I boarded our little single-car train at Hoboken Terminal, and we headed out of the station, passing the massive NJT Hoboken rail yard. We crossed over a small inlet of the Hudson River, and proceeded onto a viaduct, where we passed through Hoboken Junction, a wye which all the light rail routes use.

We soon turned onto the former Conrail River Line, which NJT bought to operate the light rail on. We crossed Paterson Plank Rd, and headed north, stopping at 2nd St station. North of this station, we hugged the base of the Palisades, running in a narrow space between them and the city of Hoboken.

We made a quick stop at 9th St station, before passing a middle layup track and passing under the 14th St viaduct. We then turned east, exiting Hoboken, and crossing under Willow and Park Aves. We then turned north, now in Weehawken, and crossed 19th St.

We pulled into Lincoln Harbor station, where quite a few people got off, and then passed under the Lincoln Tunnel Helix, crossed over Baldwin Av, and passed by the Lincoln Tunnel Ventilation Building, now running right next to Port Imperial Blvd.

We pulled into Port Imperial station, (oddly signed as Port Imperial Ferry) and then entered the Weehawken Tunnel, originally opened in 1886, closed in 1959, then repurposed for the light rail in 2006. Midway through the tunnel, we stopped at Bergenline Ave.

After a lot of people got both on and off at Bergenline Ave, we continued through the tunnel, eventually surfacing in an open cut. We switched tracks, then headed uphill towards the CSX yard, but stopped just short by pulling into Tonnelle Ave station, the last stop.