Hoboken Terminal

Infobox Station
name=Hoboken
style=NJT Rail

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image_caption=Newly renovated waiting room in 2004
address=1 Hudson Place
Hoboken, NJ
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New Jersey Transit light rail:PATH:
other=BillyBey Ferry Company
NJT Bus: 22, 64, 68, 85, 87, 89, and 126
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Underground: PATH
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Hoboken Terminal is a major transportation hub located in Hoboken, New Jersey on the Hudson River waterfront operated by New Jersey Transit. It connects most NJT commuter rail lines, various buses and now Hudson–Bergen Light Rail with Port Authority Trans Hudson rapid transit and BillyBey Ferry Company ferry service to Manhattan.

History

Designed by architect Kenneth M. Murchison in the Beaux-Arts style, the rail and ferry terminal buildings were constructed in 1907 as the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Terminal Complex. The terminal building is listed on the State Register and the National Register of Historic Places (added in 1973 as #73001102). [ [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NJ/Hudson/state.html New Jersey - Hudson County] , National Register of Historic Places. Accessed June 13, 2007.]

The large main waiting room, with its floral and Greek Revival motifs in tiled stained glass by Louis Comfort Tiffany set atop bands of pale cement, is generally considered one of the finest in the U.S. aesthetically. The terminal exterior extends to over four stories and has a distinguished copper-clad façade with ornate detailing. Its single-story base is constructed of rusticated Indiana limestone. A grand double stair with decorative cast-iron railings within the main waiting room provides an entrance to the upper-level ferry concourse.

The terminal is considered a milestone in American transportation development, combining rail, ferry, tram (later, bus; even later, bus on one side and light-rail on the other), and pedestrian facilities in one of the most innovatively designed and engineered structures in the nation. Hoboken Terminal was also one of the first stations in the world to employ the Bush-type train shed, which quickly became ubiquitous with station design.

Hoboken Terminal, like Hoboken itself, is a place of "firsts". One year before his death, Thomas Edison was at the controls for the first departure, in 1930, of a regular-service electrified train from Hoboken Terminal to Montclair, New Jersey. The first installation of central air-conditioning in a public space was at Hoboken Terminal, as was the first non-experimental use of mobile phones. [La Gorce, Tammy. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CE2DD113FF930A15756C0A9629C8B63 "Cool Is a State of Mind (and Relief)"] , "The New York Times", May 23, 2004. Accessed April 10, 2008. "Several decades later, the Hoboken Terminal distinguished itself as the nation's first centrally air-conditioned public space."]

The station is unusual for a modern major commuter railroad terminal in that it still makes use of low-level platforms, which require passengers to make use of stairs on the train to board and disembark.

The station has been used for film shoots, including "Once Upon a Time in America","Three Days of the Condor", "The Station Agent" and Eric Clapton's video for his 1996 single "Change the World".

A convert|225|ft|m|sing=on clock tower was originally built with the terminal over a century ago, but was dismantled in the early 1950s due to structural damage and deterioration from weather damage. A new clock tower, replicating the original, was constructed during the terminal's centennial year of 2007 and was fully erect that November. The replica tower has four foot high copper letters spelling out "LACKAWANNA", which are lit at night.

Services

Hoboken is served by the most rail routes in the entire New Jersey Transit system, including light rail.

New Jersey Transit commuter rail

*Main Line
*Bergen County Line
*Pascack Valley Line
*Morristown Line and Gladstone Branch of the Morris and Essex Lines
*Montclair-Boonton Line
*North Jersey Coast Line (limited service)

New Jersey Transit bus

New Jersey Transit bus routes from the terminal are the [ [http://www.njtransit.com/sf_tp_rc_hudson.shtml Hudson County bus and train service] , New Jersey Transit. Accessed June 13, 2007.] 22, 64, 68, 85, 87, 89, and 126

Port Authority Trans-Hudson

PATH trains serve a three track station located below the main terminal. Access to the PATH tracks is from the north side of the concourse or the adjacent street. Service is provided 24 hours a day, along the following routes:

*Hoboken-33rd Street
*Hoboken-World Trade Center
*Journal Square-33rd Street (via Hoboken) (late hour service)

Hudson-Bergen Light Rail

Hoboken Terminal is the terminus for two of the three Hudson-Bergen Light Rail services. The Hoboken Terminal-Tonnelle Avenue service to North Bergen and the 22nd Street-Hoboken Terminal service to Bayonne (including Bayonne Flyer service) both operate from tracks on the south side of the terminal area. The West Side Avenue-Tonnelle Avenue service bypasses Hoboken Terminal, requiring passengers from stations on the West Side Branch to transfer at stations between Pavonia-Newport and Liberty State Park.

BillyBey Ferry Company

Passengers can connect to BillyBey ferries headed to the World Financial Center in Battery Park City or the Wall Street Ferry Pier in the Financial District on weekdays only.

Gallery

References

External links

* [http://www.mylightrail.com/index.php?option=com_hblr&task=station&Itemid=102&id=8 Light Rail Station details]
* [http://subwaynut.com/hblr/hobokenhb/index.html Subway Nut station info and photos]
* [http://www.hobokennj.org/pdf/mplan/Redevelopment_Plans/Hoboken_Rail_Yards/HobokenRailYards.pdf Redevelopment Study of Hoboken Terminal & Yard for the of the City Hoboken]