34th Street is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) in

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. The third of four stations in the city of Bayonne, 34th Street is located at the intersection of Avenue E and East 34th Street, the station doubles as a

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with access to Route 440 southbound.

History

Jersey Central station

34th Street station was built just north of a former

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station, located at Avenue E and East 33rd Street. This station was known as East 33rd Street and, before that, it was known as Bayonne. The station opened on August 1, 1864 as part of a railroad connection between what would become

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and the Bergen Point neighborhood. This was before the bridge across

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had been built which connected the railroad to the main line at

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. The depot was built on the westbound platform at the time and a new eastbound station was completed in 1901. The westbound depot was razed in 1962. East 33rd Street's eastbound depot became the main ticket agency, which was removed on April 30, 1967 as part of the

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, which moved passenger service to the

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into

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. Passenger service through Bayonne and

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ended the shuttle between Cranford and East 33rd Street.

HBLR station

The modern station opened on April 15, 2000 as the terminus of the original minimum operating segment (MOS) of the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail.

Station layout

The station has two tracks and a single

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, along with an overhead pedestrian bridge to the parking lot on Route 440. 34th Street station is accessible for handicapped people as part of the

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. As a result, there are elevators for the pedestrian bridge, along with grade-level train access on the platforms. The station serves local service between 8th Street station in Bayonne and

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, along with the '' Bayonne Flyer'', an express service between Bayonne and Hoboken.

Connections

Since September 2007, the S89 bus route of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of the

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metro area provides a link from 34th Street station to

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. A 397-space park and ride lot has also been built at the station. In 2005, eight

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s from the

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were given to the

to be rehabilitated and operated along a proposed loop to connect the station to MOTBY, the former naval base being redeveloped as cruise port, residential and recreation area. As of 2015, plans call for a pedestrian bridge over Route 440 connecting the station to the new developments. In 2017, the

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allocated funds for the study of bridge plans for which the City of Bayonnne has $4 million to build.

References

Bibliography

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External links

Subway Nut station info and photosPeninsula at Bayonne Harbor development plan

34th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

Route 440 entrance from Google Maps Street View
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