Bergenline Avenue (HBLR station)

Bergenline Avenue
Location	Bergenline Avenue between 48th & 49th Streets, Union City, NJ
Coordinates	40°46′55″N 74°01′19″W / 40.782077°N 74.02185°WCoordinates: 40°46′55″N 74°01′19″W / 40.782077°N 74.02185°W
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	West Side–Tonnelle   Hoboken–Tonnelle
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 22, 84, 86, 89, 156, 159, 181 (on Bergenline Avenue; 86 and 181 pull into the station) 88, 154 (one block west on JFK Boulevard)
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	February 25, 2006
Electrified	750 V (DC) overhead catenary
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

destination	route	transfers
Tonnelle northbound		NJT buses
Hoboken Terminal southbound	Port Imperial Lincoln Harbor Hoboken	At Port Imperial: New York Waterway NJT buses At Hoboken Terminal: PATH to Midtown Manhattan & WTC, NJT/MTA regrional rail Hudson Place bus station New York Waterway
Jersey City West Side southbound	Weehawken Hoboken Newport Mall Exchange Place Paulus Hook Liberty State Park	At Exchange Place: PATH to WTC, Journal Square, Newark Penn Station NJT buses Paulus Hook Ferry Terminal
Bayonne	Greenville and Bayonne require transfer at stations between Pavonia-Newport and Liberty State Park.

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

1. New Jersey Transit, Hudson County Bus Service Changes, Effective April 8, 2006, "side 1" (PDF). (788 KiB) and "side 2" (PDF). (38.4 KiB)
2. Hudson County New Jersey Street Map. Hagstrom Map Company, Inc. 2008. ISBN 0-88097-763-9.
3. Weehawken Tunnel
4. 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 2011-05-18.
5. FXFOWLE - Bergeline Avenue Tunnel Station
6. HBLR descriptions at NYCSubway.org; Accessed January 9, 2010
7. "Tonnelle Avenue to West Side Avenue" Station Reporter; Accessed January 9, 2010 Archived March 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
8. Public Art gallery at Maria Mijares' website Archived January 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
9. NJ State Register of Historic Places in Hudson County Archived July 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
10. North Hudson Center
11. Grove Church
12. Bergen Township website

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