HBLR AND 8TH STREET

摘要

The final 1.5km (one-mile) extension of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) opened in January 2011, taking the southernmost segment of the line out to 8th Street in Bayonne. On leaving the previous terminus at 22nd Street the line becomes single-track running parallel with a freight line and freight sidings. These in turn are parallel with the Highway 440 freeway and Avenue E; as the line approaches Broadway it rises to an elevated alignment on the approach to the 8th Street terminus. Here the line becomes double-track as it approaches the still elevated station platforms. The station has all the usual North American light rail facilities, including lifts to street level, but is differentiated with a very unusual street-level facade based upon the design of the original Central Railroad of New Jersey station that occupied the site and closed in the late 1970s. The station has a small car park and bus connections are a short walk away; beyond the station are a turnback and storage sidings. The total extension project cost around USD100m -main construction was carried out under a USD58.4m contract with George Harms Construction of Howell, NJ - and completes the current phase of HBLR development.