Marin Boulevard is a HBLR station located towards the southern end of downtown Jersey City right along the Hudson Waterfront. New development is finally coming to the area, so it is now right near a construction site. The station is located right after the street running portion of Essex Street, Essex Street ends and the light rail line begins to run along its own right of way, which the tracks use for the rest of their journeys south to Bayonne and West Side Avenue. The station itself only has entrances at the eastern end(north) end of each of the simple side platforms at the grade crossing of Marin Blvd. The platofrms have paving inserts by Wopo Holup. The tops of the single canopy on each platform has weathervanes by Tom Nussbaum. A street has recently been built north of the station platforms for to serve a new high-rise apartment tower, but the Bayonne-bound platform is still entirely fenced in, between the platform and the new sidewalk. (Google Earth shows no street there yet and just a vacant lot). The area around the station has definitely changed quite a bit in the Light Rail's eight years of operation.
Photos 1-15: June 14, 2008
A view of the Bayonne-bound side platform at Marin Blvd. Notice how the platform only has a ramp at one end of it and no access to the sidewalk that serves the new apartment towers along the other end.
Looking across Marin Blvd at the two side platform station as the HBLR enters its own ROW again.
NJ LRV #2046A leads a two northbound two LRV train into Marin Blvd.
NJ LRV #2046A stopped at Marin Blvd.
A two LRV northbound train stops at Marin Blvd.
Decorative tiles in the station platform at Marin Blvd.
Looking down the Bayonne-bound platform at Marin Blvd, with a fence that seems out of place separating the quite new rail platform from the even newer street.
Looking across to the Hoboken-bound platform at Marin Blvd it is directly along some wetland areas.
The small sheltered waiting area and location of the TVMs on the end of the Hoboken Platform at Marin Blvd closest to the station exit.
A view of the two small areas on the side platforms at Marin Blvd that provide shelter.
Looking across to the Hoboken-bound platform at Marin Blvd greenery is beyond it.
Looking out from the low-lying fence that divides the platform at Marin Blvd form an even newer sidewalk. Both side platforms are visible
NJ LRV #2017B in a self-promoting My Light Rail wrap stopped at Marin Blvd, viewed from a nearby street. The mini-high level platform height of HBLR is clearly visible
A close-up of NJ LRV #2017B and a two car southbound train stopped at Marin Blvd
NJ LRV #2052, leaves Marin Blvd the second LRV of two bound for West Side Avenue
Last Updated: 23 November, 2008
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