9th Street–Congress Street station
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9th Street–Congress Street | |||||||||||||||
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 9th Street–Congress Street station platform with elevator tower in the distance | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | 700 Eighth Street Hoboken, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°44′55″N 74°02′19″W / 40.7487°N 74.0387°W | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Connections |  NJ Transit Bus: 10, 22, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 119, 123 | ||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | September 7, 2004[2] | ||||||||||||||
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9th Street–Congress Street station is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) operated by New Jersey Transit which opened on September 7, 2004. Located at Ninth Street, west of Jackson Street, in Hoboken, New Jersey, the station also serves the Heights of Jersey City. There are two tracks and two side platforms.
Elevator[edit]
9th Street–Congress Street station is notable for having a pair of elevators that runs along the face of the Palisades cliffs between the platforms at their base and Paterson Plank Road at their crest. Use of the elevators is free. Before its construction, travel between Jersey City Heights and Hoboken was along Paterson Plank Road, Mountain Road, 14th Street Viaduct or paths along the cliffs now made inaccessible by fencing along the right of way.[3]
Station layout[edit]
| M | Mezzanine | Entrance/exit at Paterson Plank Road, buses |
| P Platform level | Side platform, doors will open on the right  | |
| Southbound | ← Hoboken–Tonnelle toward Hoboken (2nd Street) ← West Side–Tonnelle toward West Side Avenue (2nd Street) | |
| Northbound | Hoboken–Tonnelle toward Tonnelle Avenue (Lincoln Harbor) → West Side–Tonnelle toward Tonnelle Avenue (Lincoln Harbor) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
References[edit]
- ^ "9th Street – Congress Street (HBLR)". NJ Transit. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ "NJ Transit Set to Extend Hudson-Bergen Light Rail to Weehawken" (Press release). New Jersey Transit. September 3, 2004. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
- ^ Newman, Andy (November 19, 1995). "N.J. Law; Do Walls Keep Out Crime, or Just Neighbors?". The New York Times. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
External links[edit]
Media related to 9th Street-Congress Street (HBLR station) at Wikimedia Commons