9th Street–Congress Street station

9th Street–Congress Street station 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
9th Street–Congress Street station platform with elevator tower in the distance
General information
Location700 Eighth Street
Hoboken, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°44′55″N 74°02′19″W
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport NJ Transit Bus: 10, 22, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 119, 123
Construction
Bicycle facilitiesYes[1]
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone1
History
OpenedSeptember 7, 2004 (September 7, 2004)[2]
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 that 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.[3]

Station layout
M Mezzanine Entrance/exit at Paterson Plank Road, buses
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right Disabled access
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 Disabled access

References
  1. "9th Street – Congress Street (HBLR)". NJ Transit. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  2. "NJ Transit Set to Extend Hudson-Bergen Light Rail to Weehawken" (Press release). New Jersey Transit. September 3, 2004. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  3. 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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