While plans to extend the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail are moving forward, providing more rail access in Bayonne have been discussed, but will likely only proceed after the opening of 1888 Studios, an NJ Transit official said.
“That’s a focus of attention that is in people’s minds. The planners are very interested in that,” NJ Transit Government and External Affairs Chief Paul Wycoff said in an interview with HCV at the North Jersey Transit Forum in Jersey City on Saturday.
While the HBLR ends at the 8th Street Station in Bayonne, an old Conrail line runs parallel to the station, continuing south along Route 440, over John F. Kennedy Boulevard and Avenue A, before ending directly in front of the under construction, 58-acre 1888 Studios at Avenue A and First Street.
The underutilized rail tracks have been seen by local officials for years as a potential way – although a long-shot – to extend the light rail once more in Bayonne, this time to the very tip of the city, at the foot of the Bayonne Bridge…