Bergenline Avenue is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR). The intermodal facility[3] is located on 49th Street between Bergenline Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard in Union City, New Jersey, near its border with West New York and North Bergen.[4] The station opened on February 25, 2006.
Bergenline Avenue | |||||||||||||||
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 A northbound train at the station in 2024 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Connections |  NJ Transit Bus: 22, 84, 86, 89, 156, 159, 181 | ||||||||||||||
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| Bicycle facilities | Yes[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | February 25, 2006[2] | ||||||||||||||
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Bergenline Avenue is the only stop in the HBLR system with an underground platform. Located 160 feet below the Hudson Palisades in the former Weehawken Terminal tunnel of the West Shore Railroad,[5] it is reached by elevators traveling from street-level entrances located just north of bus bays.[6] The station was designed by FXFOWLE Architects.[7] The four porcelain enamel on steel murals that adorn the complex are entitled Between Manhattan and Meadowlands, and were created by Maria Mijares.[8][9][10]
References
edit- ^ "Bergenline Avenue Station". NJ Transit. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ "NJ Transit Announces Grand Opening Date for New Light Rail Stations" (Press release). February 2, 2006. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
- ^ New Jersey Transit, Hudson County Bus Service Changes, Effective April 8, 2006, "side 1" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 20, 2007. Retrieved January 30, 2010. (788 KiB) and "side 2" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 20, 2007. Retrieved January 30, 2010. (38.4 KiB)
- ^ Hudson County New Jersey Street Map. Hagstrom Map Company, Inc. 2008. ISBN 978-0-88097-763-0.
- ^ Weehawken Tunnel
- ^ 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.
- ^ FXFOWLE – Bergeline Avenue Tunnel Station
- ^ HBLR descriptions at NYCSubway.org; Accessed January 9, 2010
- ^ "Tonnelle Avenue to West Side Avenue" Station Reporter; Accessed January 9, 2010 Archived March 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Public Art gallery at Maria Mijares' website Archived January 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
External links
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