Tonnelle Avenue is a ground-level
station on the
Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) located at 51st Street in
North Bergen
North Bergen is a township in the northern part of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the township had a total population of 63,361. The township was founded in 1843. It was much diminished in territory by a ...
,
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
. The station opened for service on February 25, 2006.
Service from the station travels to
West Side Avenue in
Jersey City
Jersey City is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark.[Hoboken Terminal
Hoboken Terminal is a commuter-oriented intermodal passenger station in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey. One of the New York metropolitan area's major transportation hubs, it is served by nine NJ Transit (NJT) commuter rail lines, one Metr ...]
. In conjunction with the station, New Jersey Transit operates a 730-space park-and-ride lot on Tonnelle Avenue (
U.S. Route 1 & 9), between 49th and 51st Streets.
Currently, the station is the northern
terminus
Terminus may refer to:
* Bus terminus, a bus station serving as an end destination
* Terminal train station or terminus, a railway station serving as an end destination
Geography
*Terminus, the unofficial original name of Atlanta, Georgia, United ...
for the light rail system, with two tracks and an
island platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
. The proposed
Northern Branch Corridor Project
The Northern Branch Corridor Project is a proposed extension of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) from its northern terminus into eastern Bergen County, New Jersey, initially proposed in 2001. If built, the new service would use the right-of-w ...
would extend the line from Tonnelle Avenue north into
Englewood, in eastern
Bergen County
Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[New Durham, North Bergen
New Durham is a neighborhood in North Bergen Township in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. It is located near the foot of Union Turnpike and Bergen Turnpike, and south of the Tonnelle Avenue Station of the Hudson Bergen Light Rail. It is ...]
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Flower Hill Cemetery
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Grove Church Cemetery
The Grove Church Cemetery is a nonsectarian cemetery,Brooklyn Fairchild Sons, p. 63. located on the western slope of the Hudson Palisades, along with several other cemeteries in a string of green open space, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United ...
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Hoboken Cemetery
The Hoboken Cemetery is located at 5500 Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen, New Jersey, United States. in the New Durham, North Bergen, New Durham section. It was owned by the Hoboken, New Jersey, City of Hoboken. The Flower Hill Cemetery borders it ...
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Macphelah Cemetery
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Weehawken Cemetery
The Weehawken Cemetery, like neighboring Hoboken Cemetery, is not located in its namesake town of Weehawken but rather on the western slope of the Hudson Palisades in North Bergen, New Jersey, with its main entrance on Bergen Turnpike. At its east ...
References
External links
{{NJT links
Subway Nut station photosTonnelle Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street ViewPlatform from Google Maps Street View
North Bergen, New Jersey
Hudson-Bergen Light Rail stations
Railway stations in Hudson County, New Jersey
North Hudson, New Jersey
Railway stations in the United States opened in 2006