Danforth Avenue station is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) in

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. The station is located at the intersection of Danforth Avenue and Princeton Avenue in Greenville.

History

CNJ station

Danforth Avenue station is located north of the site of the former

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Greenville station. The former Greenville stop was located along the

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at Linden Avenue, south of the current bridge over the railroad. The station opened on August 1, 1864 as part of a dummy railroad between the future

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and Bergen Point until the CRRNJ Newark Bay Bridge was built across

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. A station built in 1866 at that location burned down on May 11, 1869, and replaced with a two-story wooden depot that was large. The later station depot lasted until 1964, when it was razed in favor of a shelter. Passenger service to Greenville ended on April 30, 1967, when the Aldene Plan went into effect, moving CNJ commuter services through Newark Penn Station via the

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. Service through Bayonne was truncated from Communipaw Terminal to CNJ's East 33rd Street station.

HBLR station

The current station opened on April 15, 2000, as part of the original operating segment of the HBLR. A public art exhibition entitled ''Immigrant Remnants'' consists of concrete sculptures of luggage, with an accompanying plaque displaying a tongue-in-cheek newspaper article that suggests the sculptures are petrified remains of actual luggage discovered during construction of the station.Danforth Avenue station photos
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Station layout

The station has a single

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with a shelter for the local trains of the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail between 8th Street station in

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and

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. Like its counterparts, the Danforth Avenue station is fully accessible for handicapped people under the

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, with elevators and proper platform levels.

References

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External links

Danforth Avenue shopping

Entrance from Google Maps Street View
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