Journal Square Transportation Center

Journal Square
PATH rapid transit station
Location	Kennedy Boulevard Jersey City, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°43′56″N 74°03′47″W / 40.732141°N 74.063114°W / 40.732141; -74.063114Coordinates: 40°43′56″N 74°03′47″W / 40.732141°N 74.063114°W / 40.732141; -74.063114
Owned by	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Line(s)	NWK–WTC   JSQ–33   JSQ–33 (via HOB)
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	NJT Bus: 1, 2, 6, 10, 64, 67, 80, 83, 84, 87, 88, 119, 125, 319 A&C Bus Corporation (Bergen Avenue, 440 Shopper, Society Hill)
Construction
Parking	464-car parking garage
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1912
Rebuilt	1968 to mid-1970s
Electrified	600V (DC) Third Rail
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	8,175,580[1]  1.2%
Services
Preceding station   PATH   Following station   All times   Harrison toward Newark NWK–WTC Grove Street toward World Trade Center Newark Terminus Exchange Place toward World Trade Center   Weekdays only   Terminus JSQ–33 Grove Street toward 33rd Street Newport toward 33rd Street   Nights & weekends only   Terminus JSQ–33 (via HOB) Grove Street toward 33rd Street Newport toward 33rd Street   Former services   Pennsylvania Railroad Harrison toward Bay Head Junction New York and Long Branch Railroad Exchange Place Terminus Preceding station   Hudson and Manhattan Railroad   Following station Manhattan Transfer toward Park Place Park Place – Hudson Terminal Grove-Henderson Streets toward Hudson Terminal

The Journal Square Transportation Center is a multi-modal transportation hub located on Kennedy Boulevard at Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States.^[2] Owned and operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the complex includes a ten-story tower, a retail plaza, a bus terminal, a two-level parking facility, and the Journal Square station of the PATH rail transit system. The underground station has a high ceiling and a mezzanine level connecting the platforms. The upper level of the station contains a bank of escalators leading to street level, elevators to parking, and a series of escalators leading to the street-level bus bays.

History and vicinity

Supporting spandrels

Cross-platform transfer between JSQ-33rd trains and NWK-WTC trains

The JSTC was originally the site of the Summit Avenue Station of the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad. Summit Avenue station was built on April 14, 1912. The district was renamed Journal Square in the 1920s.

The open-spandrel concrete arch bridge carrying Kennedy Boulevard and the station, built in 1926, is a pared-down version of a more ambitious elevated plaza scheme proposed by consulting engineer Abraham Burton Cohen. Passageways were suspended from the arches to connect the railroad station to bus stops on the bridge deck above.^[3] The original mid-roadway bus stop islands have since been removed.

The H&M was acquired by PATH in 1962, and reconstruction of the station began in 1968.^[4] Though the cornerstone was installed on September 20, 1972, the center itself was opened in stages in 1973, 1974, and 1975^[5] during the late phases of the Brutalist architecture movement. It is constructed over the Bergen Hill Cut, an excavated ravine, originally opened in 1834 and later used by the Jersey City Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Freight trains on the Passaic and Harsimus Line occasionally make use of the cut to traverse the Palisades along tracks north of the mass transit system.

The center is sometimes viewed as having contributed to the decline of the district by moving the train-bus interchange, and thus pedestrians, away from other commercial activities around the square.^[6]

A statue of Jackie Robinson was dedicated at the center in 1998.^[7]

The Loew's Jersey Theater, the Stanley Theater, Hudson County Community College, Journal Squared, Hudson County Courthouse and Hudson County Administration Building are in the immediate vicinity. Nearby are the neighborhoods Bergen Square, India Square, Marion Section, Five Corners, the Hilltop, and McGinley Square site of Beacon and Saint Peter's College.

Layout

Track layout
to Grove St to storage yards east of station to storage yards east of station Long track section to storage yards east of station Summit Ave to storage yard north of station to storage yard north of station Kennedy Blvd to storage tracks Long track section to storage yard north of station to storage tracks to Harrison

Ground	Street level	PATH exit/entrance, bus terminal
Mezzanine	Mezzanine	Entrance/Exit, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
Platforms	Westbound	←      NWK-WTC toward Newark (Harrison)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Westbound	←      JSQ-33 alighting passengers only ←      JSQ-33 (via HOB) alighting passengers only
	Eastbound	→      JSQ-33 toward 33rd Street (Grove Street) → →      JSQ-33 (via HOB) toward 33rd Street (Grove Street) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Eastbound	→      NWK-WTC toward World Trade Center (Grove Street) →

Rapid transit

The Journal Square PATH station opened on April 14, 1912, as the Summit Avenue Station of the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad. Currently it is served by two lines of the Port Authority Trans Hudson, being the terminus of the Journal Square–33rd Street and Journal Square–33rd Street (via Hoboken) lines on weekdays and weekends/late nights respectively.^[8] At the platform level, the inside tracks are typically used by trains on the Journal Square–33rd Street and Journal Square–33rd Street (via Hoboken) lines, while the outside tracks are used by trains on the Newark–World Trade Center line.^[9]

Bus

Bus at Journal Square before turning into Pavonia Avenue and entrance to bus platforms, followed by a guagua (minibus), which also serves the region

Bus exiting Pavonia Avenue

Regular frequent bus service is provided by New Jersey Transit and private enterprises for points throughout Hudson County and to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan. There is also service to Newark, Hackensack, the Jersey Shore and Atlantic City .^[10] Bus arrivals and departures use platforms accessible from within the station or via Pavonia or Sip Avenues.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Journal Square Transportation Center.

• PATH - Journal Square
• NJT Bus Routes in Hudson County
• Kennedy Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Entrance plaza from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View