Bergenline Avenue

Bergenline Avenue
Station statistics
Address	Bergenline Avenue between 48th and 49th Streets, Union City, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°46′55″N 74°01′19″W / 40.782077°N 74.02185°W / 40.782077; -74.02185Coordinates: 40°46′55″N 74°01′19″W / 40.782077°N 74.02185°W / 40.782077; -74.02185
Lines	West Side–Tonnelle   Hoboken–Tonnelle
Connections	NJT Bus:22, 84, 86, 89, 156, 159, and 181 (on Bergenline Avenue; 86 and 181 pull into the station) 88 and 154 (one block west on JFK Boulevard)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	February 25, 2006
Electrified	750 V (DC) overhead catenary
Accessible
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Fare zone	1
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	325,520  0%
Services
Preceding station   Hudson–Bergen Light Rail   Following station Port Imperial toward West Side Avenue West Side–Tonnelle Tonnelle Avenue Terminus Port Imperial toward Hoboken Hoboken–Tonnelle Tonnelle Avenue Terminus

Bergenline Avenue is a station on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR). The intermodal facility^[1] is located on 49th Street between Bergenline Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard at the border of Union City, West New York and North Bergen, New Jersey^[2] The station opened for service on February 25, 2006.

Design and construction

Bergenline is the only stop on in the HBLR system with an underground platform. Located 160 feet below ridge of the Hudson Palisades in the former West Shore Railroad Terminal tunnel,^[3] it is reached by elevators traveling from street-level entrances located just north of busbays.^[4] The station was designed by FXFOWLE Architects.^[5] The four porcelain enamel on steel murals which adorn the complex are entitled Between Manhattan and Meadowlands, and were created by Maria Mijares.^[6][7][8] There are two tracks and an island platform.

Vicinity

Bergenline Avenue is the main shopping district in North Hudson. Just over the city line it narrows from a two way thoroughfare to a narrower one way avenue heading south (with New York Avenue one block west used for northbound travel). The New Jersey Register of Historic Places Bergenline Avenue Commercial Historic District continues to 32nd Street.^[9] The Hudson County Community College maintains a location next to the station complex on Kennedy Boulevard,^[10] with Flower Hill Cemetery across the street. Grove Church Cemetery^[11] and North Bergen Town Hall^[12] are few blocks south on the boulevard, while Flower Hill Cemetery is a few blocks north.

Service

Train

The station's underground platform.

The station is served by two lines. Westbound service on both travels one stop to the Tonnelle Avenue terminus.

Southbound service travels along the Weehawken waterfront and the west side of Hoboken. One line terminates at Hoboken Terminal, where connections to PATH trains and New Jersey Transit commuter train service are available.

The West Side Branch bypasses Hoboken Terminal and travels through Downtown Jersey City. At Exchange Place, transfers to PATH trains to Newark, Harrison, and Downtown Manhattan are available.

Travel to Greenville, Jersey City and Bayonne requires a transfer at stops between Hoboken Terminal and Liberty State Park.

Bus

• NJT 22, 22X, 84, 86, 89, 156, 159, and 181 travel on Bergenline Avenue.
• All 22X, 86, and 181 trips terminate at the station, as do some Saturday trips on the 159.
• NJT 88 and 154 stop on John F. Kennedy Boulevard, one block west.
• Bus service is augmented by guagua (minibus) southbound to Hudson County Courthouse, Newport Mall, 42nd Street (Manhattan), and northbound to Nungesser's, Anderson Avenue, and GWB Plaza. This location serves as the beginning and end terminus points for the FT 9X bus, which transports passengers to and from the George Washington Bridge Bus Station in Washington Heights, Manhattan.

References

External links

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Bergenline Avenue (HBLR station)

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