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The restoration of rail and ferry services is of a much smaller scale. In 1981 Arthur Edward Imperatore, Sr., trucking magnate, purchased a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) length of the Weehawken Yard from the bankrupt Penn Central for $7.5 million, his surname an inspiration for Port Imperial. New York Waterway was established in 1986. [13]
The line was extended from Port Imperial to Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen on February 25, 2006, [20] and light rail vehicles began running seven days a week to Tonnelle Avenue. [21] Bus service on connecting routes was modified so that there would be more direct connections to Hudson-Bergen Light Rail stations. [22]
The Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) is a light rail system, owned by NJ Transit, that connects the New Jersey Hudson River communities of Bayonne, Jersey City, Hoboken, Weehawken, Union City and North Bergen.
The Port Imperial stop on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail. Public transportation in Weehawken is provided by bus, ferry, and light rail. Bus service is provided along busy north-south corridors on Park Avenue, Boulevard East and Port Imperial Boulevard by NJ Transit and privately operated jitneys within Hudson County, and to Manhattan and Bergen ...
Bergenline Avenue is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR). The intermodal facility [3] is located on 49th Street between Bergenline Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard in Union City, New Jersey, near its border with West New York and North Bergen. [4] The station opened on February 25, 2006.
A five minute walk southeast from the station, at the intersection of Harbor Boulevard and 19th Street, is a ferry landing of the same name. [3] NY Waterway provides commuter ferry service to the West Midtown Ferry Terminal in Manhattan. [4] It is the least used station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail at 508 boardings per weekday in 2022. [5]
The Weehawken waterfront is located north of Weehawken Cove on a long narrow strip of land between the Hudson River and Hudson Palisades that, in the last centuries, has been transformed from an estuary flood zone once called Slough's Meadow [17] to an extensive rail and shipping port. The site was redeveloped in the late 20th century into a ...
Located on the east side of West Side Avenue, the station is the terminal of the West Side Avenue branch of the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail, with service to Tonnelle Avenue station in North Bergen. The station consists of a single island platform and a pair of tracks that end at the station. The station contains a pedestrian bridge over West ...