Bergenline Avenue (HBLR station)

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Bergenline Avenue

Bergenline Avenue station at street level
Station statistics
Address Bergenline Avenue and 49th Street
Union City, NJ
Coordinates 40°46′56″N 74°01′19″W / 40.782077, -74.02185Coordinates: 40°46′56″N 74°01′19″W / 40.782077, -74.02185
Lines
West Side–Tonnelle
Hoboken–Tonnelle
Connections NJT Bus:22, 84, 86, 89, 156, 159, and 181
(on Bergenline Avenue; 86 and 181 pull into the station)
88 and 154
(one block west on JFK Boulevard)
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened February 25, 2006
Electrified 750VDC
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Fare zone 1
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 325,520 0%
Services
Preceding station   Hudson–Bergen Light Rail   Following station
West Side–Tonnelle
Terminus
toward Hoboken
Hoboken–Tonnelle
Terminus

Bergenline Avenue is a station on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) located at 49th Street in Union City, New Jersey. The station is the only underground station in the HBLR system, located 160 feet below Bergenline Avenue, near the borders with North Bergen and West New York. The station opened for service on February 25, 2006.

Southbound service from the station is available to Hoboken Terminal and to West Side Avenue in Jersey City (bypassing Hoboken Terminal). Transfers for service to 22nd Street in Bayonne are available at station stops between Hoboken Terminal and Liberty State Park. Northbound service is available to Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen. Connections to PATH trains to Midtown Manhattan and to New Jersey Transit commuter train service are available at Hoboken Terminal. Transfers to PATH trains to Newark, Harrison, and Downtown Manhattan are available at Exchange Place.

[edit] Transfers

  • The 22, 84, 86, 89, 156, 159, and 181 all stop at the Bergenline Avenue station, with most 86 and all 181 trips terminating at it.
  • The 88 and 154 stop on John F. Kennedy Boulevard, one block west.

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