Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) je podzemní dráha spojující americká města Jersey City a New York City pod řekou Hudson River. V New Jersey obsluhuje dále Hoboken, Harrison a Newark. PATH je jednou z mála dopravních služeb, která pracuje nepřetržitě.
Dráha o 4 linkách a 13 stanicích dosahuje celkové délky 22,2 km. Byla spuštěna roku 1908.
Historie
The history of PATH, originally known as the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad, predates the first underground line of the New York City Subway (the IRT). Although the railroad was first planned in 1874, existing technologies could not safely tunnel under the Hudson River. Construction began on the existing tunnels in 1890, but stopped shortly thereafter when funding ran out. Indeed, construction did not resume until 1900 under the direction of William Gibbs McAdoo, an ambitious young lawyer who had moved to New York from Tennessee. McAdoo would later become president of what would, for many years, be known as the H&M, Hudson Tubes or McAdoo Tunnels.
Po 11. září 2001
The World Trade Center station, which is one of PATH's two New York terminals, was destroyed on September 11, 2001. Just prior to the collapse, the station was closed and any waiting passengers that were in the station were evacuated by a train that was already inside the terminal.
With the station destroyed, service to Lower Manhattan was suspended for over two years. Exchange Place, the next station on the Newark–World Trade Center line, also had to be closed because it could not operate as a "terminal" station.[18] Instead, two uptown services (Newark–33rd Street (red) and Hoboken–33rd Street (blue)) and one intra-state New Jersey service (Hoboken-Journal Square (green)) were put into operation. Only one after-hours train was put into service, Newark–33rd Street (via Hoboken).
Jízdné
Od 2. března 2008 je jednotlivé jízdné zvýšeno na $1.75. In addition, fares for multi-trip fare options will also increase: 20 trips will increase to $26.00 and 40 trips will increase to $52.00. The 11 trip fare option will be replaced with a 10 trip fare option, which will be $13. Also, unlimited-ride cards will be introduced. One-day cards will cost $6.00, 7-day cards will cost $18.00 and 30-day cards will cost $54.00. Senior fares will remain $1, but seniors will only be able to pay the reduced fare with a SmartLink card.
PATH QuickCards can be purchased from NJ Transit ticket vending machines, and from some private vendors in the vicinity of PATH stations. Single ride PATH tickets, valid for 2 hours from time of purchase, are available from MetroCard Vending Machines inside all PATH stations
Další informace
- Fotografování je zakázáno na všech PATH stanicích a soupravách. Povolení musí být vyžádáno dopředu u Port Authority a fotograf musí být doprovázen osobou z Port Authority, ale prosazení tohoto pravidla je nejisté.
- PATH is one of the few transit systems which continue to rely on air-operated switch machines and trip stops throughout its entire system. PATH has found their performance and reliability to be superior in the wet environment of their tunnels and low-lying surface trackage.
- PATH trains and stations have occasionally been the setting for music videos, commercials, and TV programs, sometimes as a stand-in for the New York City Subway. Notable examples are the video for the White Stripes's song "The Hardest Button to Button," and the video for the song Rattled By The Rush by the band Pavement, in addition to the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Control," and the Law & Order episode "Tabula Rasa."
- PATH management has two principal passenger outreach initiatives: the "PATHways" newsletter, distributed free at terminals, and the Patron Advisory Committee.
- To commemorate the centennial of the system, PATH offered free rides to its passengers on February 25, 2008 between 6AM and 11PM
