Remembrance of Those Killed by the Islamic Terrorists in Their Attacks on New York and Washington 

Updates on the changes to PATH / Hudson Tubes after the Islamic terrorist attacks:

• New NY governor may end unusual design for downtown PATH station with an informal blog comment on the matter.
• Entrance to WTC Station moved and on April 1, 2008 the new temporary entrance was opened.
• New York Times color story on how the paper of record missed the centenary of the PATH Trains / Hudson Tubes
• Centenary report from the Gotthamist with illustrations
• PA historic photo gallery of the Hudson Tubes / PATH trains with time line
• Centenary report from the Star Ledger
• PATH to test contactless fare cards
Free PATH Rides Monday to Mark 100th Anniversary NEW YORK (1010 WINS)  -- The PATH commuter rail system is celebrating its 100th anniversary by giving passengers a reason to rejoice, too. Also free ride report at the Star Ledger They can ride the cross-Hudson trains for free from 6 a.m. to 11p.m. Monday. The system carries an average of 227,000 passengers each weekday between Manhattan and northern New Jersey. Those numbers are expected to rise by 25 percent over the next decade.
• Port Authority press release on new cars
• The NYTimes is running a series of reports on different transit commutes; this week PATH Tubes from Journal Square to 33rd Street is the topic of this not too well researched or edited article [e.g., NJT commuter train to Journal Square].
•  Public Presentation of New Passenger Cars and more detail on cars from The Jersey Journal.
•  Fare Hike Brings Unlimited  Fares 
• PATH hike to be held to 25 cents
• Permanent Downtown Station Delayed
• New cell phone program will help commuters using the PATH train figure out when their next train is coming.
• Proposal would add more rush hour PATH cars, and lengthen stations
• PA officials reject PATH users suggestions
• Permanent WTC station may not be ready until 2012
• New signalling system to be installed..... and more detail from The Jersey Journal
• PATH Tubes with television in stations and on trains.
• Delays from fire on Hackensack River Bridge.
• PATH car QuickCard SmartLink goes into service on PATH Tubes. PA lists instructions on obtaining SmartLink.
• National Guard to Patrol PATH Trains and commentary on the use of the National Guard
• PATH car ablaze in Newark Station.
• Plans for Vesey Street entrance unveiled.
• Design revealed for entrance to the permanent World Trade Center station . and comments about the PA involvement in the WTC site.
• PATH trains running more slowly through derailment area .
• PATH service back to normal PATH trains on the Hoboken to 33rd Street line are running normally today, following a derailment that interrupted service yesterday.
  An axle truck on one of the center cars of a Manhattan-bound train went off-track yesterday at 2:55 p.m., and a second train was dispatched to return the 300 passengers to Hoboken two hours later. Service to Manhattan resumed, but passengers had to transfer at Pavonia / Newport for the duration of the evening.The precise cause of the derailment is still being investigated, said Port Authority spokesman Pasquale DiFulco.
• Color story on upcoming new PATH cars .
• PA sets up Test for the elderly of Smartlink card .
• Changes in Caltrava's  Downtown Station caused by finances and as reported by the Star ledger.
• PA sets upE-Mail program for PATH commuters .
• NYTimes publishes report on bombing the PATH Tubes. and the Port Authority comments on the article..
• TVs to be installed in PATH cars by 2011.
• The Big Apple Group from Yahoo reports a small photographic exhibit on Hudson Terminal in the WTC station; and Google hosts a video of the arrival and departure of a Tube train at Pavonia Station, while Youtube has a short clip of Newark Station with a PATH train arriving.
• The PA presents links on the construction of the permanent downtown PATH Tubes station. .
• Extract from a long report on the developments at the World Trade Center site details on Calatrava's design for the permanent downtown PATH Tube station..
• Officials upset that New York withheld terrorist data. [two reports]
• Video report from NY1 on the new security at Exchange Place .
• Ongoing problems with the escalators at Journal Square and Grove Street PATH Tube stations.
• The "bathtub" wall believed to have been the the Islamic terrorists'target.
• The Jersey Journal reports on the technology being introduced at Exchange Place , as does North Jersey.com in more detail, along with a color story on the first day of operation from the Jersey Journal and one from the Manhattan Villager..
• Details on security testing beginning at PATH Tubes station and the details as presented by Newsday.
• Department of Homeland Security will test new explosive detection technology at the Exchange Place station .
• Further details on Islamic Terrorist Plot to destroy the PATH Tubes from the AP.
• A worldwide investigation has uncovered an al-Qaida loyalist's plan to blow up the PATH train tunnels under the Hudson River, thwarting a terrorist conspiracy the FBI called "the real deal," [and as reported in The Star Ledger with a color story from the NY Daily News.]
• Schematic of Changed Entrance to the Temporary Downtown PATH Tube Station.
• Further construction on Downtown Station to erase final remains of Hudson Terminal.
• Double delays, one potential security delay.
• PATH trains to run during construction blasting at WTC Station.
• Officials have begun scrambling to head off what could become yet another turf battle at ground zero, between the permanent PATH downtown terminal and the future performing arts center
• PA announces Further Technical Plans for Permanent WTC Station
• Fire at Grove Street Station
• New PATH Tube station proposed for Jersey City MarionC
• Call for a Third PATH-Tube from The Jersey Journal editorial page
• Construction on PATH Tubes for Freedom Tower at WTC
• April 25, 2006 The PATH train service resumed Tuesday afternoon after 200 passengers were evacuated from a train that got stuck inside a tunnel outside the World Trade Center, according to the Port Authority. The passengers were evacuated after the Manhattan-bound train experienced mechanical problems and crews realized there was a smoke condition, a Port Authority spokeswoman said. Crews helped move passengers to the front of the train to an emergency exit. The train, which originated in Hoboken, was moved off the tracks and is now being inspected. The Newark-World Trade Center PATH line was running with delays, but returned to normal service after the train was removed.
• Rush hour headways cause problems for connecting commuter train riders; linked to shift in Midtown/Downtown travel patterns.
• Beginning Sunday, April 9, 2006, PATH will discontinue direct weekend service between Hoboken and the World Trade Center. Weekend passengers travelling between both stations must transfer at Grove Street. See map and timetable.
• Defibrillators may be mandated for all PATH Tube trains
• The general and ongoing political and emotional fighting about the World Trade Center also affects the permanent downtown PATH Tube station. [Editorial]
• Sixth Track at WTC station abandoned.
• Testing of new PATH fare card begins; also as reported by NorthJersey.com.
• First reports on Exchange Place security measures , from the NYTimes and from the Washington Post.
• Voluntary Security at Exchange Place go into effect Monday.
• Security Control measures at Exchange Place said to take less than one minute per passenger
• Foreign firm Skanska gets major downtown station contract; while US firm, Granite Construction, gets another one.
• Exchange Place to be site of anti-terrorist testing on PATH.
• Port Authority announces start of construction on the permament downtown station.
• Port Authority to Destroy the Last Portions of the original H&M Hudson Terminal
• Renditions of the permanent WTC station: exterior, interior, concourse, atrium, cutaway and street view. placed.
• Order for new PATH cars placed.
• More details on the rise in PATH ridership during the NYC strike.
• The number of passengers on PATH, operated by the Port Authority, increased as the strike went on. On Thursday, the strike's third day, 296,963 riders took PATH trains. said Port Authority spokesman Steve Coleman. "We don't believe the numbers were higher since we began operating PATH in 1962."
• 76 percent more passengers than on a normal day boarded PATH trains at 33rd Street station
• New Yorkers' View of PATH Tubes WTC - Thirty Third Street service during the NYC Strike
• NYC Transit strike: The Port Authority plans a special run of PATH trains from the World Trade Center station in Lower Manhattan to 33rd Street in Midtown. The service will run Monday thru Friday from 6 a.m. through 8 p.m. with trains every seven minutes during the morning and evening rush hours and will loop under the Hudson River through Jersey City for two stops, then back under the Hudson and up the West Side. The trip would take 20 minutes, compared with 10 to 12 minutes on the subway.
• PATH Riders' Comments on NYC Strike
• PA Press Release on Strike Plans
• Construction firm being chosen for the new WTC Terminal
• Cortlandt Street, Hudson Terminal and the new WTC Terminal
• PA intimates it may go ahead alone on rebuilding the WTC
• ohn Gomez of The Jersey Journal on the building of Hudson Terminal, Part II.
• Actual construction begins on permanent WTC station with a temporary sixth track [and a diagram of the present temporary station.]
• Details on new cars from The Trenton Times.
• Port Authority Unveils New PATH Cars Oct 28, 2005 Long blue benches will replace the hated narrow orange bucket seats on PATH trains in a few years. The Port Authority unveiled the design for 340 new rail cars yesterday. They'll replace models that date back to the 1960s by the middle of 2008. While the new cars look similar to the current models on the outside, officials say they'll ride quieter, have better heat and air, and feature flat screen video screens. There will be storage space below the new seats and each car will have video surveillance. The project will cost nearly $500 million. [from WINS] with details here on the new car order from the PA and a summary from northjersey.com .
• John Gomez of The Jersey Journal on the building of Hudson Terminal, Part I.
• The Port Authority will unveil the design for its new fleet of 340 rail cars at a news conference at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, October 19. Agency officials also will discuss more than $3 billion in investments to upgrade the service provided by the 43-year-old rapid-transit system.The news conference will be held at the Exchange Place PATH Station in Jersey City
• Change in the WTC "Datum" Based Hudson & Manhattan RR.
• Some 9/11 Families Sue To Block PATH Station at WTC with additional reports.
• Construction begins on permanent downtown PATH Tube station at the WTC .
• Brief comments on last train out of the WTC on the day of the Islamic terrorist attacks.
• Officials Set To Break Ground On World Trade Transport Hub and with more details from Newsday, from WINS, from Globe Street and from The Jersey Journal.
• Building Collapse fears disrupt PATH . with additional comments from the Villager.
• Follow up from Newsday on the permanent downtown station with several pictures, from the PA , from the Bergen County Record and from Architectural Record with several images.
• PA predicts completion of permanent downtown station by 2009. and with more detail from the Star-Ledger.
• Plans for permanent WTC station bring Hudson Terminal to light [with 2005 views of Hudson Terminal]. .
• Downtown PATH hub has $699M released for project at WTC site. .
• Near fatal accident at Grove Street station. .
• PA reveals plans to make itself more accessible to customers including those from PATH. .
• Smoke bomb halts PATH train Wednesday, May 25, 2005 A World Trade Center bound PATH train was evacuated at the Journal Square station yesterday morning after two men threw a smoke bomb onto the train before exiting. After the smoke bomb went off, a passenger pulled the train's emergency brake at 9:10 a.m. and passengers quickly exited the train before it pulled away from the platform. There were no reported injuries. Trains between Journal Square, 33rd Street, Newark and World Trade Center were delayed about 15 minutes in both directions between 9:10 and 10 a.m.
• New Grove Street entrance opens with little fanfare .
• Grove Street's old/new entrance re-opens May 15.
• New cars to be assembled in Yonkers with more details on the cars presented here
• One old and one current story on the new cars with riders' comments in the forum.
• Bombadier loses PATH car contract .
• PA Press Release on  new PATH rolling stock and as detailed in The Jersey Journal, by the Bergen County Record by the NYTimes , Trains Magazine and by the NYPost.
• Installation of new turnstiles for Smartcards at Harrison begun; means end of free rides from Harrison to Newark and brings a letter to the editor.
• Possible long-forgotten PATH train exits at Ninth Street.
• Plans for additional platform at the WTC stationface opposition.
• WTC  Permanent Station part of the basement negotiations going on - with graphic.
• Further plans for PATH smartcard as part of regional transportation system.
• Audit finds PATH restoration a 'model'.
• NIMBY view on additional Ninth Street safety exit..
• The Port Authority will allocate $30 million to study extending the PATH Tubes to Newark Liberty International Airport.
• Almost exactly a year ago was the re-opening of the WTC station. This slide show from 2003 gives interesting views of the reconstruction
• Higher than expected ridership at the temporary WTC station as reported by the Jersey Journal and as reported by WINSand by the Port Authority
• Discussions and problems on the new museum at the WTC
• Passengers can use Smart cards to pay their PATH fare in June 2005
• Suspicious package disrupts trains, ferries in evening rush hour Tuesday, August 31, 2004 HOBOKEN - Hoboken PATH, train and ferry services came to a halt during rush hour yesterday while NJ Transit officials investigated a suspicious package that was discovered in a train, officials said. The box was later determined to be harmless. According to an NJ Transit spokeswoman, a conductor on a train from Bayhead to Hoboken spotted an unattended box aboard the train at about 5 p.m. NJ Transit responded with bomb-sniffing dogs, the spokeswoman said, and one of the dogs picked up a scent from the box, prompting the evacuation of Hoboken Terminal. The box was deemed safe within an hour and normal train, ferry and PATH service was resumed by 6 p.m., the spokeswoman said. Between 12,000 and 15,000 passengers were affected by the incident, which is still under investigation by the FBI and NJ Transit Police, the spokeswoman noted. - Sarah N. Lynch The Jersey Journal
• Permanent downtown station now to incorporate sections of the destroyed WTC PATH / Tube station
• August 25: PATH will add additional service from Hoboken to Christopher, 9th, 14th, 23rd and 33rd Street stations in Manhattan during peak periods from August 30 to September 3. During that week, trains will operate every five minutes instead of every six minutes. PATH will cross-honor NJ Transit tickets at its Hoboken, World Trade Center, 14th, 23rd and 33rd Street stations from 6 a.m. to midnight during the week of August 30. NJ Transit tickets also will be honored during peak periods at the Christopher and 9th Street PATH stations.
• Tube crowd plans during the Republican Convention
• The Port Authority’s PATH system will allow customers holding NJ Transit tickets to board its trains at key stations during the Republican National Convention, providing travelers with another option to travel between New York and New Jersey. Between August 30 and September 3, PATH will honor NJ Transit tickets at its Hoboken, World Trade Center, 14th Street, 23rd Street and 33rd Street stations from 6 a.m. to midnight. PATH also will honor NJ Transit tickets at its Christopher Street and 9th Street stations from 6 to 10 a.m. and from 4 to 8 p.m. For additional information, travelers can call PATH’s customer service line at 800 234-PATH or access its Web site at www.panynj.gov from Press Release Number: 100-2004
•  Orange Alert meeting doesn't satisfy all.
• PATH meeting to answer security questions Monday, August 02, 2004 HOBOKEN - PATH representatives will be available for a question-and-answer session with local riders to inform the public about various steps taken by PATH to enhance security and safety.
• Hoboken Accident
• "PATH Must Grow", Jersey Journal Editorial calls for Tube expansion
• Exchange Place Passenger Count, Ridership at Key Jersey City Station Doubles
• Permanent Station Hearing describes plans to audience
• General refurbishment  / replacement of all PATH cars and the official PA press release.
• WTC Station Environmental Hearings are Scheduled in Jersey City and Manhattan
• NJARP reports hearings on input of the general public on the WTC and the possible connection to the Eastside IRT scheduled
• Gotham Gazette has a slide show on the proposed PATH and Subway Terminal at Fulton Street
• Detailed Plans for PATH and Subway Terminal at Fulton Street
• Port Authority makes major cuts in PATH train service; had tried for even more severe ones
• NJ Governor joins campaign for new Hudson River rail tunnel, unlikely for PATH use
• Color story on daylight in the underground WTC station and the Tubes on September 11, 2002.
• Only one skyscraper at the WTC? There may instead be only low-rise retail buildings, flanking a permanent PATH Terminal
• Conflict over ownership of WTC and street map showing the shrunken street level size of PATH's terminal compared to Hudson Terminal which ran from Fulton to Cortlandt Streets.
• Architectural plans for the Fulton Street Terminal connecting to PATH Tubes' downtown station.
• Tube passenger's letter to the editor on overcrowded PATH trains since re-opening of the WTC station.
• Low rise buildings at WTC site may serve PATH station and PATH concourse at the downtown station.
• Dispute among officials and historians on preservation of elements from the WTC, including the original Hudson Tubes entry at the downtown station.
• Some comments on personal experiences with the Tubes have been made  which might be of general interest;  the first one is now posted. If other visitors have Tubes memories they'd like to share, I'll post them also. Webmaster
• Possible resurrected streets at the downtown station.
• A detailed description and architectural analysis of the temporary downtown stationat the WTC.
• More details and specifics on the unexpected high volume of passengers at the temporary downtown station as well as details on the future of the station and passenger statistics on the PATH system.
• Further details on the design of the permanent downtown station .
• Tom Volpini has located images of the plugs used to seal off Exchange Place from the river after the terrorist attacks.
• What is a memorial? the Hudson Tubes through the WTC slurry wall may be demolished or removed
• Temporary downtown station once again the busiest in the system
• Details on the temporary downtown station's extreme cost overruns
• Elements of Hudson Terminal included in the WTC Historic site designation
• Questions being raised on the legitimacy of costs of the temporary downtown station at the WTC.
• The Gotham Gazette gives commentary on and images of the plans for the permanent downtown PATH tube station.
• The PA's permanent downtown station's architecture and development process are reviewed and compared to those of the WTC.
• Newsday has an on line audio-visual presentation of the new PATH tubes downtown station.
• Calatrava unveils  plans for downtown hub with PATH tube station [hovering over the image will open a window with further webcam views of the planned station]. [2]  WINS reports on the transit hub here;  [3] a New York Times' story is here with a rendering of the interior of the station, [4] an architectural color story here with an exterior rendering and [5] here from the NY Post.
• Surprisingly high ridership level at the temporary downtown station
• Meetings are being set on the NJ-ARP  PATH / Lex proposal to connect the downtown PATH tube line with the Lexington Avenue IRT.  Details of that  plan are outlined here.
• Downtown Transit Hub and permanent downtown PATH tube station described in PA's press release
• The PA's environmental impact statement on the permanent downtown station contains interesting details on the competing plans for the temporary station, the design of the temporary and permanent stations and a little background on the PA's takeover of the Tubes.
• Proposals of the NJ-ARP on PATH connection to the East Side IRT .
• Official Port Authority description of the temporary downtown station.
• Another eyewitness reaction to the opening of the Downtown PATH tube station.
• There apparently had been one prototype  model train set  of three H&M cars produced around 1916 for a display for the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad. There now is a  replica of  this model of the original "black cars" available commercially. [No connection to this website.]
• Eyewitness account of the first public train into the temporary WTC station and impressions of the station
• Color story on downtown station from the Jersey City Reporter
• Economic viewpoint on the opening of the temporary downtown station
• Engineering News Record presents a technical view of the temporary downtown station.
• Unexpectedly high ridership on the first work day at the temporary downtown station and also from the Newark Star Ledger; a color report from the Washington Times
• A few pictures of the temporary station are in the Station Gallery [about halfway down].
• Reports and color stories on the opening day of the temporary downtown station from The Jersey Journal,  NY Post,  Newsday,  NYTimes, WINS , the PA's Press Release, CNN, and NY Daily News; a groaningly purple prosed color report from the NYTimes.
• November 23 scheduled train times for the first trains into the temporary downtown station from Hoboken and from Newark/Journal Square.
• Cutaway diagram of the temporary downtown station and diagrams of the station's street level,  concourse level, mezzanine level,  platform level
• The Jersey Journal reports on the opening of the  temporary downtown PATH tube station on Sunday November 23 as does the Newark Star Ledger and WINS and Newsday which also has a multimedia presentation. The PA has issued a short press release.
• November 2003 aerial view of WTC site with PATH tube tracks curving into the temporary downtown station. Click thumbnail to see full size. 
• November 23 opening of the temporary downtown PATH tube station will also be the first day for the use of NYC Metrocards on PATH.
• Governors to ride first train - which had been the last train out of the former WTC at opening of temporary station.
• Public announcements of appearance of the temporary downtown station from passengers' view and also from a political point of view but also with area sketch. Also a summary version of the station opening.
• Conjectures on future appearance of permanent downtown station
• Test Path Train Arrives At Ground Zero Oct 23, 2003 -- The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has tested the rebuilt commuter rail line between the World Trade Center site and New Jersey. A train arrived at the temporary station at the trade center yesterday afternoon for the first time since the September 11th, 2-thousand-and-1 terrorist attacks. The test runs were among the final checks being completed before the temporary station is scheduled to reopen next month. Before the trade center station was destroyed, 65-thousand commuters came through it every day. Since the attack, many have used New Jersey Transit trains or Hudson River ferries to get to lower Manhattan. http://1010wins.com Another version from the Daily News is here.
• "With the exception of an engineer from Newark, no one rose to speak" at the first public meeting on the downtown station and transportation hub
• Calatrava gives few details on permanent downrown station
• Daily News Reports November 23 re-opening with Metrocard for subway transfers
• Meeting scheduled for public input on downtown transportation hub
• Newsday has published a RealAudio video of the temporary PATH tube station at the WTC.
• The temporary downtown station is to be named World Trade Center.
• A new series of cars, "PA-5", is coming to the tubes in 2006. A second version of the report is here and a third summary is here.
• The Hoboken Historical Museum has released a follow up to its 2003 Tubes exhibit: The Public Be Pleased
• The Immediate Aftermath of Islamic terrorist attack presented in 2003 transcripts
• The PA will hold a Remembrance Service at Riverside Church at 2 p.m. on September 11, 2003, to honor the Port Authority employees who were killed in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
  The memorial service will be broadcast live by New Jersey Public Television (NJN) for viewers in New Jersey, with a rebroadcast at 9 p.m. There also will be a live webcast of the memorial service on Bridge for Downtown PATH Tube Station underway. For an oriententation sketch of the bridge area click here and look at the upper left area.
• Port Authority Facilities Update 9 a.m., Sunday, August 17, 2003 reported the following conditions: PATH- No delays; normal Sunday schedule
• Over 5,000 Passengers Evacuated from PATH Tubes after blackout.
• The second platform at Pavonia [Erie] re-opens after almost a half century. And here an on site picture of the platform.
• Downtown station architect chosen for both Tube and subway stations; two articles.
• Downtown Tunnels and Temporary WTC Station Update from the PA
• Service to 33rd Street expanded after rider complaints
• Progress on temporary downtown station
• H&M Powerhouse future again in doubt
• Color story on Exchange Place Re-opening
• Summary of Downtown transportation hub with PATH Tubes.
• Re-opening Exchange Place Official PA Report
• Official Port Authority report of Re-Opening Ceremony at Exchange Place.
• Exchange Place Re-opening Ceremonies.
• The Jersey Journal publishes an especially clear summary of the changes to Exchange Place and how they came about.
• Announcement of Exchange Place Re-Opening .
• Customers Who Use Exchange Place Station on First Day to Get Free Entrance .
• NYPost article on downtown station and architect Liebeskind.
• PA-NYNJ Press Release on re-opening Exchange Place.
• Local report on details of Exchange Place re-opening .
• Further details on re-opening Exchange Place station in connection with the Secaucus Transfer.
• Exchange Place Signalling, PA press release
• Plans for temporary downtown station; color report with an idealized rendering.
• PA's Public Announcement on Exchange Place re-opening
• PA's Report on Downtown Tunnels Rehabilitation
• Permanent Downtown Station to re-open September 2006
• Exchange Place station to reopen on June 29
• Hudson Tubes Exhibition now underway through April 13 at The Hoboken Museum; with a lecture series. More details are listed here; and here are opening times, dates, admission, etc.
• The costs of the temporary downtown tube station are to be re-imbursed by the federal tax payers instead of being paid for by the Port Authority.
• In its press release on the restoration of the Lackawanna Terminal ferry slips the PA also gave a figure on the Tubes: Hoboken Terminal is served by more than 280 daily NJ Transit trains, 546 daily PATH trains, 394 daily Hudson-Bergen Light Rail trains and more than 300 daily NJ Transit buses in addition to other private bus carriers serving Hudson County. More details on the ferry terminal history and its relationship with the Tubes are here.
• Tom Volpini has posted historical data on the Tubes' Plainfield Extension on the PATH Forum
• For the first time in many years 2002 showed a decline in Tubes' ridership, the greatest loss of any transit carrier in the country:30% — likely a direct result of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Port Authority operated stations beneath the World Trade Center and the Exchange Place. [NJTransit posted a 36% ridership gain resulting in part from PATH and other traffic having been rerouted to Hudson-Bergen Light Rail with decreased ridership to Lower Manhattan.] Progressive Rail
• Comments on the new downtown Tubes station from a local perspective.
• Design details for downtown Tubes station announced
• PA announced budget includes downtown Tubes station, Tubes' possible extension to Liberty Airport, new cars and new fare collection system
• PATH Tube stations at Exchange Place in Jersey City and at Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan will reopen in June and December, respectively. [Thanks for report to D. Peterson.]
• Feb 18 10 PM Snow Notice: PATH trains will operate on a normal weekday schedule tomorrow morning from Newark to 33rd Street, from Journal Square to Hoboken, and from Hoboken to 33rd Street.
• PATH snow notice 4PM Feb 17: No delays at this time. PATH is running only one service - between Newark, Hoboken and 33rd Street.
• Plans for Downtown PATH Tubes Station as Part of the Lower Manhattan Transportation Complex continue; additional report here and a graphic here.
• Exchange Place Station Current Status (from the PATH Tubes Restoration Site) Expected re-opening - as a temporary terminal - June 2003: details here.
• New York New Visions, a downtown rebuilding site, displays diagrams of the proposed downtown station and maps of the surrounding area
• OT: Two Tubes Mishaps cause delays and backups 
• Tom Volpini posted three archival articles on the proposed PATH extension to Newark Liberty Airport with a substantial amount of historical background. The articles were originally posted at the Railroad.net Tubes forum.
• More details on the proposed WTC PATH station connection to Newark Liberty Airport 
• As a NYC transit strike contingency plan the PA-NYNJ has announced a special strike schedule. [in PDF format]
• Announced Deadline of January 31 for Downtown Station Plans and with a follow up on December 12.
• The recent announcement on details for the new downtown station has revived interest in  an older plan from the 50s and 60s. The New Jersey Association of Railroad Passengers has made a new proposal for the Tubes to be extended to the NYC subway system through the East Side IRT
• More detailed plans for the permanent downtown station revealed; "temporary" station will probably be developed into  the "permanent" station.
• The PA-NJNY has published a timeline of the Tubes commemorating the 40th anniversary of the takeover. Images are in the Equipment Gallery.
  
• Work progresses on the North River tunnel refurbishment between Exchange Place and Downtown Manhattan. From the PANYNJ Restoration site
• NYTimes Article Series Continues: is the Times trying to promote something?
• Unclear as to What Effect  NY Dispute.will have on the Downtown Tubes rebuilding
• Summary of Status of the Downtown Line.
• PATH Downtown "Hub" inadequate; a different view.
• Safety Measures Stopped at Christopher Street by theater owners
• Hudson Tubes Exhibit and lecture series opens Jan 19. Call for additional artifacts to be displayed.
• Engineering Details on Downtown Station with photos
• Dangerous Exit Situation to Remain at Christopher and Ninth
• Downtown station Likely to Stay On Site
• Some demand the downtown station be moved.
• Column on reason, emotions and rebuilding the downtown station.
• Federal FEMA money offically released for WTC station but offficials want more
• Announcement due Monday on Federal tax funds for new downtown Tubes station as part of  "transport hub". Another version of the report is here.
• OT CABLE FIRE STALLS PATH SERVICE  PATH train service between New York and New Jersey was suspended for two hours last night July 29 because of a cable fire at the Pavonia station in Jersey City, the Port Authority police said. "It was a live cable, with electricity in it, and they had to get that shut down to get the fire out," said Sgt. John O'Donnell. Service to Journal Square from Manhattan stopped around 8:30 p.m., and service to Hoboken a short time later. The only trains running went between Grove Street and Newark, Sergeant O'Donnell said. Service was restored by 10:39 p.m., the police said. Tina Kelley (NYT)
• NYCRail.com is displaying a diagram of the track work at Exchange Place enabling it to be used as a terminal until the WTC station is completed.
• The July-August issue of Atlantic Monthly contains a lengthy and very detailed article on the aftermath of the terrorist attacks at the WTC, the first of a three-part series: Unbuilding the World Trade Center; Unfortunately, except in a very short extract the article, is not available on the web. Here are two short excerpts relating to the Tubes. Additional text added to the excerpts July 24 with two diagrams from the article: one a close up of the Tube station situation, the other showing the Tube station in the context of Lower Manhattan.
• Color Story on Ferries Supplementing Tubes after the Terrorist Attacks
• Minor Info on Downtown Station: Extract
• NIMBYs Apparently Get FEMA to Withhold Taxpayers' Money from Safety Project
NIMBYs Wield Cultural Sword to stop safety exits at Christopher Street
• PATHVision Installed at Pavonia Images of PATHVision are here [click 5. Stations] and also here
• Six Plans for downtown station 
• The Port Authority has opened an official site on the restoration of the Tubes / PATH with plans for Exchange Place
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• Letters to the Editor on Second Exits for 9th and Christopher 
• NIMBYs Increase Presure Against Safety Measures, opposition to 9th and Christopher safety exits
• Off Topic: new advertising in PATH tunnels near 14th Street
• Village NIMBYs,
  merchants  and lobbyists, oppose PATH's safety measures at Ninth and Christopher Streets - click link for article, click map to enlarge


• The Next Great Train Station for the Tubes; extract of an interview with architect working with the downtown site.
• Crowded PATH seeks station improvements for safety - opposed by merchants and businessmen
• Downtown Tube Station on High Priority
• Official PA Presentation on the Need for New Entrances
• Art and Money Join Forces: NIMBY Protest on Safety Measures at 9th and Christopher
• Insurance Money and the Replacement WTC PATH Station
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  May 30 picture of the damaged WTC PATH station with commentary by Joseph Brennan.
• First Published Specific Plans on the Temporary WTC Station
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  Workers clear debris from the tracks where the PATH train once ran beneath the destroyed World Trade Center complex, Sunday, May 19, 2002, in New York. Some of The steel beams that will make up the new IRT subway are visible below. (AP Photo / Louis Lanzano) Click this Yahoo photo to see full size
• Secaucus Connection Delayed to Match Tubes Exchange Place and Downtown Schedule
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  May 17 a surveyor marks the tracks of the PATH train tracks near the last steel beam of the World Trade Center's collapsed South Tower  in New York. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Thursday that the beam will be removed in a ceremony May 30, officially ending the recovery effort at the site. (AP Photo / Beth A. Keiser) Click this Yahoo photo to see full size
• PATH Tubes Elevator Construction at the WTC
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  Port Authority Police Lt. John Ryan walks into the PATH train tube under the World Trade Center disaster site in this file photo of Tuesday, April 16, 2002. Construction on an elevator for the PATH commuter train station began last month and workers will begin building the foundations for the station as soon as the recovery operation at ground zero is complete. Click this Yahoo photo to see full size   
• The Jersey Journal has a series of pictures on the
  walk described below; they can be viewed as expandable thumbnails or as a slide show.
• Walking Tour of the Tubes at Exchange Place and the downtown tunnels along with future plans for Exchange Place. Jersey Journal
• 7 Billion Plan Includes  Temporary and or New Downtown Tubes Terminal
• Map showing temporary Tubes / PATH WTC station; click to enlarge
  
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  Work on PATH and subway lines has begun in the crater left by the trade center. Ironworkers construct and install U-shaped tunnel supports.[NYTimes]
• Neighborhood Opposition to Additional PATH Tube Exits - 2nd story added

• From Yahoo April 16 - Click to enlarge: PATH Train tracks now leading nowhere sit on the site of the World Trade Center attacks, in New York. The train tunnel coming from New Jersey under the Hudson River was not damaged by the center's collapse and the tracks have been uncovered as debris from the site was removed.[NB Woolworth Tower in background.]
• Estimates Skyrocket on Rebuilding
• Two Articles on Viewing Wall and PATH reconstruction.

• From Yahoo April 9 - Click to enlarge: Construction workers clear debris from the PATH train tracks now exposed at the site of the World Trade Center where PATH passenger service has been disrupted since Sept. 11. An additional view is here
• PATH Station as Part of WTC Memorial with a 2nd peripheral story as well as a third interpretation.
• Details on Exchange Place and  Temporary WTC Stations
• Exchange Place Plans
• Developer for H&M Powerhouse
• Years Until Downtown Station Will Be Fully Rebuilt
• "Almost Full Replacement" of Downtown Tubes Service by 2nd of 2 FerryServices
• More Details on Temporary Downtown Tubes Station
• Level of Tubes Being Cleared as WTC Work Nears End. In the Multimedia Graphic hover over #1 and #6.
• Tubes to be Supplemented by Additional Ferries; with a RealVideo Link
• Pavonia Gets New Lighting
• PA Budget provides for temporary and permanent downtown station and Exchange Place service.
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  Two PATH train cars are shown in the debris field after being removed from the underground station several stories below the collapsed north tower of the World Trade Center Feb. 24, 2002, AP Photo/Louis Lanzano Yahoo



 

• Salvage work continues at PATH WTC station on February 22, 2002.[Yahoo photo]




• Law enforcement personnel pose for a photograph, Friday, Feb. 22, 2002, in front of two cars from the PATH trains that once stopped at the station beneath the World Trade Center and were removed during the recovery operation.  (Yahoo AP Photo /Stephen Chernin) 
• Overnight Closures of Christopher and 9th Streets
• NYC Politician Calls for Downtown Transit Hub without mentioning PATH / Tubes

• From Yahoo: A damaged car from a PATH train is shown at the World Trade Center disaster site as workers observe debris removal Sun Feb.17, 2002. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)
• Possible new "Bathtub" Wall at Downtown Station; 2 articles
• Christopher and Ninth Streets to be closed overnight
• Press Release on Temporary Downtown Terminal and on Exchange Place
• First Contract Awarded for Downtown Terminal: 2 articles
• Reconnecting Downtown: 1 or 2 PATH Stations?
• FAQs on Interim Tubes / PATH Service
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• Old Hudson Terminal to be heart of "Downtown Grand Central"; click the thumbnail for a full image.
• C-SPAN has a January 18 1 hour video progam, playable on RealAudio on the clean up of the WTC from the viewpoint of the Port Authority police. Included in the program are images of the remains of the PATH station [at approximately 36  minutes, 43 minutes, and , mainly, 47 minutes; 51 minutes; 1hr 9 min] as well as of the old Hudson Terminal tunnel [56 minutes] which may go back into service. Click on "Tour of World Trade Center Ground Zero" .
• PATH car peeking ... local color story
• PATH Train Under the WTC [2 stories]
• Temporary WTC Station in 18 Months [2 articles]
• Quicker than Expected WTC Clearance and Future Plans for PATH Tubes Station [2 articles]
• NYC Subway at Tubes to be Rebuilt Quickly no improvements as originally envisioned.
• Tubes Lose Riders but Gain Crowds
• Smart Card Advances for PATH / Tubes
• Special Christmas and New Year's schedules released
• Christmas tree in tunnel gets a flag this year
• By December 2003 temporary Station to open next to WTC complex
• Rebuilding WTC Station intertwined with many problems
• Christopher and Ninth St Stations to get 2nd entrances
• Grove Street Improvements after 75% ridership Increase
• PANYNJ press release on re-opening Exchange Place and re-building downtown Manhattan terminals
• Temporary and Permanent Downtown Stations Planned and Funded - two reports.
• PANYNJ press release on integrated fare collection of Tubes and NYC subway
• $550 Million for Downtown Tubes 
• Reconstruction  plans for Exchange Place and WTC / Hudson Terminal - downtown service may be back in 18 months. Newark Star Ledger
• Hudson Terminal as replacement for the WTC Station. NYTimes
• Overcrowded Tubes / PATH welcomes new ferry competition at Pavonia Station, three articles [The Jersey Journal and  Newark Star Ledger]
• Increased Uptown Service
• Four New Trains added to new Newark 33rd Street line
• This extract about the Tubes in the first few hours after the terrorist attacks is from a Sunday November 11article on the events of the day in the NY Daily News. 
• Two years to re-open Tubes WTC station 2 stories.
• Additional PATH Station Downtown?
• Local-color story: Overcrowded Tubes no  longer guarantee "gentility".  [NYTimes]
• The current condition of the WTC basement and the PATH station  in this NYTimes report [with pictures from the Star-Ledger].
• Original Hudson Terminal as new downtown station [NYTimes]
• Map of the 4th Tunnel possibilities is in this [slow loading] link.
• Fourth Trans-Hudson Rail Tunnel as proposed by "Access to the Region's Core"
• Closure of WTC and Exchange Place affects commuter rail plans
• Ridership up 91% on 33rd Street line; plan for Exchange Place 
• Alarm at Journal Square  Station
• Revised Christopher Street Emergency Notice November 1
• Exchange Place PATH Tube Riders lose direct access to trolley October 31
• Original Hudson Terminal Tunnels provide entry to WTC treasure vaults. Note red text.
• Uptown / Downtown Tube Lines note the red text
• Options for New Downtown Tubes / PATH station
• Railway Age's October Report
• Former Hudson Terminal Station May Temporarily  Replace WTC  [thanks to John Anen]
• Stabilizing IRT with reference to PATH / Tubes
• Current View of the IRT Cortlandt Street station [NOT the Tubes station]
• A CNN report from September 20 on using the Tubes in leaving Manhattan after the  collapse of the Towers.
• The NYCSubway website has views of the demolition of Hudson Terminal and the building of the WTC showing the old and new Tubes / PATH stations and the complexity of the site.
• WTC Subway  Station Likely Destroyed
• Update on WTC Station
• New Ferry Services
• Holland Tunnel Still Restricted
• Future of Downtown PATH / Tubes Service
• 5,000 Commuters Steered to Safety
• PATH workers key in averting greater disaster
• PATH Is Running 3 Lines
• Tubes / PATH Takes Up Transit Slack
• Engineering Report on Tube Station Damage
• Some Background on the Replacement of the original Tubes station by the WTC station
• Engineering Assessment of WTC Foundation Damage
• WTC Station Was to be Renovated
• NY Times Report on Damage to WTC clicking on "More Interactives" in the upper right gives views of NYC subway damage. No direct schematics of Hudson Tubes / PATH situation.
• NY Daily News Report on Damage to WTC PATH / Tubes Station
• BBC Report on Damage to WTC including the Tubes / Path station; in the article's graphic the Tubes are designated as "rail lines".

This site presents a short history, a description and a sightseeing tour of the Hudson Tubes (Hudson & Manhattan Railroad), one of the earliest subways of the world, along with three image galleries of the Tubes, past and present.  If your time is limited, try the topics marked first. I originally wrote this as an article for the German magazine Blickpunkt Straßenbahn but have re-written it in English and expanded it for the web.

Although the Tubes are now called "PATH" and are operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, their basic structure remains as it was upon their opening. Besides posting updates on the changes to the PATH tubes resulting from the terrorist attacks, I'm continuously working on the Tubes Galleries and am slowly also expanding and updating the text. So stop in once in a while for changes.

     Click here to enter the Hudson Tubes 

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