2nd Street station is a station on the

Hudson–Bergen Light Rail The Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) is a light rail system in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. Owned by New Jersey Transit (NJT) and operated by the 21st Century Rail Corporation, it connects the communities of Bayonne, Jersey Ci ...

(HBLR) located west of Marshall Street near the foot of

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. There are two tracks and two

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Station layout

History

The station opened on September 7, 2004. The right of way on which it is situated was originally part of the New York Central

New Jersey Junction Railroad The New Jersey Junction Railroad (NJJ) was part of the New York Central Railroad and ran along the Hudson River in Hudson County, New Jersey, from the West Shore Railroad (NYCRR) yards at Weehawken Terminal south to Jersey City. It later owne ...

, which maintained a station there. It was later used by the

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River Division and the Conrail River Line before being abandoned to make way for the current system. The station is located at the foot of the

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. In 2003, Jersey City agreed with a developer of a nearby factory-to-housing conversion to cover the cost of an outdoor public stairway from

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to the station. The stairway was never built and in June 2011 the city took responsibility for the project. The steel steps were opened in November 2013.

Station art

Station art was installed at the same time that the station opened. ''A Planetary Park'' features nine planets depicted in their relative scale and position to the sun. Artist John van Alstine constructed the

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and a functioning sundial. Grace Graupe-Pillard fabricated the nine fiberglass planets with painted steel figurative attachments, as a metaphor for the celebration of the individual and his/her connection to the world.

References

External links

Subway Nut station info and photos

2nd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

Platforms from Google Maps Street View (Daytime)

Platforms from Google Maps Street View (Night)
{{DEFAULTSORT:2nd Street station (Hudson-Bergen Light Rail) Hudson-Bergen Light Rail stations Railway stations in Hudson County, New Jersey Buildings and structures in Hoboken, New Jersey Railway stations in the United States opened in 2004 2004 establishments in New Jersey