Liberty State Park (HBLR station)

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Jersey City, NJ
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Liberty State Park is a station on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) located between Communipaw and Johnston Avenues in Jersey City, New Jersey. The station opened on April 15, 2000. [Most, Doug. [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-26031162.html "AT LAST, A TROLLEY RUNS THROUGH IT"] , "The Record (Bergen County)", April 16, 2000. Accessed May 13, 2008.]

Northbound service from the station is available to Hoboken Terminal and Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen. Southbound service is available to terminals at West Side Avenue in Jersey City or 22nd 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. A HBLR yard is located west of the line, south of this station. South of here, the line is in a railroad easement, and speeds are higher than in the parts where it is a streetcar line.

Transfers

The 305 Liberty State Park shuttle and 981 Port Liberté bus lines stop here.

Nearby attractions

The Liberty Science Center is a short walk east from the station, inside the park itself.

References

External links

* [http://www.mylightrail.com/index.php?option=com_hblr&task=station&Itemid=102&id=1 Station details]
* [http://www.njtransit.com/sf_lr.shtml New Jersey Transit - Light Rail]
* [http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/R0100.pdf Hudson-Bergen Light Rail schedule (PDF)]