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	Light rail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Light rail is generally powered by electricity, usually by means of overhead wires, but sometimes by a live rail, also called third rail (a high voltage bar alongside the track), requiring safety measures and warnings to the public not to touch it.
		Light rail systems are generally cheaper to build than heavy rail, since the infrastructure does not need to be as substantial, and tunnels are generally not required as is the case with most metro systems.
		Light rail or light rail transit (LRT) refers to a form of urban rail transit that utilizes equipment and infrastructure that is typically less massive than that used for rapid transit systems, with modern light rail vehicles usually running along the system.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Light_rail (3946 words)

	Hudson-Bergen Light Rail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As of February 11, 2006, the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail operates a service pattern using three connected routes.
		NJ Transit is studying proposals for light rail service, provided by diesel multiple unit (DMU) vehicles similar to those currently in use on the River LINE, along the old Northern Railroad line, to terminate in Tenafly in central Bergen County.
		November 18, 2000: The light rail is extended north to Pavonia/Newport.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hudson-Bergen_Light_Rail (2540 words)

	Hudson-Bergen Light Rail
		The residents of Essex Street were predictably up-in-arms about the choice to run the light rail down their street, although the resulting boom in townhouse and condo construction on the three blocks between Van Vorst Street and Greene Street has driven up the value of real estate in the area by a tremendous amount.
		A bronze relief map of Hudson County is embedded in the island platform's tile floor.
		From Hoboken Terminal, the alignment continues west along 18th Street (Jersey City), and turns north to join the former Conrail/NS-CSX National Docks Secondary freight branch, which has been given over to HBLR operations and will not be shared with freight service.
	world.nycsubway.org /us/hudson-bergen (2299 words)

	- Hudson Bergen Light Rail - Jersey City, NJ
		The Hudson Bergen Light Rail (HBLR), which is subcontracted by NJ Transit to a company called Washington Group International, is barreling toward a wall at full speed.
		How is it that a college graduate with rail experience and more than a fair share of management experience is overlooked, yet a new hire with no rail experience is a perfect fit to the supervisory staff.
		HBLR employees have been working without a contract for over six months now.
	www.trainnet.org /dcforum/DCForumID8/232.html (977 words)

	Washington Group International - Project Profiles - Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Transit System
		Kinkisharyo International is the minority owner of 21st Century Rail Corporation (30%) and is responsible for the design, manufacturer, assembly of the light rail vehicles, and commissioning of a fleet of 45 state-of-the-art electrically powered vehicles.
		During the 1980s, the rapidly growing population within New Jersey’s Hudson and Bergen counties, together with ever increasing level of congestion along the Hudson River waterfront, particularly in the vicinity of the river crossings to New York, resulted in New Jersey Transit initiating mobility studies to help plan alternate transportation systems.
		That price included a fleet of light rail vehicles, a guaranteed completion date, and a price in 1996 dollars, for 15 years of operation and maintenance.
	www.wgint.com /project.php?id=6 (960 words)

	Hudson Bergen Light Rail - City of Bayonne, New Jersey
		The Hudson-Bergen LIGHT RAIL is the first modern light rail transportation system to be built in New Jersey in the last 50 years.
		The Hudson-Bergen LIGHT RAIL will incorporate use of rights-of-way of abandoned as well as currently active freight lines and developer-provided easements.
		The proposed 20.5-mile light rail system travels through the communities of Bayonne, Jersey City, Hoboken, Weehawken, West New York, North Bergen and Ridgefield.
	www.bayonnenj.org /lightrail.htm (130 words)

	New Jersey Transit
		Light rail has proven to be an excellent mode of transportation for NJ residents and throughout our nation.
		Light rail is a clean, efficient, and speedy way to commute locally or to make local connections to major terminals and service.
		This system, which introduced new light rail vehicles and new stations in 2001, connects to Newark Penn Station - the major transportation terminal in the state - and intersects with an extensive local bus network in the greater Newark area.
	www.njtransit.com /sf_lr.shtml (305 words)

	TALR 10/08/98 complete
		Clearly the Bergen County portion of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail must be fully funded in order to complete the mission of connecting the riders and economies of Bergen and Hudson counties.
		The only public expression that we typically hear, and we heard it on Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, is the people that are affected by the corridor, that are affected by a route change come out en masse because it is going to affect their quality of life.
		Bergen County's population makes light-rail, the HBLRT cost effective, and it is a vital piece of the entire project.
	www.njleg.state.nj.us /legislativepub/Pubhear/100898rs.htm (11481 words)

	NJ Transit revising train plan for Bergen [Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers]
		The light rail link from Hudson County to the Meadowlands would augment a $150 million plan to provide a regular passenger rail connection to the sports complex and the proposed Xanadu retail and entertainment development that would be accessible from every rail line in the state.
		Meanwhile, Bergen County commuters would get a $500 million rail project that would send diesel trains up from North Bergen through Englewood to Tenafly, basically the same route that had been considered for the light rail system it is replacing.
		NEWARK, N.J. -- Ever since it opened five years ago, NJ Transit's $2 billion light-rail system went by a name that was somewhat misleading.
	www.ble.org /pr/news/headline.asp?id=13548 (827 words)

	Free Congress Foundation Online ---
		Light rail returned to Hudson County, New Jersey on Saturday, April 15, 2000 with the opening of New Jersey Transit's Hudson- Bergen Light Rail Transit Line.
		All in all, the first Operating Segment of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Transit line is well done and will be an excellent way to serve this fast growing area along the Hudson River waterfront.
		The entire waterfront along the Hudson River is growing at a rapid rate with offices, stores and housing replacing the former vacant rail yards and docks.
	www.trolleycar.org /observations/geissenheimer/geis000415.htm (607 words)

	The Jersey City Economic Development Corporation - The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail
		Hudson-Bergen Light Rail is a new mass transit train system that will extend 20.5 miles through Hudson and Bergen counties.
		Light rail trains are smaller, quieter and cleaner than heavy rail and are designed to fit into the communities they serve.
		Together, these will create a light rail system that is compatible with each neighborhood, environmentally friendly and safe.
	www.jcedc.org /lightrailos.shtml (490 words)

	Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen New Jersey's 11th Congressional District
		Hudson-Bergen Light Rail is a major component of the Urban Core program defined in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) and the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21).
		More ‘Park-n- Ride’ sites along with the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, and Newark-Elizabeth Rail Link will not only help create more jobs but also alleviate traffic congestion and make our state’s air cleaner," said Frelinghuysen.
		NEWARK-ELIZABETH RAIL LINK $ 22,566,022 The Newark-Elizabeth Rail Link (NERL) will be an 8.8 mile light rail system connecting the Newark City Subway with revitalized downtown Newark and Elizabeth.
	frelinghuysen.house.gov /nj11_contents/news/news_090903_1.shtml (482 words)

	Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Historical Tour
		As we ride the light rail trains we confront a vast historical landscape suddenly exposed, revealed, illuminated.
		It has been roughly half a century since trolleys traveled through the lively streets of Hudson County.
		The new HBLR is not just a modern mass transit system that takes commuters to their waterfront jobs.
	www.jerseycityhistory.net /lightrail.html (207 words)

	Hudson - Bergen Light Rail
		In April 2000, the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail of NJ Transit opened the first segment of the long-awaited passenger service starting from Bayonne through Jersey City.
		The concept for the Light Rail began during the administration of former Governor Thomas Kean in the late 1980s.
		On the western spur of the Light Rail, the new Jersey City Medical Center is reached from the Garfield Avenue station.
	www.njcu.edu /programs/jchistory/Pages/H_Pages/Hudson_Bergen_Light_Rail.htm (292 words)

	frelinghuysen.house.gov
		The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail s second stage (MOS 2) is a seven-station light rail project, which will extend the first stage (MOS1) five-miles from Hoboken north to the Tonnelle Avenue Park-and-Ride in North Bergen and one mile south from 34th Street to 22nd Street in Bayonne.
		The entire Hudson-Bergen Light Rail system will result in a 21-mile, 30 station corridor connecting commuters along the Palisades and Hudson River waterfront with vital transportation arteries in and out of New York City.
		Washington, DC - More than $100 million for the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail and Newark-Elizabeth Rail Link has been approved today by the House Appropriations Committee as part of the larger FY 2005 Transportation Appropriations bill, Rep Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11) has announced.
	frelinghuysen.house.gov /cgi-data/press/files/53.shtml (372 words)

	com0500.htm
		The first leg of the Hudson Bergen Light Rail line officially opened April 15 with a ceremony attended by hundreds at Liberty State Park, one of 16 stops on the new line.
		NJTPA Board Chairman and Hudson County Executive Robert Janiszewski speaking at the opening of the Hudson Bergen Light Rail on April 15.
		Light rail trains travel along tracks at street level, much like the trolleys of old.
	www.njtpa.org /public_affairs/communique/com0500.htm (2029 words)

	UTU: News
		WEEHAWKEN, N.J. -- Hanging from ropes on the 160-foot-tall Palisades, workers are prying away loose boulders, letting them crash to the ground, readying the area for the next phase of construction of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail System, according to a report by Michaelangelo Conte that appeared in the Jersey Journal.
		The work is part of the second phase of light rail construction, which will connect the Hoboken Terminal and PATH station to a North Bergen station on Tonnelle Avenue.
		The 300-foot stretch of the Palisades looms over a section of the light rail route where an overpass is being built to carry rail cars over Baldwin Avenue near Harmon Boulevard.
	www.utu.org /worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=5294 (449 words)

	DJC.COM: Design-build saves time, money and hassle, provided Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
		The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Project is the first and largest design-build-operate-maintain (DBOM) transit project in the U.S. Begun in early 1997, the line runs through the once struggling, but now robust Jersey City, NJ waterfront across the Hudson River from New York City.
		When first investigating a new light rail line for Hudson and Bergen counties in 1994, we faced two years of environmental processing, three years of engineering, a year determining the preferred alignment, and then eight to 10 years of construction.
		I was the Executive Director of NJ Transit during the design, construction and operation of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Project.
	www.djc.com /cust/pfriend.php?id=11140558 (921 words)

	MTR 266, Staten Island and the New Light Rail
		For Staten Islanders who took the Hudson-Bergen light rail to work, the cost was more than $1.50.
		Still, planned phases of the light rail system that do not involve bridge crossings or bi-state politics are slated well into the future (see previous page).
		Al Fazio of 21st Century Railroads - the firm that designed and built the light rail - said extending the line across the bridge to the North Shore railroad could be completed within 2 to 3 years.
	www.tstc.org /bulletin/20000421/mtr26605.htm (366 words)

	Assemblyman Robert Gordon and Assemblywoman Joan Voss
		In October 1998, the panel took testimony concerning the "Bergen County Perspective of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Transit System." In April 2000, there was a hearing on three proposed light rail routes for Bergen County.
		We recognize that various configurations of the Assembly Light Rail Panel previously have examined the possibility of extending existing light rail to the Meadowlands and nearby Bergen County.
		We have discussed this idea with Assemblyman Jack Conners, the light rail panel's chairman, and he is open to holding such a hearing.
	www.politicsnj.com /gordon010705.htm (900 words)

	Northern New Jersey: Light Rail's Spectacular Comeback
		Besides the Newark subway facilities already discussed, another of the more impressive features of the former light rail network was the Hoboken El (Elevated), a key rapid transit link between Hoboken, Jersey City, and the Palisades (the high ridge parallelling the west bank of the Hudson River across from the island of Manhattan).
		With its massive two-level terminal at Hoboken's then-busy Erie-Lackawanna regional railway terminal, the Hoboken light rail terminal served as a hub for regional commuter trains, rapid transit, ferries, and the light rail services which interconnected the region.
		Electric light rail service was both attractive to the public and more cost-effective (at least for busier routes) than bus service.
	www.lightrailnow.org /news/n_nj001.htm (3744 words)

	Deal Is Sought on Plan for Train to Meadowlands - Page 2 - Wired New York Forum
		--An extension of the Bergen-Hudson Light Rail from Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen to a park-and-ride facility in Secaucus.
		Freeholder Albert Cifelli of West Hudson said he would like the consultant to explore how a light rail extension could serve as an alternative to connect West Hudson's towns with the eastern parts of the county.
		The first is to build a spur off of NJ Transit's Main line which is a heavy commuter rail line that has three routes from Hoboken Terminal, all three of the routes (Pascack Valley, Bergen Line, Main Line) Originate from Hoboken terminal.
	www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?p=23683 (3539 words)

	The Hudson Reporter - JERSEY CITY REPORTER - 09/04/2004 - All aboard! Hoboken, Weehawken light rail stations to open Tuesday
		Hudson-Bergen Light Rail operates with 90-foot Light Rail vehicles equipped with 68 seats, modern heating and air conditioning systems, and wheelchair securements, and are fully accessible to people with disabilities.
		The Hudson Bergen Light Rail system will then have 20 stations in operation running from 22nd street in Bayonne to Weehawken.
		The mayor also said that the opening of the light rail signifies the rebirth of a formally industrial neighborhood.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=12853803&BRD=1291&PAG=461&dept_id=523586&rfi=6 (757 words)

	Railway Technology - Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Light Rail System - New Jersey, USA
		The largest-ever public works project in the US state of New Jersey (costing USD 1.1bn), the light rail line between Hudson and Bergen opened in April 2000.
		One month late, its opening marked the culmination of 15 years' planning, which began when a light rail system for the New Jersey metropolitan area was conceived by the state's transit authority.
		The service is operated by a fleet of 29 articulated light rail vehicles, supplied by Kinki Sharyo, of which 11 were needed to maintain the Phase 1 service.
	www.railway-technology.com /projects/hudson (688 words)

	Hudson - Bergen Light Rail (Part 4) - City of Bayonne, New Jersey
		Hudson - Bergen Light Rail (Part 4) - City of Bayonne, New Jersey
	www.bayonnenj.org /lightrail4.htm (13 words)

	Hudson-Bergen Light Rail System Opens
		Fares for the first phase of Hudson-Bergen Light Rail are: $53 for a monthly pass (30 percent discount); $13 for 10-trip tickets; and $1.50 for one-way tickets.
		Century Rail Corporation -- a consortium of companies led by Raytheon Infrastructures -- was awarded the DBOM contract for Hudson Bergen Light Rail in 1996.
		Hudson-Bergen Light Rail service will initially be operated with 29 low-floor light rail vehicles making them accessible to people with disabilities and convenient for stroller and handcart uses.
	www.hobokenterminal.com /hbopen.html (946 words)

	JerseyFest 2002: Hudson-Bergen Light Rail
		The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLRT) began construction in the mid-1990's, amidst the usual controversy.
		The first contracted phase of the HBLRT was supposed to run from East 34th Street in Bayonne to Hoboken Terminal, with another branch from West Side Avenue in Jersey City to Hoboken Terminal.
		Only the south and east portions of the intersection will be used until this segment of Phase Two opens in a few years.
	pages.prodigy.net /kevinkorell/jerseyfest/hblrt.htm (478 words)

	Hudson Bergen Light Rail Transit System, Hudson County, NJ
		Hudson Bergen Light Rail Transit System, Hudson County, NJ • About Us
		Hudson County, NJ MRCE is providing geotechnical and foundation services for connections to the PATH systems, as well as underground connections to PATH from the Light Rail Transit System.
		The underground connections are short tunnels that will be built using the slurry wall method.
	www.mrce.com /pages/projects/1998-1.shtml (99 words)

	News Release
		Similar to the recently opened Paterson Plank Road bridge in North Bergen, the Secaucus Road bridge will give Hudson-Bergen Light Rail cars exclusive operating rights on the River Line as all freight railroad traffic in the area moves from the River Line to the Northern Branch this summer.
		Rothman said the new overpass will eliminate traffic tie-ups, free up room for the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, and give a great boost to the region’s economy and quality of life.
		As a member of the House Appropriations Committee, Rothman has helped lead the way in securing federal funding for the northward development of light rail into Bergen County.
	rothman.house.gov /news_releases/2002/rel_052002a.htm (343 words)

	nycsubway.org: Volunteer/Contributors
		He sent in many photos of the light rail lines, commuter rail, Red line subway, and the Angel's Flight funicular.
		Joe is an expert about everything rail in New York City, especially about the subway's disused and abandoned stations.
		Rob Morel: Rob is another correspondant from the United Kingdom, where he is employed as a towerman/signaller for England's national rail network.
	www.nycsubway.org /contrib.html (2731 words)

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