9th Street–Congress Street station

9th Street–Congress Street 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
Hudson–Bergen Light Rail station
Station platforms with elevator to Jersey City Heights
Location	700 Eighth Street Hoboken, New Jersey
Coordinates	40.7487°N 74.0387°W
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 85, 87, 89, 123 (on Congress Street) 22, 84, 86 (on Palisade Avenue) Red&Tan: 10, 99S (on Palisade Avenue)
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	September 7, 2004[1]
Electrified	750 V (DC) overhead catenary
Passengers
2006	211,120  24%
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 which 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.[2]

Station layout

Mezannine level		Elevators to Paterson Plank Road and buses
Ground/platform level Exit/entrance
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	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

References

1. "NJ Transit Set to Extend Hudson-Bergen Light Rail to Weehawken" (Press release). New Jersey Transit. September 3, 2004. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
2. Newman, Andy (November 19, 1995). "N.J. Law; Do Walls Keep Out Crime, or Just Neighbors?". The New York Times. Retrieved July 29, 2011.

External links

Media related to 9th Street-Congress Street (HBLR station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Subway Nut station info and photos
• 9th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Patterson Plank Road and Congress Street entrance from Google Maps Street View