Harborside (HBLR station)

Harborside Station
Location Greene Street
Jersey City, NJ
Coordinates 40°43′10″N 74°02′02″W / 40.7194°N 74.0340°W / 40.7194; -74.0340Coordinates: 40°43′10″N 74°02′02″W / 40.7194°N 74.0340°W / 40.7194; -74.0340
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 1
History
Opened November 18, 2000
Electrified 750 V (DC) overhead catenary
Previous names Harborside Financial Center (2000-2014)
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 302,900Decrease 5%
Services
Preceding station   Hudson–Bergen Light Rail   Following station
West Side–Tonnelle
toward 8th Street
8th Street–Hoboken
toward Hoboken

Harborside Station (formerly named Harborside Financial Center Station) is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) located east of Greene Street, between Morgan and Steuben Streets, in Exchange Place section of Jersey City, New Jersey and named for the adjacent Harborside (Jersey City) office complex. There are two tracks and an island platform.

The station opened on November 18, 2000. Northbound service from the station is available to Hoboken Terminal and Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen. Southbound service is available to West Side Avenue in Jersey City and 8th Street in Bayonne. 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.

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