Liberty State Park (HBLR station)

Liberty State Park

The platforms at Liberty State Park
Location Communipaw Avenue & Johnston Avenue
Jersey City, NJ
Coordinates 40°42′33″N 74°03′28″W / 40.7092°N 74.0579°W / 40.7092; -74.0579Coordinates: 40°42′33″N 74°03′28″W / 40.7092°N 74.0579°W / 40.7092; -74.0579
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
  West Side–Tonnelle
  8th Street–Hoboken
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
Preceding station   Hudson–Bergen Light Rail   Following station
West Side–Tonnelle
toward 8th Street
8th Street–Hoboken
toward Hoboken

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]

Nearby attractions

References

  1. ↑ Most, Doug (April 16, 2000). "At Last, A Trolley Runs Through It". The Record. Bergen County. Retrieved May 13, 2008.
  2. ↑ Kaulessar, Ricardo (September 6, 2009). "Trolley through Liberty State Park?". Hudson Reporter. Hoboken. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
Hoboken-bound train approaching Liberty State Park station; September 7, 2009
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