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| Address | Bergenline Avenue between 48th and 49th Streets, Union City, New Jersey |
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| 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) |
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| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | February 25, 2006 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 750VDC | |||||||||||||||
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| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | |||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2006) | 325,520 0% | |||||||||||||||
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Bergenline Avenue is a station on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR). The intermodal facility[1] is located on 49th Street between Bergenline Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard at the border of Union City, West New York and North Bergen, New Jersey[2] The station opened for service on February 25, 2006.
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Bergenline is the only stop on in the HBLR system with an underground platform. Located 160 feet below ridge of the Hudson Palisades in the former West Shore Railroad Terminal tunnel,[3] it is reached by elevators travelling from street-level entrances located just north of busbays.[4] The station was designed by FXFOWLE Architects.[5] The four porcelain enamel on steel murals which adorn the complex are entitled Between Manhattan and Meadowlands, and were created by Maria Mijares.[6][7][8]
Bergenline Avenue is the main shopping district in North Hudson. Just over the city line it narrows from a two way thoroughfare to a narrower one way avenue heading south (with New York Avenue one block west used for northbound travel). The New Jersey Register of Historic Places Bergenline Avenue Commercial Historic District continues to 32nd Street.[9] The Hudson County Community College maintains a location next to the station complex on Kennedy Boulevard,[10] with Flower Hill Cemetery across the street. Grove Church Cemetery[11] and North Bergen Town Hall[12] are few blocks south on the boulevard, while Flower Hill Cemetery is a few blocks north.
The station is served by two lines. Westbound service on both travels one stop to the Tonnelle Avenue terminus.
Southbound service travels along the Weehawken waterfront and the west side of Hoboken. One line terminates at Hoboken Terminal, where connections to PATH trains and New Jersey Transit commuter train service are available.
The West Side Branch bypasses Hoboken Terminal and travels through Downtown Jersey City. At Exchange Place, transfers to PATH trains to Newark, Harrison, and Downtown Manhattan are available.
Travel to Greenville, Jersey City and Bayonne requires a transfer at stops between Hoboken Terminal and Liberty State Park.
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