West Side Avenue (HBLR station)

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West Side Avenue
Station statistics
Address West Side Avenue and Claremont Avenue
Jersey City, NJ
Coordinates 40°42′53″N 74°05′14″W / 40.7146, -74.0873Coordinates: 40°42′53″N 74°05′14″W / 40.7146, -74.0873
Lines
West Side–Tonnelle
Connections NJT Bus: 80
Montgomery & Westside IBOA: 440 Shopper
(all buses on Mallory Avenue, one block west)
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened April 22, 2000
Electrified 750VDC
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Fare zone 1
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 229,580 1%
Services
Preceding station   Hudson–Bergen Light Rail   Following station
Terminus West Side–Tonnelle

West Side Avenue is a station on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) located at Claremont Avenue in Jersey City, New Jersey. The station opened on April 22, 2000.

Northbound service from the station is available to Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen. Northbound service to Hoboken Terminal requires a transfer to the 22nd Street-Hoboken Terminal route at stations between Liberty State Park and Pavonia-Newport. Connection 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. The Liberty State Park station is the transfer point for those traveling between stations on the West Side Avenue (Jersey City) and the 22nd Street (Bayonne) extensions.

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