Liberty State Park station

Liberty State Park
Liberty State Park
Hudson–Bergen Light Rail station
	The platforms at Liberty State Park
Location	Communipaw Avenue & Johnston Avenue; Jersey City, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°42′33″N 74°03′28″W / 40.7092°N 74.0579°WCoordinates: 40°42′33″N 74°03′28″W / 40.7092°N 74.0579°W
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	April 15, 2000
Electrified	750 V (DC) overhead catenary
Services

Liberty State Park is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) located between Communipaw and Johnston Avenues in Jersey City, New Jersey. The station opened on April 15, 2000.^[1] There are two tracks and two side platforms.

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. 1248 park and ride spaces are also available one block from the station at the Liberty Science Center. A HBLR yard is located west of the line, south of this station. South of here, the line is in a railroad easement, and speeds are higher than in the parts where it is a streetcar line. New Jersey Transit has been considering a spur from the station to the old Central Railroad of New Jersey Communipaw Terminal within Liberty State Park since at least 2010.^[2]

Station layout[]

Ground/platform level Exit/entrance and buses
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← West Side–Tonnelle toward West Side Avenue (Garfield Avenue) ← 8th Street–Hoboken toward 8th Street (Richard Street) ← Bayonne Flyer toward 8th Street (rush hours) (45th Street)
	Northbound	West Side–Tonnelle toward Tonnelle Avenue (Essex Street) → 8th Street–Hoboken toward Hoboken (Essex Street) → Bayonne Flyer toward Hoboken (rush hours) (Essex Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Nearby attractions[]

Gallery[]

Hoboken-bound train approaching the station in September 2009
The station from the pedestrian walkway
The view from the northern pedestrian crossing

Artwork[]

Railroad logos etched into glass blocks
More railroad logos etched into glass blocks
Steam locomotive painted on the concrete of the platform

References[]

^ Most, Doug (April 16, 2000). "At Last, A Trolley Runs Through It". The Record. Bergen County. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2008.
^ Kaulessar, Ricardo (September 6, 2009). "Trolley through Liberty State Park?". Hudson Reporter. Hoboken. Retrieved May 30, 2010.

External links[]

[1] Most, Doug (April 16, 2000). "At Last, A Trolley Runs Through It". The Record. Bergen County. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2008.

[2] Kaulessar, Ricardo (September 6, 2009). "Trolley through Liberty State Park?". Hudson Reporter. Hoboken. Retrieved May 30, 2010.

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