Danforth Avenue (HBLR station)
Danforth Avenue | |||||||||||
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| Location |
Danforth Avenue & Garfield Avenue Jersey City, NJ | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°41′33″N 74°05′14″W / 40.6924°N 74.0873°WCoordinates: 40°41′33″N 74°05′14″W / 40.6924°N 74.0873°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | April 22, 2000 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 750 V (DC) overhead catenary | ||||||||||
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The Danforth Avenue station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) is located one block east of Garfield Avenue,[1][2] near the location of the former Central Railroad of New Jersey Greenville station in Jersey City, New Jersey. There are two tracks and an island platform. It is the southernmost HBLR station within Jersey City.
Service
Direct southbound service travels through Bayonne where it terminates at 8th Street.
Direct northbound service travels to Hoboken Terminal, where connection to PATH to midtown Manhattan and to commuter trains are available. The line travels via Liberty State Park, where transfer to the West Side Branch is available, and Downtown Jersey City. Connections to PATH to Newark and downtown Manhattan at and the Paulus Hook Ferry Terminal are available at Exchange Place.
Continuing northbound service to Hoboken and North Hudson, (at the Weehawken waterfront, Bergenline and the Tonnelle Avenue terminus) requires a transfer at stations between Liberty State Park and Pavonia-Newport.[3]
History
The station opened on April 22, 2000. It is located along the former Central Railroad of New Jersey right of way which terminated at Communipaw Terminal. During excavations for its construction workers came across what appear to be the petrified remains of luggage. The items were later incorporated in the design of a public art exhibition entitled Immigrant Remnants.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Hudson County New Jersey Street Map. Hagstrom Map Company, Inc. 2008. ISBN 0-88097-763-9.
- ↑ Danforth Avenue Station
- ↑ HBLR Lines and Transfers Map
- ↑ Danforth Avenue station photos
- ↑ From a plaque located at the station
Immigrant Remnants Found Remains Appear Petrified, Luggage Among Items Unearthed During excavations for the construction of stations along the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Transit System, workers this morning came across what appear to be the petrified remains of luggage and other items buried under many feet of earth. Digging was immediately suspended at two sites after it was noticed that some of the exposed rock looked like old pieces of luggage. As a gathering crows looked on bewildered workers carefully pulled familiar shapes from the ground. By noon a trunk, a violin case, a hat box, a suitcase and some parcels had been counted among the unearthed items. Construction managers at the two affected stations, the Richard Street station and the Danforth Avenue station, declined to officially comment on the bizarre findings. however, witnesses to the events of this morning seem convinced that the delicately articulated rocks were not really rocks at all, but petrified luggage. Dr. Chip Travertine, Associate Professor - ↑ Route 4 schedule
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 NJT 81 schedule
- ↑ NJT 80 schedule
- ↑ NJT bus 87 schedule
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Routes 10/99S schedule