Bergenline Avenue is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR). The intermodal facilityNew Jersey Transit, Hudson County Bus Service Changes, Effective April 8, 2006, and 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. The station opened on February 25, 2006.
Bergenline Avenue is the only stop in the HBLR system with an underground platform. Located 160 feet below the Hudson Palisades in the former Weehawken Terminal tunnel of the West Shore Railroad,Weehawken Tunnel it is reached by elevators traveling from street-level entrances located just north of bus bays. The station was designed by FXFOWLE Architects.FXFOWLE – Bergeline Avenue Tunnel Station The four porcelain enamel on steel murals that adorn the complex are entitled Between Manhattan and Meadowlands, and were created by Maria Mijares.HBLR descriptions at NYCSubway.org; Accessed January 9, 2010"Tonnelle Avenue to West Side Avenue" Station Reporter; Accessed January 9, 2010 Public Art gallery at Maria Mijares' website
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