Tonnelle Avenue station

Tonnelle Avenue /tɒnəliː/ is a ground-level station on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) located at 51st Street in North Bergen, New Jersey. The station opened for service on February 25, 2006.

Tonnelle Avenue
Hudson–Bergen Light Rail station
The platform of the Tonnelle Avenue HBLR station
General information
Location	Tonnelle Avenue at 51st Street North Bergen, New Jersey 07047
Coordinates	40°47′14″N 74°01′52″W / 40.787327°N 74.03119°W / 40.787327; -74.03119Coordinates: 40°47′14″N 74°01′52″W / 40.787327°N 74.03119°W / 40.787327; -74.03119
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 83, 127
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	February 25, 2006^[1]
Electrified	750 V (DC) overhead catenary
Passengers
2006	142,480  0%
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Bergenline Avenue toward West Side Avenue West Side–Tonnelle Terminus Bergenline Avenue toward Hoboken Hoboken–Tonnelle

Service from the station travels to West Side Avenue in Jersey City at all times. On weekdays, service is also available to Hoboken Terminal. In conjunction with the station, New Jersey Transit operates a 730-space park-and-ride lot on Tonnelle Avenue (U.S. Route 1 & 9), between 49th and 51st Streets.

Currently, the station is the northern terminus for the light rail system, with two tracks and an island platform. The proposed Northern Branch Corridor Project would extend the line from Tonnelle Avenue north into Englewood, in eastern Bergen County.

Daily and monthly parking is available. Monthly parking passes for the following month are sold on the 19th of each month.^[2]

Platform layout

M	Mezzanine	Exit/entrance, park and ride, buses
P Platform level	Southbound	←      Hoboken–Tonnelle toward Hoboken (Bergenline Avenue) ←      West Side–Tonnelle toward West Side Avenue (Bergenline Avenue)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Southbound	←      Hoboken–Tonnelle toward Hoboken (Bergenline Avenue) ←      West Side–Tonnelle toward West Side Avenue (Bergenline Avenue)

Vicinity

• North Bergen Municipal Building
• New Durham, North Bergen
• Flower Hill Cemetery
• Grove Church Cemetery
• Hoboken Cemetery
• Macphelah Cemetery
• Weehawken Cemetery

References

1. "NJ Transit Announces Grand Opening Date for New Light Rail Stations" (Press release). February 2, 2006. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
2. . New Jersey Transit. October 15, 2008. Archived from the original on October 18, 2008. Retrieved January 23, 2020.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tonnelle Avenue (HBLR station).

• Subway Nut station photos
• Tonnelle Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platform from Google Maps Street View