Grove Street station (PATH)

Grove Street
Port Authority Trans-Hudson PATH rapid transit station

The center platform at Grove Street station
Location Newark Avenue and Grove Street
Jersey City, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°43′11″N 74°02′35″W / 40.719671°N 74.043117°W / 40.719671; -74.043117Coordinates: 40°43′11″N 74°02′35″W / 40.719671°N 74.043117°W / 40.719671; -74.043117
Owned by Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Line(s)
  NWK–WTC
  JSQ–33
  JSQ–33 (via HOB)
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections NJT Bus: 80, 81, 82, 86
A&C Bus 4
Construction
Parking Parking lots and garages adjacent to station
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened 1910
Rebuilt 2003
Electrified 600V (DC) Third Rail
Previous names Grove-Henderson Streets
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 5,496,970[1] Increase 6.9%
Services
Preceding station   PATH   Following station
  All times  
toward Newark
NWK–WTC
  Weekdays only  
Terminus
JSQ–33
toward 33rd Street
  Nights & weekends only  
Terminus
JSQ–33 (via HOB)
toward 33rd Street
  Former services  
Preceding station   Hudson and Manhattan Railroad   Following station
toward Park Place
Park Place – Hudson Terminal

Grove Street (originally Grove-Henderson Streets) is a station on the PATH system. Located at the intersection of Grove Street, Newark Avenue and Railroad Avenue in the Downtown neighborhood of Jersey City, New Jersey, it is served by the Newark–World Trade Center line at all times, the Journal Square–33rd Street line on weekdays, and the Journal Square–33rd Street (via Hoboken) line on weekends.

Station layout

G Street Level Exit/Entrance
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent
P
Platform level		 Westbound ←      NWK–WTC toward Newark (Journal Square)
←      JSQ–33 toward Journal Square (Terminus)
←      JSQ–33 (via HOB) toward Journal Square (Terminus)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound →      NWK–WTC toward World Trade Center (Exchange Place) →
→      JSQ–33 toward 33rd Street (Newport) →
→      JSQ–33 (via HOB) toward 33rd Street (Newport) →
Track layout
to Exchange Pl
to Newport
to former Henderson Yd
to Journal Sq
Eastern entrance at Marin Street
Western entrance at Grove Street

The station, opened on September 6, 1910, has two tracks and one island platform.[2]

Originally the station had exits at either end. The western stair led to the intersection of Grove Street and Newark Avenue and a simple kiosk underneath the Pennsylvania Railroad's mainline viaduct, which ran above what is now Christopher Columbus Drive. The station's easterly end exited to Henderson Street (now Marín Boulevard). The railroad viaduct was taken down in the late 1960s, and the station was reconfigured in the 1970s. As part of the reconstruction, the eastern and western exits were closed in favor of a mezzanine situated in a triangle formed by the intersections of Grove Street, Newark Avenue, and Columbus Drive. Two stairways from the platform level connect to the mezzanine, with fare turnstiles at the top of each stairway. Two exits lead to street level; one, with escalators, leads to the station's primary kiosk, while the other is a stairway that leads to the south side of Columbus Drive.

As a result of an increase in ridership, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) reopened the easterly exit and built a second kiosk at the corner of Columbus Drive and Marín Boulevard. Despite the fact that construction eastern entrance/exit of took place between 2003–2005, the station was not made compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.[3] In September 2011 a federal judge found that it was technically feasible to do so and ordered the PANYNJ provide handicapped-access.[4][5] In 2014 legal settlement the PANYNJ agreed to provide handicap at the western end of the station.[6] Construction of elevator access began in April 2015.[7]

The intersection is a busy stop for buses, most of which head west and south.

References

  1. ↑ "PATH Ridership Report" (PDF). pathnynj.gov. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Advocates: PATH Station is in Violation of Americans with Disabilities Act". 4 December 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  4. ↑ MacDonald, Terrence (September 8, 2011), "Federal judge orders Port Authority to make Grove Street PATH station handicapped-accessible", The Jersey Journal
  5. ↑ "United Spinal Association Secures Judgment Ordering Port Authority to Make PATH Train Station Accessible to Wheelchair Users" (Press release). United Spinal Association. September 9, 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
  6. ↑ "Port Authority settles suit over disabled access to Grove Street PATH station". NJ.com. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Construction to begin on $4M Grove Street PATH station elevator". NJ.com. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
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