Liberty State Park station
Liberty State Park | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hudson–Bergen Light Rail station | |||||||||||||||||||||
 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°WCoordinates: 40°42′33″N 74°03′28″W / 40.7092°N 74.0579°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | April 15, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 750 V (DC) overhead catenary | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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 (September 2009)
The station from the pedestrian walkway
The view from the northern pedestrian crossing
References
- ↑ Most, Doug (April 16, 2000). "At Last, A Trolley Runs Through It". The Record. Bergen County. Retrieved May 13, 2008.
- ↑ Kaulessar, Ricardo (September 6, 2009). "Trolley through Liberty State Park?". Hudson Reporter. Hoboken. Retrieved May 30, 2010.