Essex Street (HBLR station)

This article is about the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail station in Jersey City, New Jersey. For the Pascack Valley Line commuter railroad station in Hackensack, New Jersey, see Essex Street (NJT station).

Essex Street
File:Essex St tram WB Liberty View Towers jeh.jpg
Location	Essex Street Jersey City, NJ
Coordinates
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Liberty Water Taxi
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	April 22, 2000
Electrified	750 V (DC) overhead catenary
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	191,360  4%
Services
Preceding station   Hudson–Bergen Light Rail   Following station Marin Boulevard toward West Side Avenue West Side–Tonnelle Exchange Place toward Tonnelle Avenue Marin Boulevard toward 8th Street 8th Street–Hoboken Exchange Place toward Hoboken

Essex Street is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) located between Hudson and Greene Streets in Jersey City, New Jersey. There are two tracks and two side platforms.

The station opened on April 22, 2000. Northbound service from the station is available to Hoboken Terminal and Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen. Southbound service is available to West Side Avenue in Jersey City and 8th Street in Bayonne. Connection to PATH trains to Midtown Manhattan and to New Jersey Transit commuter train service are available at Hoboken Terminal. Transfers to PATH trains to Newark, Harrison, and downtown Manhattan are available at Exchange Place.

External links

• NJT Hudson–Bergen Light Rail station information page for Essex Street
• Hudson–Bergen Light Rail schedule
• east entrance (Hudson Street) from Google Maps Street View
• west entrance (Greene Street) from Google Maps Street View

• HBLREssex4039.JPG

  Looking westbound towards Liberty State Park

• Essex St HBLR platform jeh.JPG

  Looking south