45th Street station (Hudson–Bergen Light Rail)

45th Street station is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) in Bayonne, New Jersey. Located next to Avenue E and East 45th Street (along with Route 440), it is the northernmost station of four in Bayonne. 45th Street station contains a single island platform, with two tracks (one on each side). The stop also contain a single overhang for weather protection with windscreens. It also contains an elevator, reaching street level to the Avenue E and East Centre Street junction, helping make the stop accessible to handicapped persons. Trains through 45th Street station operate between 8th Street station in Bayonne and Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken. There also is an express service, known as the Bayonne Flyer, which operates between the same terminals, but skips local stops between 45th Street and Essex Street station, along with Harsimus Cove station.

45th Street station is built at the site of the former Central Railroad of New Jersey station at the same junction. The station replaced a former stop located at East 49th Street (known originally as Pamrapo, followed by the eponymous East 49th Street). The East 45th Street station opened on April 19, 1918, when they moved it 700 feet (210 m) west. After a failed attempt to close the station outright in January–March 1954, the railroad eliminated the agent. The station depot at East 45th Street station came down in 1961 when the railroad replaced the Center Street Bridge as part of construction of Route 169. Service ended on April 30, 1967 with the implementation of the Aldene Plan, which truncated service from Communipaw Terminal in Jersey City to East 33rd Street station.

Construction of the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail began in 1998. The station opened on April 15, 2000.