Hoboken Terminal

{{Short description|Commuter station in Hoboken, New Jersey}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2017}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Hoboken

| type = {{rint|njt|60px}} NJ Transit commuter and light rail terminal
{{rint|path|60px}} PATH rapid transit station

| style = Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad

| image = Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Terminal.jpg

| image_caption = Hoboken Terminal from the Hudson River in 2012

| address = 1 Hudson Place

| borough = Hoboken, New Jersey

| country = United States

| owned = {{Unbulleted list

| New Jersey Transit (street level)

| Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (underground)

}}

| line = {{Unbulleted list

| NJT Hoboken Division

| PATH Uptown Hudson Tubes

| PATH Downtown Hudson Tubes

}}

| platform = 9 island platforms, 1 side platform

| tracks = 18

| connections = {{Unbulleted list

| {{Ferry icon}} NY Waterway

| {{bus icon}} NJ Transit Bus: {{NJ bus link|22|23|63|64|68|85|87|89|126}}

}}

| levels = 2

| parking =

| bicycle = 88 spaces

| accessible = yes

| code = HOB
20496, 20497 (NJT Bus){{cite web |url=https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/maps/sam/63samap.pdf |title=Station Area Map, Hoboken Terminal |date=November 2017 |publisher=NJ Transit |access-date=April 2, 2020}}

| zone = 1

| opened = {{start date|1907|02|25}}

| electrified = September 3, 1930{{cite news |title=D.L.&W. Electric Train Hoboken to Montclair |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69034896/montclair-electric-september-5-1930/ |access-date=January 31, 2021 |work=The Madison Eagle |date=September 5, 1930 |page=6|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}

| mpassengers = {{Rail pass box

| system=NJT

| passengers=6,875 (average weekday boardings){{cite web |title=NJ TRANSIT FACTS AT A GLANCE |url=https://www.njtransit.com/about/facts-glance |publisher=NJ Transit |access-date=2024-07-03}}

| pass_year=FY23

}}

{{Rail pass box

| system=PATH

| passengers=5,365,820{{cite web |date=2024 |title=PATH Ridership Report |url=https://www.panynj.gov/path/en/about/stats.html |access-date=April 8, 2025 |publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey}}

| pass_year=2024

}}

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=NJ Transit

|note-row1=NJ Transit Rail Operations

|line2=Montclair-Boonton|left2=Newark Broad Street

|line3=Morristown|left3=Newark Broad Street|note-mid3=weekdays

|line4=Gladstone|left4=Newark Broad Street|note-mid4=weekdays

|line5=Main|left5=Secaucus Junction

|line6=Bergen County|left6=Secaucus Junction

|line7=Pascack Valley|left7=Secaucus Junction

|line8=Raritan Valley|left8=Newark Penn|note-mid8=limited service

|line9=Meadowlands|left9=Secaucus Junction|note-mid9=special event service

|note-row10=Hudson–Bergen Light Rail

|line11=Hoboken-Tonnelle|right11=2nd Street

|line12=8th Street-Hoboken|left12=Newport

|line13=Bayonne Flyer|left13=Newport

|system14=Metro-North Railroad

|line14=Port Jervis|left14=Secaucus Junction

|system15=PATH

|line16=HOB-WTC|right16=Newport

|line17=HOB-33|right17=Christopher Street|note-mid17=Weekdays

|line18=JSQ-33 (via HOB)|left18=Newport|right18=Christopher Street|note-mid18=Weeknights Weekends Holidays

}}

| other_services_header = Former services

| other_services_collapsible = yes

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=NJ Transit

|line1=Boonton|left1=Arlington|note-mid1=until 2002

|line2=Montclair|left2=Newark Broad Street|note-mid2=until 2002

|line3=Montclair|left3=Harrison|note-mid3=until 1984

|line4=North Jersey Coast|left4=Newark Penn|note-mid4=limited service until 2020

|system5=Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad

|line6=main|left6=Newark

|line7=Montclair Branch|left7=Harrison

|line8=Gladstone Branch|left8=Newark

|line9=Boonton Branch|left9=Kingsland

}}

| nrhp = {{Infobox NRHP

| embed = yes

| name = Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Terminal at Hoboken

| nrhp_type =

| image =

| caption =

| location = On the Hudson River at the foot of Hudson Place, Hoboken, New Jersey

| coordinates = {{coord|40|44|6|N|74|1|39|W|region:US-NJ_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#000 |zoom=14 }}

| built = {{start date and age|1907}}

| architect = Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison

| architecture = Beaux-Arts neoclassicism

| added = July 24, 1973

| area = {{convert|4|acre|sigfig=1}}

| refnum = 73001102{{NRISref|2009a}}

}}

}}

Hoboken Terminal is a commuter-oriented intermodal passenger station in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey. One of the New York metropolitan area's major transportation hubs, it is served by eight NJ Transit (NJT) commuter rail lines, an NJ Transit event shuttle to Meadowlands Sports Complex, one Metro-North Railroad line, various NJT buses and private bus lines, the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail, the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) rapid transit system, and NY Waterway-operated ferries.

More than 50,000 people use the terminal daily, making it the tenth-busiest railroad station in North America and the sixth-busiest in the New York area. It is also the second-busiest railroad station in New Jersey, behind only Newark Penn Station, and its third-busiest transportation facility, after Newark Liberty International Airport and Newark Penn Station.

The rail and ferry terminal buildings were constructed in 1907 by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, a former Class 1 railroad. In 1930, Thomas Edison was at the controls for the first departure of a regular-service electric multiple-unit train from Hoboken Terminal to Montclair. In 1973, the terminal building was added to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places.

Hoboken Terminal is considered a milestone in American transportation development, initially combining rail, ferry, subway, streetcar, and pedestrian services. Later, bus and light-rail services were added to the terminals. Another feature of the terminal's design is the terminal's 225-foot (69 m) clock tower. The tower was replaced by a radio tower that stood for more than half a century, until being removed in June 2006,{{cite web |last1=Stessel |first1=Dan |title=NJ Transit To Begin Rebuilding Clock Tower At Hoboken Terminal |url=https://www.njtransit.com/press-releases/nj-transit-begin-rebuilding-clock-tower-hoboken-terminal |website=njtransit.com |access-date=10 February 2023}} when it was replaced with a new clock tower modeled after the original.

History

= 19th century =

The site of the terminal had been used since colonial times to link Manhattan Island and points west.{{cite news |title=Hoboken train crash highlights safety delays: HOBOKEN TRAIN CRASH |id={{ProQuest|1825012188}} |work=The Journal News |date=2 October 2016 |location=White Plains, New York |page=A.14 }} In 1811, the first steam-powered ferries began called Hoboken Ferryboats service under John Stevens, an inventor who founded Hoboken.{{cite web |title=Hoboken, New Jersey, The Mile Square City: A Brief History |url=https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/unused_content/hoboken-new-jersey-the-mile-square-city-a-brief-history/ |website=hobokenmuseum.org |access-date=28 September 2022}} In 1889, due to several complaints through The New York Times, changes were made to the service such as bigger boats for passengers, and more trips.{{cite news |title=BETTER BOATS PROMISED.; THE HOBOKEN FERRY MANAGERS TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1889/01/09/archives/better-boats-promised-the-hoboken-ferry-managers-to-make.html |work=The New York Times |date=9 January 1889 }}

The coming of the railroads brought more and more travelers to the west bank of the Hudson River. Cuts and tunnels were constructed through Bergen Hill to rail–ferry terminals on the west bank of the river and the Upper New York Bay. The first of the Bergen Tunnels under Jersey City Heights was opened in 1877 by the Morris and Essex Railroad, which was leased by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W).{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|93586583}} |title=THE NEW BERGEN TUNNEL; FORMAL OPENING OF THE WORK, DESCRIPTION OF THE TUNNEL WHAT IS GAINED BY THE IMPROVEMENT THE COST OF THE WORK THE OPENING TO BE CELEBRATED ALONG THE ROUTE OF THE MORRIS AND ESSEX RAILROAD |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1877/05/12/archives/the-new-bergen-tunnel-formal-opening-of-the-work-description-of-the.html |work=The New York Times |date=12 May 1877 }}

= 20th century =

The facility that was in the place of the Hoboken Terminal caught fire and burned down in 1905 after the Hopatcong, a ferry docked at the terminal, caught fire at midnight, which spread to the original facility. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad decided to build another large terminal since they had more than enough funds. The new facility was planned by William Truesdale, who worked to modernize the DL&W railroad.{{cite news |title=LACKAWANNA'S NEW FERRY HOUSE BURNED; Jersey Central Terminal Follows in Spectacular Blaze. BUILDINGS COST $1,500,000 A Panic Narrowly Averted When the Fire Was Discovered -- Service to be Restored To-day |id={{ProQuest|96524477}} |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1905/12/21/archives/lackawannas-new-ferry-house-burned-jersey-central-terminal-follows.html |work=The New York Times |date=21 December 1905 }} The rail and ferry terminal buildings were constructed in 1907 by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr.htm|title=NJ/NRHP|website=state.nj.us|access-date=2023-04-04|publisher=New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection}}{{cite news|last1=Barron|first1=James|author-link=James Barron (journalist)|title=Hoboken Terminal, With Flair and Grandeur, Is a Survivor|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/01/nyregion/hoboken-terminal-with-flair-and-grandeur-is-a-survivor.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 30, 2016|access-date=2023-02-12}}

The following year, the railroad opened the second parallel tunnel. Both tunnels are still used by NJ Transit.{{cite book |last=French |first=Kenneth |title=Railroads of Hoboken and Jersey City |series=Images of Rail |year=2002 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |location=Charleston, South Carolina |isbn=978-0-7385-0966-2 |page=125}} The tubes of the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad, forerunner of PATH, were extended to Hoboken Terminal upon its opening. The first revenue train on the new line ran from the terminal on February 26, 1908.{{cite news |title=TROLLEY TUNNEL OPEN TO JERSEY; President Turns On Power for First Official Train Between This City and Hoboken. REGULAR SERVICE STARTS Passenger Trains Between the Two Cities Begin Running at Midnight. EXERCISES OVER THE RIVER Govs. Hughes and Fort Make Congratulatory Addresses -- Dinner at Sherry's in the Evening |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1908/02/26/archives/trolley-tunnel-open-to-jersey-president-turns-on-power-for-first.html |work=The New York Times |date=26 February 1908 |quote=The natural barrier which has separated New York from New Jersey since those States came into existence was, figuratively speaking, wiped away at 3:40½ o'clock yesterday afternoon when the first of the two twin tubes of the McAdoo tunnel system was formally opened, thus linking Manhattan with Hoboken, and establishing a rapid transit service beneath the Hudson River.}}

File:Hoboken Terminal Construction 1907.jpg

In 1930, Thomas Edison was at the controls for the first departure of a regular-service electric multiple unit train from Hoboken Terminal to Montclair. One of the first installations of central air-conditioning in a public space was at the station, as was the first non-experimental use of mobile phones.{{cite web|date=2007|title=1907-2007: 100 Years – Hoboken Terminal|url=http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/nn_EnRouteSpclEdtn.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031172916/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/nn_EnRouteSpclEdtn.pdf|archive-date=October 31, 2015|access-date=February 6, 2011|publisher=NJ Transit}}{{cite news |title=Cool Is a State of Mind (and Relief) |first=Tammy |last=La Gorce|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CE2DD113FF930A15756C0A9629C8B63 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 23, 2004 |access-date=April 10, 2008 |quote=Several decades later, the Hoboken Terminal distinguished itself as the nation's first centrally air-conditioned public space.}}

In 1914, George A. Cullen, the Passenger Traffic Manager for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, stated that Hoboken Terminal handled more than 17 million railroad passengers and 18 million additional ferry passengers.{{cite news |last1=Cullen |first1=George a |title=THE HOBOKEN TERMINAL.; More Than 35,000,000 Passengers Use It Each Year |id={{ProQuest|97638947}} |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1914/05/09/archives/the-hoboken-terminal-more-than-35000000-passengers-use-it-each-year.html |work=The New York Times |date=9 May 1914 }}

In 1942, the clock tower of the terminal was removed to reclaim the copper to use in World War II. After the war, Hoboken suffered another blow when automobile and air travel rose to prominence at the expense of the railroads. Amtrak started operating in 1971, and by then intercity services by the then merged Erie and DL&W railroads stopped operating out of Hoboken. The final train between Hoboken and Chicago departed the night of January 5, 1970, and arrived on January 6 in Chicago's Dearborn Station.{{cite web |last1=Burns |first1=Adam |title=Hoboken Terminal |url=https://www.american-rails.com/hoboken.html |website=american-rails.com |access-date=21 February 2023}}

Despite the difficulties of the railroad industry, which culminated in bankruptcy for many railroads through the 1970s, the terminal has always been an essential link for New York-bound commuters, which saved it from the threat of demolition. The popular disapproval of the razing of the nearby Pennsylvania Station in 1963,{{cite news |last1=Tolchin |first1=Martin |title=Demolition Starts At Penn Station; Architects Picket; Penn Station Demolition Begun; 6 Architects Call Act a 'Shame' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/10/29/archives/demolition-starts-at-penn-station-architects-picket-penn-station.html |work=The New York Times |date=29 October 1963 }} (and its replacement by Madison Square Garden and a new Penn Station below ground level){{cite news |last1=Hailey |first1=Foster |title='62 START IS SET FOR NEW GARDEN; Penn Station to Be Razed to Street Level in Project |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/07/27/archives/62-start-is-set-for-new-garden-penn-station-to-be-razed-to-street.html |work=The New York Times |date=27 July 1961 }} may have also helped Hoboken Terminal's survival.

Numerous streetcar lines (eventually owned and operated by the Public Service Railway), including the Hoboken Inclined Cable Railway, originated and terminated at the station until bustitution was completed on August 7, 1949.

At the peak of intercity rail service, five passenger terminals were operated by competing railroad companies along the Hudson Waterfront. Of the five, Hoboken Terminal is the only one still in active use. Those at Weehawken (New York Central), Pavonia (Erie Railroad), and Exchange Place (Pennsylvania Railroad) were demolished in the 1960s, while the one in Jersey City (Central Railroad of New Jersey) was partially restored and is now part of Liberty State Park.{{cite book |last1=Schliching |first1=Kurt |title=Grand Central's Engineer: William J. Wilgus and the Planning of Modern Manhattan |date=May 2012 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University |isbn=9781421406954 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/book/13505 |access-date=21 May 2023}}

In October 1956, four years before its merger with the DL&W to form the Erie Lackawanna Railway, the Erie Railroad began to shift its trains from Pavonia Terminal to Hoboken. The final Erie trains to be moved to Hoboken, in 1959, were from the Northern Branch. In October 1965, on former Erie routes, there were five trains each weekday to Wanaque/Midvale on the Greenwood Lake branch, three to Nyack on the Northern Branch, three to Waldwick via the Newark Branch, two to Essex Fells on its Caldwell Branch, two to Carlton Hill on the former Erie Main Line, and one to Newton on the Sussex Branch.{{cite web |url=http://www.kinglyheirs.com/AbandonedRR/ErieLackawanna.html#ErieLackawanna |title=The Erie and the DL&W Were Merged in 1960 |access-date=May 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330041614/http://www.kinglyheirs.com/AbandonedRR/ErieLackawanna.html#ErieLackawanna |archive-date=March 30, 2010 }}{{cite web |url=http://members.tripod.com/generaljim1-ivil/theerielackawannalimited/id14.html |title=Erie Lackwanna Railroad and Predecessors |access-date=May 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080610055224/http://members.tripod.com/generaljim1-ivil/theerielackawannalimited/id14.html |archive-date=June 10, 2008 }} All those trains were dropped in 1966.{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|117524427}} |title=TRANSPORT NEWS: TRAIN SERVICE CUT; Lackawanna's Commuters Face Halt on 7 Lines |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/09/17/archives/transport-news-train-service-cut-lackawannas-commuters-face-halt-on.html |work=The New York Times |date=17 September 1966 }}

File:EL 3319 November 1978 (22348670758).jpg

Ferry service from the terminal to lower Manhattan ended on November 22, 1967,{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldshipny.com/elferry.shtml |title="November 1967 ~ The End of Trans-Cross Hudson Ferry Service, by Theodore W. Scull (World Ship Society) |access-date=March 11, 2018 |archive-date=January 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113062950/http://www.worldshipny.com/elferry.shtml |url-status=dead }} due to declining ridership and revenues.{{cite news |author=Walter H. Waggoner |title=FERRY TO HOBOKEN WILL STOP NOV. 22; Erie Railroad Cites Deficits and Drop in Patronage Two Boats Are Involved |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/11/15/archives/ferry-to-hoboken-will-stop-nov-22-erie-railroad-cites-deficits-and.html |work=The New York Times |date=15 November 1967 }} It resumed in 1989 on the south side of the terminal and moved back to the restored ferry slips inside the historic terminal on December 7, 2011.{{cite news |work=Fox New York |url=http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/hoboken-ferry-terminal-reopens-20111207-apx |title=Hoboken Ferry Terminal Reopens |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124144850/http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/hoboken-ferry-terminal-reopens-20111207-apx |archive-date=January 24, 2012 |date=December 7, 2011}}{{cite web|date=December 7, 2011|title=Restored Hoboken Ferry Terminal Opens|url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/12/07/restored-hoboken-ferry-terminal-opens/|access-date=July 4, 2020|website=CBS New York}}

In 1973, the terminal building was added to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places.[http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NJ/Hudson/state.html "New Jersey – Hudson County"]. National Register of Historic Places. Accessed June 13, 2007. The PATH station's platforms were lengthened in 1987 to allow the station to accommodate eight-car trains.{{Cite news|date=1987-06-25|title='Longer' Waiting for PATH Riders|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-jersey-journal-longer-waiting-for/161330678/|access-date=2024-12-21|work=The Jersey Journal|pages=53}}

In 1990, the New Jersey Historic Preservation Bond Program gave a grant of $400,000 towards repairs and restoration of the Terminal. In 1991, another grant of $300,000 was given. The money was used towards repairing the ferry terminal's roof and clerestory.{{cite web |title=Hoboken Terminal |url=https://www.nj.gov/dca/njht/funded/sitedetails/hoboken_terminal.shtml |website=nj.gov |access-date=27 February 2023}}

In 1999, the New Jersey Devils' proposed to build an arena atop the Hoboken Terminal, which would be on the Hudson waterfront. The proposal never went through.{{cite web |last1=Smothers |first1=Ronald |title=Devils Owner Offers Plan For Arena In Hoboken |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/12/nyregion/devils-owner-offers-plan-for-arena-in-hoboken.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=29 June 2023 |date=12 March 1999}}

= 21st century =

On August 14, 2003, amid the Northeast blackout of 2003, PATH and NJ Transit Rail Operations were unable to operate anywhere, including Hoboken Terminal. Commuters from New Jersey used the NY Waterway ferry to Hoboken Terminal as an alternative, and passengers said it was so packed it caused concern.{{cite news |last1=Kennedy |first1=Randy |title=The Blackout: The New York Region; A Comatose Transit System Awakens, Slowly |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/16/nyregion/the-blackout-the-new-york-region-a-comatose-transit-system-awakens-slowly.html |access-date=15 February 2023 |agency=The New York Times |date=16 August 2003}} Operations of PATH and NJ Transit trains resumed the morning of August 15 with the use of diesel trains.{{Cite web|url=https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4349/dot_4349_DS1.pdf|title=Effects of Catastrophic Events on Transportation Systems Management and Operations – August 2003 Blackout Great Lakes Region|last=Volpe|first=John|date=May 2004|website=U.S. Department of Transportation – National Transportation Library|publisher=United States Department of Transportation – Research and Special Programs Administration|page=46|access-date=July 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725033046/https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4349/dot_4349_DS1.pdf|archive-date=July 25, 2019|url-status=live}}

Access to the Region's Core (ARC) was a proposed commuter-rail project to add new rail tunnels under the Hudson River, but the plan was canceled in 2010. In 2013, the New Jersey General Assembly passed a resolution supporting the extension of New York City Number 7 subway into Secaucus as a cheaper alternative to the proposed ARC tunnel.{{cite web |last1=Ma |first1=Myles |title=7 things to know about the proposed No. 7 subway extension into Secaucus |url=https://www.nj.com/bergen/2014/09/study_into_no_7_subway_extension_to_secaucus_announced.html |website=nj.com |date=September 12, 2014 |access-date=14 March 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Brenzel |first1=Kathryn |title=Committee green lights expansion of NYC subway to Hoboken |url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2013/11/no_7_expansion.html#incart_river_default |website=nj.com |date=November 26, 2013 |access-date=14 March 2023}} The plans never went through despite the idea being revived as possibly being a part of, or along with, the Gateway Project, which also proposes new tunnels, and bridges over the Hudson River.{{cite news |last1=McGeehan |first1=Patrick |title=A Subway Ride to New Jersey? It Could Happen, Officials Say |work=The New York Times |date=February 28, 2018 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/27/nyregion/subway-expand-new-jersey.html |access-date=14 March 2023}}{{cite web |title=Hudson Tunnel Project |url=https://www.gatewayprogram.org/hudson-tunnel-project.html |website=gatewayprogram.org |access-date=14 March 2023}}

A renovation that lasted from 2005 to 2009 demolished and rebuilt walls to resemble their original appearance; the terminal's clock tower was rebuilt as well along with the original neon-lit Lackawanna sign.{{cite web|last=Zeitlinger|first=Ron|date=September 29, 2016|title=Historic Hoboken Terminal underwent $115 million renovation decade ago|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2016/09/historic_hoboken_terminal_underwent_115_million_re.html|access-date=July 4, 2020|website=nj}}

The station was badly damaged during Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012. A {{convert|5|ft|m|adj=on}} storm surge inundated the facility; the water rose as high as {{convert|8|ft|m}} in the PATH tunnels. Daytime PATH service to midtown Manhattan was restored on December 19. The waiting room reopened in January 2013, while extensive repairs were still in progress.{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/01/iconic_hoboken_terminal_waitin.html|title=Sandy-battered iconic Hoboken Terminal waiting room to reopen Tuesday|work=NJ.com|date=January 26, 2013|last=Machcinski|first=Anthony J.}}{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/Hoboken_PATH_station_weeks_from_reopening.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130232610/http://www.northjersey.com/news/Hoboken_PATH_station_weeks_from_reopening.html |archive-date=November 30, 2012|title=PATH train repairs to cost $300M, with Hoboken station staying closed 'for weeks' |publisher=NorthJersey.com |date=November 27, 2012 |access-date=October 2, 2013}} Pre-Sandy service patterns were gradually restored by March 1, 2013.{{cite web | last=Newman | first=Andy | title=PATH Trains to Resume 24-Hour Service | website=City Room | date=January 9, 2013 | url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/path-trains-to-resume-24-hour-service/ | access-date=April 30, 2018}}{{cite web|title=PATH Trains to Resume 24-Hour Service Tonight|url=http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=1737|date=Jan 9, 2013|publisher=The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey|access-date=February 11, 2013|archive-date=May 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501082356/http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=1737|url-status=dead}}{{cite web | last=Ferrer | first=Ana M. | title=24-hour PATH service to 33rd St. restored for Jersey City, Hoboken, Newark riders | website=NJ.com | date=January 10, 2013 | url=http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2013/01/24-hour_path_service_to_33rd_s.html | access-date=June 13, 2018}}

As of 2017, the station was the ninth-busiest railway station in North America.{{Cite news|last=Kiefer|first=Eric|date=February 21, 2018|url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/hoboken/how-many-riders-use-nj-transit-s-hoboken-train-station|title=How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?|work=Hoboken Patch|access-date=2018-07-18}}{{cite web|title=PATH Ridership Report|url=http://www.panynj.gov/path/pdf/2017-PATH-Monthly-Ridership-Report.pdf|date=2017|website=pathnynj.gov|publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey|access-date=January 28, 2018|archive-date=January 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129005046/http://www.panynj.gov/path/pdf/2017-PATH-Monthly-Ridership-Report.pdf|url-status=dead}}

On October 5, 2022, officials broke ground on Hoboken Connect, a projected five-year project to renovate the Terminal and its immediate vicinity. The plans call for erecting a 20-story commercial building at 5 and 23 Hudson Place and a 27-story, 389-unit residential building on Observer Highway.{{cite web |last1=Israel |first1=David |title=Plans For 27-Story Residential Building Advance In Hoboken |url=https://www.tapinto.net/towns/hoboken/sections/economic-development/articles/plans-for-27-story-residential-building-advance-in-hoboken |website=tapinto.net |access-date=18 December 2023}} Planned improvements to Warrington Plaza include movable seats and modular structures for public use. The ferry terminal will be renovated to add retail space and bicycle storage on the ground floor, while commercial space on its second floor will be constructed to house either transport functions, or tenants such as markets, eateries, or areas for arts and culture.{{cite web|url=https://hudsonreporter.com/2022/10/05/officials-break-ground-on-hoboken-connect-redevelopment-project/|title=Officials break ground on Hoboken Connect redevelopment project|newspaper=The Hudson Reporter|author=Koosau, Mark|url-status=live|date=October 5, 2022|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=October 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006013735/https://hudsonreporter.com/2022/10/05/officials-break-ground-on-hoboken-connect-redevelopment-project/}} In March 2024, the NJ Transit board awarded a $211 million contract to Schiavone Construction for the construction of six tracks and three platforms, as well as a $2 million contract to Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak for trackwork.{{cite web | last=Heinis | first=John | title=NJ Transit board approves contracts for $213M upgrades at Hoboken Terminal | website=Hudson County View | date=March 13, 2024 | url=https://hudsoncountyview.com/nj-transit-board-approves-contracts-for-213m-upgrades-at-hoboken-terminal/ | access-date=March 15, 2024}} NJ Transit and LCOR agreed to a ground lease for the Hoboken Connect site in March 2024,{{cite web | last=Perry | first=Jessica | title=NJ Transit approval advances Hoboken Connect project | website=NJBIZ | date=March 13, 2024 | url=https://njbiz.com/nj-transit-approval-advances-hoboken-connect-project/ | access-date=June 3, 2024}}{{cite web | last=Burd | first=Joshua | title=NJ Transit: Ground lease with LCOR ‘sets the stage’ for Hoboken Connect groundbreaking – Real Estate NJ | website=Real Estate NJ – The Voice of New Jersey Commercial Real Estate | date=March 13, 2024 | url=https://re-nj.com/nj-transit-ground-lease-with-lcor-sets-the-stage-for-hoboken-connect-groundbreaking/ | access-date=June 3, 2024}} and work began that May.{{cite web | title=NJ Transit Greenlights Hoboken Connect Project | website=Hudson Reporter | date=May 18, 2024 | url=https://hudsonreporter.com/news/hoboken/nj-transit-approves-hoboken-connect-project/ | access-date=June 3, 2024}}{{cite web | last=West | first=Teri | title=Massive Hoboken Connect project to transform historic terminal is underway. It only took 20 years. | website=nj | date=June 2, 2024 | url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2024/06/massive-hoboken-connect-project-to-transform-historic-terminal-is-underway-it-only-took-20-years.html?1717328744=true | access-date=June 3, 2024}}

In October 2024, the PANYNJ announced that the PATH station at Hoboken Terminal would be closed for most of February 2025 so the tracks, platforms, and four staircases could be replaced.{{cite web | title=Hoboken PATH station to close for 25 days in February for improvement project | website=News 12 - Default | date=October 31, 2024 | url=https://newjersey.news12.com/hoboken-path-station-to-close-for-25-days-in-february-for-improvement-project | access-date=November 1, 2024}}{{cite web | title=Hoboken PATH station to close for 25 days in February 2025 for construction | website=ABC7 New York | date=October 31, 2024 | url=https://abc7ny.com/post/hoboken-path-station-close-25-days-february-2025-construction/15493274/ | access-date=November 1, 2024}} The PATH station was closed from February 1 to February 25;{{cite web |date=February 24, 2025 |title=Hoboken PATH station is now closed for nearly a month. Here are travel alternatives |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/traffic/transit-traffic/hoboken-path-station-reopens-tuesday/6161477/ |access-date=March 2, 2025 |website=NBC New York}}{{cite web |last=Fan |first=Christina |date=February 25, 2025 |title=Hoboken PATH station reopens after weeks of renovations. Here's a look at the changes. |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/hoboken-path-station-reopens-after-renovations/ |access-date=March 2, 2025 |website=CBS New York}} the project cost $31 million.{{cite web |last=Higgs |first=Larry |date=February 24, 2025 |title=Hoboken PATH station set to reopen following $31M overhaul |url=https://www.nj.com/news/2025/02/hoboken-path-station-set-to-reopen-following-31m-overhaul.html |access-date=March 2, 2025 |website=nj}}

In April 2025, NJ Transit announced that an interim bus terminal would be built to allow rehabilitation of the existing bus terminal.{{cite web |title=NJ TRANSIT BREAKS GROUND ON INTERIM HOBOKEN BUS TERMINAL |url=https://www.njtransit.com/press-releases/nj-transit-breaks-ground-interim-hoboken-bus-terminal |website=njtransit.com |publisher=NJ Transit |access-date=9 April 2025}}

= Accidents =

In December 1985, an NJ Transit train crashed into the concrete bumper at Hoboken Terminal, injuring 54. The 1985 crash was said to have been caused by a lubricant that had been applied to the tracks to test train wheels.{{Cite web|date=September 29, 2016|url=https://www.newsday.com/news/region-state/officials-train-crashes-into-hoboken-station-killing-1-injuring-108-1.12383826|title=Officials ID woman killed in train crash that hurt 114|website=Newsday|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160930033238/https://www.newsday.com/news/region-state/officials-train-crashes-into-hoboken-station-killing-1-injuring-108-1.12383826|archive-date=2016-09-30}}

In May 2011, a PATH train crashed into a bumper block at Hoboken Terminal, injuring 34 people;{{cite news |last1=Cowan |first1=Alison Leigh |last2=Secret |first2=Mosi |title=Dozens Injured as Train Crashes in New Jersey |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/09/nyregion/dozens-injured-as-train-crashes-in-new-jersey.html |work=The New York Times |date=8 May 2011 }}{{cite news|last1=Matarese|first1=Jennifer|last2=Hosea|first2=Dan|date=May 8, 2011|url=https://abc7ny.com/archive/8118721/|title=PATH train crashes into platform at Hoboken Terminal|work=WABC|access-date=May 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510132422/http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news%2Flocal%2Fnew_jersey&id=8118721|archive-date=May 10, 2011|url-status=live}} the Port Authority said the train came in too fast.{{cite news |last1=McGeehan |first1=Patrick |last2=Rosenberg |first2=Eli |last3=Fitzsimmons |first3=Emma G. |title=Hoboken Train Crash Kills 1 and Injures Over 100 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/nyregion/new-jersey-transit-train-crash-hoboken.html |work=The New York Times |date=29 September 2016 }}

On the morning of September 29, 2016, an NJ Transit train crashed through a stopblock and into the concourse of the station, killing one person and injuring more than 110 people.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37503920|title=Hoboken train station crash: One dead and dozens hurt in New Jersey|work=BBC News|date=September 29, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/woman-killed-108-injured-after-train-crashes-into-hoboken-nj-station|title=At Least 1 Dead, More Than 100 Hurt After Train Crash At Hoboken, NJ Station|website=Fox News|date=September 29, 2016|access-date=September 29, 2016}} Tracks 10 through 17 were reopened on October 10, 2016, with most remaining tracks reopened a week later. The pedestrian concourse reopened on May 14, 2017. Track 6 reopened for service in June 2017 and Track 5 reopened for service sometime around September 2018.{{cite web|last=Moriarty|first=Thomas|date=May 14, 2017|title=Hoboken Terminal concourse reopened 7 months after fatal crash|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2017/05/hoboken_terminal_concourse_reopened_7_months_after.html|access-date=May 16, 2017|website=NJ.com|publisher=}} The planning for permanent repairs to the concourse roof and supports were ongoing during this time. Permanent repairs and renovations began in March 2019{{cite web|date=February 2019|title=Hoboken Terminal: Ceiling Repair & Renovation Work – Beginning March 2019|url=https://www.njtransit.com/sa/sa_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=ConstructionAdvisoryTo&AdvisoryId=4401|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216153115/https://www.njtransit.com/sa/sa_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=ConstructionAdvisoryTo&AdvisoryId=4401|archive-date=16 February 2019|access-date=February 15, 2019|website=njtransit.com|publisher=New Jersey Transit (Alerts and Advisories page)}} and were completed by the end of 2019.{{Cite web|last=Higgs|first=Larry|date=2019-04-02|title=Repairs to start on last remaining damage from fatal Hoboken train crash|url=https://www.nj.com/traffic/2019/04/repairs-to-start-on-last-remaining-damage-from-fatal-hoboken-train-crash.html|access-date=2021-08-06|website=NJ.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Hoboken Terminal Repair|url=https://www.dmrconstruct.net/hoboken-terminal-repair|access-date=2021-08-06|website=DMR Construction|language=en}}

Design

Hoboken Terminal is considered a milestone in American transportation development, initially combining rail, ferry, subway, streetcar, and pedestrian services, in one of the most innovatively designed and engineered structures in the nation, with bus and light-rail service added in the ensuing decades. The terminal was also one of the first stations in the world to employ the Bush-type train shed, designed by and named for Lincoln Bush of the DL&W, which quickly became ubiquitous in station design. The terminal building was designed by architect Kenneth M. Murchison in the Beaux-Arts style. The structure is made of concrete, copper, stone, steel, and wrought iron. The complex has 14 tracks for NJ Transit trains, which are located entirely above the water.{{rp|page=2}}

The station is unusual for a New York City area commuter railroad terminal in that it still has low-level platforms, requiring passengers to use stairs on the train to board and alight. The Long Slip Fill and Rail Enhancement project is anticipated to add three high-level accessible-accessible platforms to the south side of the terminal. The project will modify the Long Slip, which is a {{Convert|2000|ft|adj=on}} former barge canal adjacent to the Hoboken Terminal Yard. This is to eliminate it as a conduit for flood water.{{cite web |url=https://njtransitresilienceprogram.com/long-slip-overview/ |title=Long Slip fill and rail enhancement |website=Resilience Program |publisher=New Jersey Transit|access-date=May 18, 2022}}

The terminal's {{convert|225|ft|m|adj=on}} clock tower was designed by architect Kenneth Murchison and originally built with the terminal.{{cite report|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/05a8d18f-5c83-4ae4-88f7-88d783b042ea|title=Erie-Lackawanna Railroad -Terminal at Hoboken|date=July 24, 1973|publisher=National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service|access-date=2023-02-12}}{{rp|page=2}} Its copper cladding was intended to provide a dramatic decorative effect. By the post-World War II period, this patina had been lost to wind erosion and was removed in about 1950 following a storm. The tower was replaced by a radio tower that stood for more than half a century, until being removed in June 2006, when it was replaced with a new clock tower modeled after the original, down to the same copper cladding, albeit with a more modern steel and aluminum infrastructure. The second tower includes a clock with {{Convert|12|ft|adj=on}} diameter faces and {{convert|4|ft|m|adj=mid|-high}} copper letters, which spell out "LACKAWANNA", whose fiber optic technology allows them to be lit from dusk to midnight.{{cite web|url=https://www.njtransit.com/press-releases/history-comes-light-city-hoboken|publisher=NJ Transit|title=HISTORY COMES TO 'LIGHT' IN CITY OF HOBOKEN|url-status=live|date=May 9, 2008|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=October 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022212535/https://www.njtransit.com/press-releases/history-comes-light-city-hoboken}}

The large main waiting room features floral and Greek Revival motifs in tiled stained glass by Louis Comfort Tiffany set atop bands of pale cement.{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|426544891}} |title=Jewel on the Hudson: Hoboken Terminal is worth restoring |newspaper=The Record |date=17 June 2008 |page=A.8 }} The terminal exterior extends to over four stories and has a copper-clad façade with ornate detailing. It is said the copper used for it is leftover from the Statue of Liberty. Its single-story base is constructed of rusticated Indiana limestone. A grand double stair with decorative cast-iron railings within the main waiting room provides an entrance to the upper-level ferry concourse.{{cite web|date=2007|title=1907-2007: 100 Years – Hoboken Terminal|url=http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/nn_EnRouteSpclEdtn.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031172916/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/nn_EnRouteSpclEdtn.pdf|archive-date=October 31, 2015|access-date=February 6, 2011|publisher=NJ Transit}}

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Services

= Commuter rail =

Hoboken Terminal is the terminus and namesake for NJ Transit's Hoboken Division, which consists of commuter rail lines in northern New Jersey.{{cite web |title=Station Area Map – Hoboken Terminal |url=https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/station_area_maps/63samap.pdf |website=njtransit.com |access-date=15 February 2023}}

Access to other NJ Transit rail lines is available at Newark Penn Station (which also serves Amtrak), Secaucus Junction, or Newark Broad Street.{{cite web |title=Station Area Map – Newark Penn Station |url=https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/station_area_maps/107samap.pdf |website=njtransit.com |access-date=15 February 2023}}{{cite web |title=Station Area Map – Frank R. Lautenberg Seacaucus Junction |url=https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/station_area_maps/38174samap.pdf |website=njtransit.com |access-date=15 February 2023}}{{cite web |title=Station Area Map – Broad Street Station |url=https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/station_area_maps/106samap.pdf |website=njtransit.com |access-date=15 February 2023}}

= {{anchor|Rapid transit rail}} Rapid transit =

File:PATH Hoboken Platforms.jpg

PATH trains provide 24-hour service from a three-track underground terminal located north of the surface platforms.{{NYCS const|trackref|trackbook3}} Two routes are offered on weekdays during the day, and one route is offered on late nights, weekends, and holidays. Entrances are from the main concourse or street, below the Hudson Place bus station with both an elevator and stairs. Travel to Newark Penn Station always requires a transfer, as does weekday service to Journal Square Transportation Center.{{cite web |title=Hoboken Station |url=https://www.panynj.gov/path/en/stations/hoboken-station.html |website=panynj.gov |access-date=16 February 2023}}

= Light rail =

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Hoboken Terminal is the terminus for two of the three Hudson-Bergen Light Rail routes. Light rail platforms are located south of Track 18 and the terminal building.{{cite web |title=Hudson-Bergen Light Rail |url=https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/light-rail/sf_lr_hblr_map.pdf |website=njtransit.com |access-date=16 February 2023}}

= Ferry =

{{Main|NY Waterway}}

Ferry service is operated by NY Waterway to Brookfield Place Terminal daily, as well as Pier 11/Wall Street and West Midtown Ferry Terminal on weekdays.{{cite web |url=https://www.nywaterway.com/HobokenNJTransitTerminalTerminal.aspx |title=Hoboken / NJ Transit Terminal |publisher=NY Waterway |access-date=April 2, 2020}} The ferry concourse has five slips, numbered 1–5. Slips 1 and 5 are generally used for ferries heading to West Midtown, Slip 2 is generally used for Wall Street ferries, and Slip 3 is generally used for Brookfield Place ferries.

= Bus service =

Ten routes operated by New Jersey Transit Bus Operations serve Hoboken. Lanes 1-5 are underneath the covered "Hoboken Bus Terminal" adjacent to Track 1, while Lane 6 lies at the curb adjacent to the main commuter rail concourse.

Route {{NJ bus link|87}} departs from Lane 1 for Jersey City,{{cite web |url=https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/maps/directories/Hoboken_Directory.pdf |title=Station Directory, Hoboken Terminal |publisher=NJ Transit |date=June 2017 |access-date=April 2, 2020 |archive-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212113015/https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/maps/directories/Hoboken_Directory.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0087.pdf |title=Route 87 |publisher=NJ Transit |date=January 12, 2019 |access-date=April 2, 2020 |archive-date=January 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127143239/https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0087.pdf |url-status=dead }} route {{NJ bus link|126}} departs from Lanes 2 and 3 for the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan,{{cite web |url=https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0126.pdf |title=Route 126 |publisher=NJ Transit |date=October 25, 2019 |access-date=April 2, 2020 |archive-date=December 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218123027/https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0126.pdf |url-status=dead }} and routes {{NJ bus link|85|89}} depart from Lane 4 for American Dream Meadowlands in East Rutherford or Nungessers.{{cite web |url=https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0085.pdf |title=Route 85 |publisher=NJ Transit |date=November 27, 2019 |access-date=April 2, 2020 |archive-date=January 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124022835/https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0085.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0089.pdf |title=Route 89 |publisher=NJ Transit |date=April 8, 2017 |access-date=April 2, 2020 |archive-date=February 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206000428/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0089.pdf |url-status=dead }} Routes {{NJ bus link|22|22X|23}} depart from Lane 5 for Weehawken or Union City, and routes {{NJ bus link|63|64|68}} departs from Lane 6 for Lakewood, {{njts|Lincoln Harbor}}, or Old Bridge.{{cite web |url=https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0064.pdf |title=Routes 63 and 64 |publisher=NJ Transit |date=January 11, 2020 |access-date=April 2, 2020 |archive-date=March 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319181838/https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0064.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0068.pdf |title=Route 68 |publisher=NJ Transit |date=January 11, 2020 |access-date=April 2, 2020 |archive-date=February 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206000423/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0068.pdf |url-status=dead }}

= Former named trains =

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!Name!!Operators!!Destination!!Year begun!!Year discontinued

Atlantic Express and Pacific ExpressErie Railroad, then Erie-LackawannaChicago, Illinois1885, but started departing from Hoboken in 19561965
Chicago LimitedLackawanna RailroadDLW terminal in Buffalo, New York, continuing as an express New York Central train to Chicago, the westbound counterpart to the Lackawanna Limited19171941
Erie LimitedErie Railroad, then Erie-LackawannaChicago, IllinoisBegan in 1929, but started departing from Hoboken in 19561963
Lake CitiesErie Railroad, then Erie-LackawannaChicago, IllinoisBegan in 1939, but started departing from Hoboken in 19561970
Lackawanna LimitedLackawanna RailroadBuffalo, until 1941 continuing to Chicago19011949
Merchants ExpressLackawanna RailroadScranton19371959
New York MailLackawanna Railroad, then Erie-Lackawanna via Nickel Plate RoadBuffalo, continuing to Chicago19371968
New Yorker/WesternerLackawanna Railroad, then Erie-Lackawanna via Nickel Plate RoadBuffalo, continuing to Chicago19361963
OwlLackawanna Railroad, then Erie-Lackawanna via Nickel Plate RoadBuffalo, continuing to St. Louis19191968
Phoebe SnowLackawanna Railroad, then Erie-LackawannaDL&W Terminal, Buffalo19491966
Pocono ExpressLackawanna RailroadBuffalo19361965
ScrantonianLackawanna RailroadScranton19421952
TwilightLackawanna RailroadBuffalo19501965{{cite web|url=http://rails.jimgworld.com/psngrs.html|title=E-L Passenger Service Decline|work=jimgworld.com}}

Environs and access

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Though the passenger facilities are located within Hoboken, large parts of the infrastructure that supports them are located in Jersey City. The Hoboken/Jersey City line cuts across the rail yard at a northwest diagonal from the river to the intersection of Grove Street and Newark Street. It is at this corner that Observer Highway begins running parallel to the tracks and creating a de facto border for Hoboken.{{Cite book |publisher=Hagstrom Map Company, Inc |isbn=978-0-88097-763-0 |title=Hudson County New Jersey Street Map |year=2008}} Motor vehicle access to the station is extremely limited. At the eastern end of Observer Highway, buses are permitted to enter their terminal. Other vehicles are required to do a dog-leg turn onto Hudson Place. This {{convert|0.05|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} street (designated CR 736) is the only one with motor vehicle traffic adjacent to the station.{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/09000736__-.pdf |title=Hudson County 736 straight line diagram |publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation |access-date=October 7, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018095935/http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/09000736__-.pdf |archive-date=October 18, 2012 |df=mdy-all }} In 2009, pedestrian access to the terminal from the south was made possible with the opening of a new segment of the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway.{{cite news|title=Long Slip pedestrian bridge from Jersey City to Hoboken to open in September|first=Carly |last=Baldwin|url=http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2009/08/long_slip_pedestrian_bridge_fr.html|newspaper=The Jersey Journal|location=Jersey City|date=August 26, 2009|access-date=February 21, 2010}}

In media

The station has been used for film shoots, including Funny Girl, Three Days of the Condor, Once Upon a Time in America, The Station Agent, The Curse of the Jade Scorpion,{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Woody Allen Filming Locations Master|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/d/viewer?mid=1Of9JTmLQtWdYjvH1NIGSbUiT2YI|access-date=|website=}} Julie & Julia, Kal Ho Naa Ho, Rod Stewart's "Downtown Train" video (1990) and Eric Clapton's video for his 1996 single "Change the World".{{cite news |url=http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/nn_EnRouteSpclEdtn.pdf |title=Lights, camera, action – Hoboken Terminal is a place to see and be seen |page=8 |newspaper=EnRoute |publisher=New Jersey Transit |date=February 2007 |access-date=October 31, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031172916/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/nn_EnRouteSpclEdtn.pdf |archive-date=October 31, 2015 }}

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