Martin Luther King Drive station

Martin Luther King Drive
Martin Luther King Drive station platform in April 2015
General information
Location	Martin Luther King Drive and Virginia Avenue Jersey City, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°42′44″N 74°04′38″W / 40.7121°N 74.0773°W / 40.7121; -74.0773
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJ Transit Bus: 6, 81, 87
Construction
Bicycle facilities	Yes[1]
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	April 15, 2000 (April 15, 2000)[2]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station West Side Avenue Terminus West Side–Tonnelle Garfield Avenue toward Tonnelle Avenue
Former services Preceding station Central Railroad of New Jersey Following station West Side Avenue toward Newark Newark and New York Branch Jackson Avenue Arlington Avenue toward Jersey City
Location

Martin Luther King Drive station is a station of the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail in the Jackson Hill neighborhood of Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey. Located on the east side of Martin Luther King Drive (Hudson County Route 609, named for Martin Luther King Jr.) near the intersection with Virginia Avenue, the station is a two side platform, two track structure on the West Side Avenue branch of the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail. Train service through Martin Luther King Drive station goes from West Side Avenue in Jersey City to the Tonnelle Avenue station in North Bergen. The station is accessible for those with disabilities as part of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 with ramps to the train-level platform. Martin Luther King Drive station opened on April 15, 2000 along with the rest of the West Side Avenue branch as part of the original operating segment.^[2]