Bergenline Avenue station

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For the actual street that the station is located on, see Bergenline Avenue.
Bergenline Avenue
Hudson–Bergen Light Rail station
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LocationBergenline Avenue between 48th and 49th Streets
Union City, New Jersey
Coordinates40°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
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsNJT Bus NJT Bus: 22, 84, 86, 89, 156, 159, 181
Construction
Depth160 feet (49 m)
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone1
History
OpenedFebruary 25, 2006[1]
Electrified750 V (DC) overhead catenary
Passengers
2006325,520 Steady 0%
Services
Preceding station NJT logo.svg NJ Transit Following station
Port Imperial
toward West Side Avenue
 West Side–Tonnelle Tonnelle Avenue
Terminus
Port Imperial
toward Hoboken
 Hoboken–Tonnelle

Bergenline Avenue is a station on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR). The intermodal facility[2] 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[3] The station is the first and only completely underground station on the network and opened for service on February 25, 2006.

Platform layout[]

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 Weehawken Terminal tunnel of the West Shore Railroad,[4] it is reached by elevators traveling from street-level entrances located just north of busbays.[5] The station was designed by FXFOWLE Architects.[6] The four porcelain enamel on steel murals which adorn the complex are entitled Between Manhattan and Meadowlands, and were created by Maria Mijares.[7][8][9]

G Street level Exit/entrance and buses
M Mezzanine Elevators
P
Platform level 		Southbound ←      Hoboken–Tonnelle toward Hoboken (Port Imperial)
←      West Side–Tonnelle toward West Side Avenue (Port Imperial)
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right Disabled access
Northbound      Hoboken–Tonnelle toward Tonnelle Avenue (Terminus) →
     West Side–Tonnelle toward Tonnelle Avenue (Terminus) →

Vicinity[]

The station's underground platform

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 Bergenline Avenue Commercial Historic District, listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places, continues to 32nd Street.[10] The Hudson County Community College maintains a location next to the station complex on Kennedy Boulevard,[11] with Flower Hill Cemetery across the street. Grove Church Cemetery[12] and North Bergen Town Hall[13] are few blocks south on the boulevard.

References[]

  1. ^ "NJ Transit Announces Grand Opening Date for New Light Rail Stations" (Press release). February 2, 2006. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  2. ^ New Jersey Transit, Hudson County Bus Service Changes, Effective April 8, 2006, "side 1" (PDF). (788 KiB) and "side 2" (PDF). (38.4 KiB)
  3. ^ Hudson County New Jersey Street Map. Hagstrom Map Company, Inc. 2008. ISBN 0-88097-763-9.
  4. ^ Weehawken Tunnel
  5. ^ Berliner, Harvey L; Campo David, W.; Dickerson, Charl; Mack Glenn. Design and Construction of the Weehawken Tunnel and Bergenline Avenue Station for the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail Transit System (PDF) (Report). Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc. and New Jersey Transit. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
  6. ^ FXFOWLE - Bergeline Avenue Tunnel Station
  7. ^ HBLR descriptions at NYCSubway.org; Accessed January 9, 2010
  8. ^ "Tonnelle Avenue to West Side Avenue" Station Reporter; Accessed January 9, 2010 Archived March 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Public Art gallery at Maria Mijares' website Archived January 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ NJ State Register of Historic Places in Hudson County Archived July 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ North Hudson Center
  12. ^ Grove Church
  13. ^ Bergen Township website[permanent dead link]

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