Richard Street station

Richard Street
The signage for the former Morris Canal with the station for Richard Street in March 2015.
General information
Location	Richard Street & Garfield Avenue Jersey City, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°41′57″N 74°04′43″W / 40.6991°N 74.0787°W / 40.6991; -74.0787
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
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 Danforth Avenue toward 8th Street 8th Street–Hoboken Liberty State Park toward Hoboken      Bayonne Flyer does not stop here
Location

Richard Street station is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) located in the Greenville section of Jersey City, New Jersey. Located at the end of Richard Street next to the northeast end of Bayside Park, the station services local trains of the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail between 8th Street station in Bayonne and Hoboken Terminal. The station contains a single island platform and two tracks. The station is accessible for handicapped persons as part of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, with ramps and platform level matching with trains. The station opened on April 15, 2000 as part of the original operating segment of the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail.^[2]

Richard Street station was built north of the site of a former Central Railroad of New Jersey station in the same area. Located at what is now the south end of Bayside Park, Van Nostrand Place station was a stop on the Main Line in Jersey City. Opened in 1891, later than most stations on the line, Van Nostrand Place had a smaller station compared to others, only at 15 by 27 feet (4.6 m × 8.2 m), and only a single story.^[3][4] The railroad discontinued agency services in January 1953 and in June 1958, they razed the single story depot, replacing it with two shelters (one in each direction). Passenger service to Van Nostrand Place ended on April 30, 1967, when the Aldene Plan went into effect, moving CNJ commuter services through Newark Penn Station via the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Service through Bayonne and Jersey City was truncated from Communipaw Terminal to East 33rd Street.