Bergenline Avenue station

For the actual street that the station is located on, see Bergenline Avenue.
Bergenline Avenue
Bergenline Avenue station entrance/exit in August 2009
General information
LocationBergenline Avenue between 48th and 49th Streets
Union City, New Jersey
Coordinates40°46′55″N 74°01′19″W / 40.782077°N 74.02185°W / 40.782077; -74.02185
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport NJ Transit Bus: 22, 84, 86, 89, 156, 159, 181
Construction
Bicycle facilitiesYes[1]
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone1
History
OpenedFebruary 25, 2006 (February 25, 2006)[2]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Port Imperial
toward West Side Avenue
 West Side–Tonnelle Tonnelle Avenue
Terminus
Port Imperial
toward Hoboken
 Hoboken–Tonnelle
Location
Map

Bergenline Avenue is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR). The intermodal facility[3] is located on 49th Street between Bergenline Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard in Union City, New Jersey, near its border with West New York and North Bergen.[4] The station is the first and only completely underground station on the network and opened for service on February 25, 2006.

Platform layout

Bergenline Avenue is the only stop in the HBLR system with an underground platform. Located 160 feet below the Hudson Palisades in the former Weehawken Terminal tunnel of the West Shore Railroad,[5] it is reached by elevators traveling from street-level entrances located just north of bus bays.[6] The station was designed by FXFOWLE Architects.[7] The four porcelain enamel on steel murals that adorn the complex are entitled Between Manhattan and Meadowlands, and were created by Maria Mijares.[8][9][10]

Vicinity

The station's underground platform

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 Bergenline Avenue Commercial Historic District, listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places, continues to 32nd Street.[11] The Hudson County Community College maintains a location next to the station complex on Kennedy Boulevard,[12] with Flower Hill Cemetery across the street. Grove Church Cemetery[13] and North Bergen Town Hall[14] are few blocks south on the boulevard.

References

  1. ^ "Bergenline Avenue Station". NJ Transit. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  2. ^ "NJ Transit Announces Grand Opening Date for New Light Rail Stations" (Press release). February 2, 2006. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  3. ^ New Jersey Transit, Hudson County Bus Service Changes, Effective April 8, 2006, "side 1" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 20, 2007. Retrieved January 30, 2010. (788 KiB) and "side 2" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 20, 2007. Retrieved January 30, 2010. (38.4 KiB)
  4. ^ Hudson County New Jersey Street Map. Hagstrom Map Company, Inc. 2008. ISBN 978-0-88097-763-0.
  5. ^ Weehawken Tunnel
  6. ^ Berliner, Harvey L; Campo David, W.; Dickerson, Charl; Mack Glenn. Design and Construction of the Weehawken Tunnel and Bergenline Avenue Station for the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail Transit System (PDF) (Report). Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc. and New Jersey Transit. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
  7. ^ FXFOWLE – Bergeline Avenue Tunnel Station
  8. ^ HBLR descriptions at NYCSubway.org; Accessed January 9, 2010
  9. ^ "Tonnelle Avenue to West Side Avenue" Station Reporter; Accessed January 9, 2010 Archived March 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Public Art gallery at Maria Mijares' website Archived January 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ NJ State Register of Historic Places in Hudson County Archived July 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ North Hudson Center
  13. ^ Grove Church
  14. ^ Bergen Township website[permanent dead link‍]
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