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West Side Avenue
Hudson–Bergen Light Rail station
General information
Location	West Side Avenue & Claremont Avenue Jersey City, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°42′53″N 74°05′14″W / 40.7146°N 74.0873°W / 40.7146; -74.0873
Owned by	NJ Transit
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 80 A&C Bus: 32-440 Shopper 31-Montgomery & West Side 30-Society Hill-Journal Square
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	April 22, 2000
Electrified	750 V (DC) overhead catenary
Passengers
2006	229,580  1%
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Terminus West Side–Tonnelle Martin Luther King Drivetoward Tonnelle Avenue
Former services Preceding station Central Railroad of New Jersey Following station Kearnytoward Newark Broad Street Newark and New York Branch Jackson Avenuetoward Jersey City

West Side Avenue is a terminal station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) located near Claremont Avenue on West Side of Jersey City, New Jersey.

History

The station opened on April 22, 2000.

After two years of studies, in May 2011, NJT announced its plan for 0.7 mile extension of the line. The new track would be laid along an elevated viaduct from the West Side Avenue station, across Route 440 to the northern end of the proposed Bayfront redevelopment area, where a new station would be constructed. The trip between the two stations would take 1 minute and 50 seconds. The project, eligible for federal funding, is estimated to cost at $171.6 million. In December 2017, NJ Transit approved a $5 million preliminary engineering contract for the extension project.

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 he right-of-way. During that time, replacement service would be provided by NJ Transit shuttle buses.

Station layout

G	Ground level	Exit/entrance, park and ride, buses
P Platform level	Northbound	West Side–Tonnelle toward Tonnelle Avenue (Martin Luther King Drive) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Northbound	West Side–Tonnelle toward Tonnelle Avenue (Martin Luther King Drive) →

The station is on an embankment above the east side of street, and consists of an island platform and two tracks. Bumper blocks are at the west end of the station while the platform continues with a pedestrian bridge and elevator connecting it to a large park and ride lot and bus station. It is built along the former Central Railroad of New Jersey's Newark and New York Railroad right of way that continued west across Newark Bay.

Vicinity

• New Jersey City University
• Droyer's Point
• Bayfront
• Greenville, Jersey City
• St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church
• Henry Snyder High School
• A. Harry Moore School*
• Jersey City Board of Education

References

1. Whiten, Jon (May 11, 2011). "Light Rail Extension to Jersey City's West Side Gets Push Forward from NJ Transit". Jersey City Independent. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
2. Whiten, Jon (August 23, 2010). "West Side Light Rail Extension Project Picks Up Some Federal Funding". Jersey City Independent. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2011-04-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "Expansion of Hudson-Bergen light rail expected to get $5 million boost". The Jersey Journal. December 9, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
5. McDonald, Terrence T. (March 7, 2019). "Light rail riders sound off on planned route suspension in Jersey City". nj.com. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
6. "West Side Avenue Light Rail Service to be Suspended Until 2020". Jersey Digs. February 8, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
7. West Side Station photos
8. - JB Bd of Ed @ Lightoiler Building

External links

• West Side Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View

• Hudson-Bergen Light Rail stations
• Transportation in Jersey City, New Jersey
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 2000
• 2000 establishments in New Jersey