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HUDSON-BERGEN LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM. Facts and Highlights. Hudson-Bergen Light Rail. Client: New Jersey Transit Location: Hudson & Bergen Counties, NJ Contract Value: $1.9 Billion Contract Type: Design-Build- Operate-Maintain Performed as: 21 st Century Rail Corp.
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HUDSON-BERGEN LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM Facts and Highlights
Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Client:New Jersey Transit Location:Hudson & Bergen Counties, NJ Contract Value:$1.9 Billion Contract Type:Design-Build-Operate-Maintain Performed as: 21st Century Rail Corp. (URS, Kinkisharyo) • Description: • 15.9 route miles double-track light rail transit with 24 stations • Over $1 billion in Design-Build Construction • 20-yr Operations & Maintenance contract • Includes manufacture of 52 light rail vehicles • Performance: • Opened April 2000 for Phase 1 revenue service. On-time performance of 98.85% from the commencement of operations to date.
System Description – Right-of-Way • 15.9 Route Miles – all double track • Operates primarily on grade-separated right-of-way • Approx. two (2) miles of street-running (Trains operate in mixed traffic) • Twenty-five (25) Interlockings • Twenty-four (24) Stations • Light Rail Tunnel – 4,096 feet in length. Station platform located 160 feet from the surface
System Description – Fleet Information • A Total fleet of 52 LRVs(High Performance, Low Floor Cars) • Ready Line of 42 (18 two-car sets and 6 single units) LRVs weekdays; 9 (single units) LRVs weekends • LRV Capacity on a single unit-68 seated, 120 Standing • MU capable with Dual end operation • Electrified Propulsion System (750VDC) • Full Maintenance Facility capable of: • Heavy Repairs – Body Shop • Daily Inspections – Paint Booth • Car Wash – Wheel Truing
Hours of Operation & Scheduled Trains • Weekday operation – 4:30 AM to 2:45 AM • 507 Weekday trips (5 min. trunk headway and 10 min. branch headway during peak service) • 4 AM Bayonne Flyers (8th St. Station to Hoboken) • 4 PM Bayonne Flyers (Hoboken Station to 8th St.) • Weekend operation – 5:30 AM to 2:45 AM • 238 Weekend trips (7.5 min. trunk headway and 20 min. branch headway)
Stations 3,605 Park-and-Ride Spaces • Liberty State Park-1296 spaces • West Side Avenue-879 spaces • 34th Street-521 spaces • 22nd Street-159 spaces • Tonnelle Avenue-750 spaces • 11 Stations with Elevator access • 8 Intermodal Stations: • Exchange Place (PATH, NY Waterway, NJT Buses) • Harborside Financial (NY Waterway, NJT Buses) • Hoboken (PATH, NY Waterway,NJT Rail and Buses) • Marin Blvd. (NY Waterway) • Pavonia/Newport (PATH, NJT Buses) • Lincoln Harbor (NY Waterway) • Port Imperial (NY Waterway) • Bergenline Avenue Station (NJT Buses)
Operations and Maintenance Staff • Transportation Department: • 5 Managers, 15 Asst. Train Masters • 80 LRV Operators • 5 Movement/Station Clerks • Maintenance-of-Way Department: • 2 Managers, 6 Supervisors & Foremen • 46 Maintenance Workers • Signals, Track, Electrical, Utility, Facilities, Station Attendants • Vehicle Maintenance Department • 2 Managers, 4 Supervisors • 24 Technicians • Administrative and Support Personnel: • 29 Employees
Safety and On-Time Performance • US Dept. of Labor/OSHA Star Voluntary Protection Program – August 2012 • Lost Time Accident-free for over 2 Million hours Work Period: May 2004 – August 2008 • Safe Facility of the Year Award in 2008 • 3 Presidents Awards • May 2004 • February 2007 • March 2009 • Project of the Year - 2002 • 81 days of 100% on-time performance in 2013. • 26 days of 100% on-time performance in 2014, period January 1st – May 14, 2014. • On-time performance of 98.25% for period January 1st – May 14, 2014.
Latest Milestone – 8th Street Extension 8th Street Station in Bayonne (Opened Jan. 31, 2011)