9th Street-Congress Street (HBLR station)

9th Street–Congress Street
Hudson–Bergen Light Rail station
Station platforms with elevator to Jersey City Heights
Location	700 Eighth Street Hoboken, NJ
Coordinates	40°44′55″N 74°02′19″W / 40.7487°N 74.0387°W / 40.7487; -74.0387Coordinates: 40°44′55″N 74°02′19″W / 40.7487°N 74.0387°W / 40.7487; -74.0387
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	West Side–Tonnelle   Hoboken–Tonnelle
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 85, 87, 89, 123 (on Congress Street) 22, 84, 86 (on Palisade Avenue) Red&Tan: 10, 99S (on Palisade Avenue)
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	September 7, 2004
Electrified	750 V (DC) overhead catenary
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	211,120  24%
Services
Preceding station   Hudson–Bergen Light Rail   Following station 2nd Street toward West Side Avenue West Side–Tonnelle Lincoln Harbor toward Tonnelle Avenue 2nd Street toward Hoboken Hoboken–Tonnelle

9th Street–Congress Street is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) operated by New Jersey Transit which opened on September 7, 2004. Located at Ninth Street, west of Jackson Street, in Hoboken, New Jersey, the station also serves the Heights of Jersey City. There are two tracks and two side platforms.

9th Street-Congress Street station is notable for having an elevator which runs along the face of the Palisades cliffs between the platforms at their base and Paterson Plank Road at their crest. Use of the elevator is free. Before its construction, travel between Jersey City Heights and Hoboken was along Paterson Plank Road, Mountain Road, 14th Street Viaduct or paths along the cliffs now made inaccessible by fencing along the right of way.