pp. A1, A8. Retrieved March 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
