This service operates from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. on weekdays only.[3] At other times, this service is replaced with the Journal Square-33rd Street (via Hoboken) service.[3] This route has the fewest handicapped accessible stations available; they are at the terminals only.
History
The Hoboken-33rd Street service originated as the Hoboken–19th Street service operated by the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad (H&M) on February 26, 1908.[4] The first of what would become the four lines of the H&M/PATH service, it operated from Hoboken Terminal and ran through the Uptown Hudson Tubes, but ran only as far north as 19th Street in Manhattan.[5] An extension of the H&M from 19th Street to 23rd Street opened on June 15, 1908.[6] The line was expanded to 33rd Street on November 10, 1910, with an intermediate station at 28th Street.[6]
The 28th Street station was closed in September 1939 during the construction of the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan,[7] and the 19th Street station was closed on August 1, 1954.[8] The H&M itself was succeeded by Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) in 1962.[9]
The Hoboken station suffered severe damage from Hurricane Sandy, which devastated the PATH system in late October 2012.[12] As a result, the station was closed for repairs caused by damage to trainsets, mud, rusted tracks, and destroyed critical electrical equipment after approximately 8 ft (2.4 m) of water submerged the tunnels in and around the station. Due to the lengthy amount of time that was necessary to complete the repairs, service on the line was temporarily suspended. On December 19, 2012, the line resumed operations after the Hoboken station reopened.[13]
^"Trolley Tunnel Open to New Jersey". The New York Times. February 26, 1908. p. 1. Retrieved October 27, 2008. The natural barrier which has separated New York from New Jersey since those States came into existence was, figuratively speaking, wiped away at 3:40½ o'clock yesterday afternoon when the first of the two twin tubes of the McAdoo tunnel system was formally opened, thus linking Manhattan with Hoboken, and establishing a rapid transit service beneath the Hudson River.
