Jersey Avenue station (Hudson–Bergen Light Rail)
Jersey Avenue 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 22, 2000. There are two tracks and an island platform.
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| Hudson–Bergen Light Rail station | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Jersey Avenue Jersey City, New Jersey | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40.7151°N 74.0486°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections |  NJT Bus: 1, 81 (on Grand Street) Red&Tan: 4 (on Grand Street) | |||||||||||||||
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| Parking | None | |||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | April 22, 2000 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 750 V (DC) overhead catenary | |||||||||||||||
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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. This station is near the Jersey City Medical Center.
Station layout
| Ground/platform level Exit/entrance and buses |
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| 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 here | |
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right  | ||
| Northbound | West Side–Tonnelle toward Tonnelle Avenue (Marin Boulevard) → 8th Street–Hoboken toward Hoboken (Marin Boulevard) → Bayonne Flyer does not stop here → | |
Image gallery
Looking east on the platform on a cloudy afternoon in June 2008
West end of the platform
External links
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