Owned by New Jersey Transit Disabled access Yes Opened 7 September 2004 Tracks 2 | Platforms 2 side platforms Fare zone 1 Owner NJ Transit | |
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Location 700 Eighth Street
Hoboken, NJ Connections NJT Bus: 85, 87, 89, 123 (on Congress Street)22, 84, 86 (on Palisade Avenue) Red&Tan: 10, 99S (on Palisade Avenue) Similar 2nd Street, Newport, Lincoln Harbor, Bergenline Avenue, 8th Street | ||
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.
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.