2nd Street station (Hudson–Bergen Light Rail)

2nd Street is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) located west of Marshall Street near the foot of Paterson Plank Road in Hoboken, New Jersey. There are two tracks and two side platforms.

2nd Street
Hudson–Bergen Light Rail station
General information
Location	204 Marshall Street Hoboken, New Jersey 07030
Coordinates	40°44′30″N 74°02′34″W / 40.7416°N 74.0428°W / 40.7416; -74.0428Coordinates: 40°44′30″N 74°02′34″W / 40.7416°N 74.0428°W / 40.7416; -74.0428
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 85, 87, 89 (on Paterson Avenue)
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	September 7, 2004^[1]
Electrified	750 V (DC) overhead catenary
Passengers
2006	72,800  43%
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Newport toward West Side Avenue West Side–Tonnelle 9th Street–Congress Street toward Tonnelle Avenue Hoboken Terminus Hoboken–Tonnelle

Station layout

Ground/platform level Exit/entrance
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	←      Hoboken–Tonnelle toward Hoboken (Terminus) ←      West Side–Tonnelle toward West Side Avenue (Newport)
	Northbound	Hoboken–Tonnelle toward Tonnelle Avenue (9th Street–Congress Street) →      West Side–Tonnelle toward Tonnelle Avenue (9th Street–Congress Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

History

 

The right of way originally part of New Jersey Junction Railroad

The station opened on September 7, 2004. The right of way on which it is situated was originally part of the New York Central New Jersey Junction Railroad, which maintained a station there. It was later used by the Penn Central River Division and^[2] the Conrail River Line before being abandoned to make way for the current system.^[3] The station is located at the foot of the Hudson Palisades. In 2003, Jersey City agreed with a developer of a nearby factory-to-housing conversion to cover the cost of an outdoor public stairway from Jersey City Heights to the station. The stairway was never built and in June 2011 the city took responsibility for the project.^[4] The steel steps were opened in November 2013.^[5]

Station art

Station art was installed at the same time that the station opened. "A Planetary Park" features nine planets depicted in their relative scale and position to the sun. Artist John van Alstine constructed the Sun and a functioning sundial. Grace Graupe-Pillard fabricated the nine fiberglass planets with painted steel figurative attachments, as a metaphor for the celebration of the individual and his/her connection to the world.

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. Penn Central Rivier Division map
3. EPA-IMPACT 2000
4. Hunger, Matt (June 16, 2011). . Jersey City Independent. Archived from the original on October 6, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
5. "Jersey City Heights gets new steel staircase down cliff to Hoboken". 7 November 2013.

External links

• NJT Hudson–Bergen Light Rail station information page for 2nd Street station
• Subway Nut station info and photos
• 2nd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View (Daytime)
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View (Night)

 

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