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{{Short description|Light rail station in New Jersey, US}} |
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| name=Martin Luther King Drive |
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{{Infobox station |
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| name = Martin Luther King Drive |
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| type=] ] |
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| style = NJ Transit |
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| image=Martin Luther King Drive Station - April 2015.jpg |
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| image_caption=The Martin Luther King Drive station in April 2015, facing the eponymous street. |
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| image = Martin Luther King Drive Station - April 2015.jpg |
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| address=Martin Luther King Drive and Virginia Avenue<br>] |
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| image_caption = Martin Luther King Drive station platform in April 2015 |
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| address = ] and Virginia Avenue |
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| coordinates = {{coord|40.7121|-74.0773|display=inline,title}} |
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| borough = ] |
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| line={{rail color box|system=HBLR|line=West Side-Tonnelle}} |
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| coordinates = {{coord|40.7121|-74.0773|display=inline,title|format=dms|type:railwaystation}} |
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| other={{bus icon}} ''']''': {{NJ bus link|6|81|87}}<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref> |
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| owned = ] |
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| platform=2 ]s |
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| platform = 2 ]s |
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| tracks=2 |
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| opened=April 22, 2000 |
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| connections = {{bus icon}} ]: {{NJ bus link|6|81|87}} |
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| electrified=750 ] (]) ] |
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| bicycle = Yes<ref name="Station info">{{Cite web |title=Martin Luther King Drive Light Rail Station Jersey City |url=https://www.njtransit.com/station/martin-luther-king-drive-light-rail-station-jersey-city |access-date=July 5, 2023 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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| accessible = Yes |
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| opened = {{Start date|April 15, 2000}}<ref name="opening">{{Cite news |last=Canal |first=Alberto |date=April 16, 2000 |title=Leaders Cheer Light Rail Opening as Hudson Steps Into 21st Century |pages=A1, |work=The Jersey Journal |location=] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120839295/hblr-april-17-2000/ |access-date=March 14, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> |
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| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=NJ Transit|line=West Side-Tonnelle|left=West Side Avenue|right=Garfield Avenue}} |
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| other_services_header = Former services |
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| other_services_collapsible = yes |
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| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Central Railroad of New Jersey|line=Newark and New York Branch|left=West Side Avenue|right=Arlington Avenue|note-mid=<hr>Jackson Avenue}} |
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'''Martin Luther King Drive station''' is a ] of the ] in the ] neighborhood of ], ], ]. Located on the east side of ] (Hudson County Route 609, named for ]) near the intersection with Virginia Avenue, the station is a two ], two track structure on the ] of the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail. Train service through Martin Luther King Drive station goes from West Side Avenue in Jersey City to the ] in ]. The station is accessible for those with disabilities as part of the ] with ramps to the train-level platform. Martin Luther King Drive station opened on April 15, 2000 along with the rest of the West Side Avenue branch as part of the original operating segment.<ref name="opening">{{Cite news |last=Canal |first=Alberto |date=April 16, 2000 |title=Leaders Cheer Light Rail Opening as Hudson Steps Into 21st Century |pages=A1, |work=The Jersey Journal |location=] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120839295/hblr-april-17-2000/ |access-date=March 14, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> |
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The '''Martin Luther King Drive''' ] of the ] (]) is located adjacent to the ] in the ] neighborhood of ]. The station opened on April 22, 2000, with a memorial to slain civil rights leader ] at its entrance.<ref>{{citation|last=|first=|title=Art: Memorializing Civil Rights Era|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 16, 2001|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/16/nyregion/art-memorializing-civil-rights-era.html?n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fT%2fTransit%20Systems|accessdate = 2012-01-20|quote=}}</ref> and other related public art throughout the station.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.subwaynut.com/hblr/mlk_drive/index.php |title=MLK Station photos |publisher=Subwaynut.com |accessdate=November 29, 2011}}</ref> |
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==History== |
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== History == |
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=== Jersey Central station === |
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The original ] of the ] of ] excavated through ] in 1869 with service running until 1946. The unrenovated former CNJ train station was still standing as recently as the Autumn of 2011,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.railfan.net/lists/rshsdepot-digest/200106/msg00012.html |title=Jackson Avenue Station |publisher=Railfan.net |date=June 8, 2001 |accessdate=November 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.railfan.net/cgi-bin/listphoto.cgi?/lists/rshsdepot-photo/rshsdepot-06-08-01/jackson-1.jpg |title=Jackson Avenue Station |publisher=Railfan.net |date=June 8, 2001 |accessdate=November 29, 2011}}</ref> but has since been demolished. The new station was raised to a ]. |
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Martin Luther King Drive station is located just east of the former ] station at the same street, '''Jackson Avenue'''. Service in the area began a block west at Bergen Avenue in a cut through ] for the ], a branch that ran from ] in ] to the Communipaw station in Jersey City, where it met with the Central Railroad of New Jersey mainline, on July 23, 1869.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Urquhart |first=Frank J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oJheDwAAQBAJ&pg=PP1 |title=A History of the city of Newark, New Jersey, Volume 1 |date=2017 |publisher=Jazzybee Verlag Jürgen Beck |isbn=978-3-8496-4990-6 |location=], Germany |access-date=November 3, 2019}}</ref> In 1877, the station was moved east to the Jackson Avenue crossing. The station was replaced in 1892 and once again in 1911. The CNJ and ] shared the station from 1913 to 1918.<ref name="Bernhart 2004">{{Cite book |last=Bernhart |first=Benjamin L. |title=Historic Journeys By Rail: Central Railroad of New Jersey Stations, Structures & Marine Equipment |date=2004 |publisher=Outer Station Project |isbn=1-891402-07-2 |pages=103}}</ref> Service to Lafayette Street ended abruptly on February 3, 1946, when a steamship crashed into a bridge over the ], taking out two spans.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 4, 1889 |title=Railroad Ripples |page=3 |work=The Passaic Daily News |location=] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38286690/railroad_ripples_october_4_1889/ |access-date=November 3, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> Service to Jackson Avenue for passengers as a result ended on May 6, 1948.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 6, 1948 |title=CNJ to Drop Part of Branch |page=2 |work=] |location=] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38301008/west_side_avenue_branch_may_4_1948/ |access-date=November 3, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> The CNJ sold the ornate 1911 station in 1951 for various purposes and was demolished after Autumn 2011.<ref name="Bernhart 2004" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 8, 2001 |title=Jackson Avenue Station |url=http://www.railfan.net/lists/rshsdepot-digest/200106/msg00012.html |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Railfan.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 8, 2001 |title=Jackson Avenue Station |url=http://www.railfan.net/cgi-bin/listphoto.cgi?/lists/rshsdepot-photo/rshsdepot-06-08-01/jackson-1.jpg |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Railfan.net}}</ref> |
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=== HBLR station === |
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==Station layout== |
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The station opened on April 15, 2000.<ref name="opening" /> It was raised to a ] to improve pedestrian access. It is the site of the ] in Jersey City. |
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''Southbound''' |
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In early 2019, it was announced that the West Side Avenue, Martin Luther King Drive, and Garfield Avenue stations on the West Side Branch would close for nine months starting in June 2019 for repairs to a sewer line running along the right-of-way. During that time, replacement service would be provided by NJ Transit shuttle buses.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McDonald |first=Terrence T. |date=March 7, 2019 |title=Light rail riders sound off on planned route suspension in Jersey City |url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2019/03/light-rail-riders-sound-off-on-planned-route-suspension-in-jersey-city.html |access-date=March 8, 2019 |website=nj.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kofsky |first=Jared |date=February 8, 2019 |title=West Side Avenue Light Rail Service to be Suspended Until 2020 |url=https://jerseydigs.com/buses-replace-west-side-hudson-bergen-light-rail-service-for-nine-months-jersey-city/ |access-date=March 8, 2019 |website=Jersey Digs}}</ref> |
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==Vicinity== |
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Sited at its entrance is ].<ref>{{Citation |title=Art: Memorializing Civil Rights Era |date=April 16, 2001 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/16/nyregion/art-memorializing-civil-rights-era.html?n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fT%2fTransit%20Systems |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 20, 2012}}</ref> and other related public art.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MLK Station photos |url=http://www.subwaynut.com/hblr/mlk_drive/index.php |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Subwaynut.com}}</ref> |
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Martin Luther King Drive was once called Jackson Avenue, and until 1947 ]'s ] ] line ran along it. A small block called Jackson still exists that was not included in a realignment.<ref>{{Cite book|publisher = Hagstrom Map Company, Inc|isbn = 0-88097-763-9|title = Hudson County New Jersey Street Map |year = 2008}}</ref> It was later named in honor of the slain civil right leader Martin Luther King, Jr., who had twice spoken in the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofjerseycity.org/mlk/index.shtml |title=Martin Luther King, Jr. speeches in Jersey City |publisher=Cityofjerseycity.org |accessdate=November 29, 2011}}</ref> The drive has been the heart of the African American community in Jersey City for decades, and has sometimes been called "The Hill",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejcra.org/index.php?p...details |title=JCRA The Hill |publisher=Thejcra.org |accessdate=November 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejcra.org/index.php?=news&nid=123 |title=MLK Drive |publisher=Thejcra.org |accessdate=November 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejcra.org/index.php?p=neighborhood-details&nid=9 |title=The Hill |publisher=Thejcra.org |accessdate=November 29, 2011}}</ref> though the area is not within the state designated ]. The 100th affiliate of the ] is located on MLK Drive.,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulohc.org |title=National Urban League of Hudson County |publisher=Ulohc.org |date=September 19, 2011 |accessdate=November 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejcra.org/jcra_files/File/development_projects/MLK_Amd_11_082207_RDP.pdf |title=MLK Redevelopment Plan |format=PDF |accessdate=November 29, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008132438/http://www.thejcra.org/jcra_files/File/development_projects/MLK_Amd_11_082207_RDP.pdf |archivedate=October 8, 2011 |df= }}</ref> which is one of the city's shopping districts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jerseycityonline.com/jersey_city_shopping_districts.htm |title=JC Shoppring Districts |publisher=Jerseycityonline.com |accessdate=November 29, 2011}}</ref> The Cunningham Branch of the Jersey City Public Library, the city's newest named for former mayor ], is located on MLK Drive.<ref>{{cite web|title=Glenn D. Cunningham Branch|url=http://www.jclibrary.org/branches/glenn-d-cunningham-branch|publisher=Jersey City Free Public Library|accessdate=20 August 2012}}</ref> ] and ], listed on ] is nearby at Grand Street and Bramhall Avenue. |
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Martin Luther King Drive was once called Jackson Avenue, and until 1947, ]'s ] ] line ran along it. A small block called Jackson still exists that was not included in a realignment.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Hudson County New Jersey Street Map |publisher=Hagstrom Map Company, Inc |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-88097-763-0}}</ref> It was later named in honor of the slain civil right leader Martin Luther King, Jr., who had twice spoken in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Martin Luther King, Jr. speeches in Jersey City |url=http://www.cityofjerseycity.org/mlk/index.shtml |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Cityofjerseycity.org}}</ref> The drive has been the heart of the African American community in Jersey City for decades, and has sometimes been called "The Hill",<ref>{{Cite web |title=JCRA The Hill |url=http://www.thejcra.org/index.php?p...details |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Thejcra.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MLK Drive |url=http://www.thejcra.org/index.php?=news&nid=123 |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Thejcra.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Hill |url=http://www.thejcra.org/index.php?p=neighborhood-details&nid=9 |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Thejcra.org}}</ref> though the area is not within the state designated ] Historic District. The 100th affiliate of the ] is located on MLK Drive.,<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 19, 2011 |title=National Urban League of Hudson County |url=http://www.ulohc.org |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Ulohc.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MLK Redevelopment Plan |url=http://www.thejcra.org/jcra_files/File/development_projects/MLK_Amd_11_082207_RDP.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008132438/http://www.thejcra.org/jcra_files/File/development_projects/MLK_Amd_11_082207_RDP.pdf |archive-date=October 8, 2011 |access-date=November 29, 2011}}</ref> which is one of the city's shopping districts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=JC Shoppring Districts |url=http://www.jerseycityonline.com/jersey_city_shopping_districts.htm |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Jerseycityonline.com}}</ref> The Cunningham Branch of the Jersey City Public Library, the city's newest branch, named for former mayor ], is located on MLK Drive.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Glenn D. Cunningham Branch |url=http://www.jclibrary.org/branches/glenn-d-cunningham-branch |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826162229/http://www.jclibrary.org/branches/glenn-d-cunningham-branch |archive-date=August 26, 2014 |access-date=August 20, 2012 |publisher=Jersey City Free Public Library}}</ref> ] and ] are nearby, both northeast of the station. |
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In early 2019, it was announced that the West Side Avenue, Martin Luther King Drive, and Garfield Avenue stations on the West Side Branch would close for nine months starting in June 2019 for repairs to a sewer line running along the right-of-way. During that time, replacement service would be provided by NJ Transit shuttle buses.