9th Street–Congress Street station

9th Street–Congress Street 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.

9th Street–Congress Street
Hudson–Bergen Light Rail station
Station platforms with elevator to Jersey City Heights
Location700 Eighth Street
Hoboken, New Jersey
Coordinates40.7487°N 74.0387°W / 40.7487; -74.0387
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections NJT Bus: 85, 87, 89, 123 (on Congress Street)
22, 84, 86 (on Palisade Avenue)
 Red&Tan: 10, 99S (on Palisade Avenue)
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone1
History
OpenedSeptember 7, 2004[1]
Electrified750 V (DC) overhead catenary
Passengers
2006211,120  24%
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
2nd Street
toward West Side Avenue
 West Side–Tonnelle Lincoln Harbor
toward Tonnelle Avenue
2nd Street
toward Hoboken
 Hoboken–Tonnelle

Elevator

9th Street-Congress Street station is notable for having an elevator which runs along the face of the Palisades cliffs between the platforms at their base and Paterson Plank Road at their crest. Use of the elevator 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.[2]

Station layout
Mezannine level Elevators to Paterson Plank Road and buses
Ground/platform level
Exit/entrance
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
  1. "NJ Transit Set to Extend Hudson-Bergen Light Rail to Weehawken" (Press release). New Jersey Transit. September 3, 2004. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  2. Newman, Andy (November 19, 1995). "N.J. Law; Do Walls Keep Out Crime, or Just Neighbors?". The New York Times. Retrieved July 29, 2011.

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