Journal Square–33rd Street is a

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service operated by the

Port Authority Trans-Hudson Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) is a rapid transit system in the Gateway Region, northeastern New Jersey cities of Newark, New Jersey, Newark, Harrison, New Jersey, Harrison, Jersey City, New Jersey, Jersey City, and Hoboken, New Jersey, H ...

(PATH). It is colored yellow on the PATH service map and trains on this service display yellow marker lights. This service operates from

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by way of the Uptown Hudson Tubes to 33rd Street in

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. The trip takes 22 minutes to complete.

Operation

This service operates as a direct service from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. on weekdays. At other times, this service is replaced with the Journal Square-33rd Street (via Hoboken) service.

History

The Journal Square–33rd Street service originated as the Grove Street–33rd Street service operated by the

Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) is a rapid transit system in the northeastern New Jersey cities of Newark, Harrison, Jersey City, and Hoboken, as well as Lower and Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is operated as a wholly owned ...

(H&M). It started operating between Grove Street in

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, beginning September 6, 1910. The Newark–Hudson Terminal line between

Hudson Terminal Hudson Terminal was a rapid transit station and office-tower complex in the Radio Row neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Opened during 1908 and 1909, it was composed of a terminal station for the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad (H&M), ...

and Grove Street also started operating at this time. The Newark line was extended to Manhattan Transfer on October 1, 1911, then subsequently expanded again. A stop at Summit Avenue (now Journal Square), located between Grove Street and Manhattan Transfer, opened on April 14, 1912, as an infill station on the Newark–Hudson Terminal line. The Summit Avenue station was completed on February 23, 1913, allowing service from 33rd Street to terminate there. The 28th Street station was closed in September 1939 during the construction of the

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in Manhattan, and the 19th Street station was closed on August 1, 1954. The H&M itself was succeeded by

(PATH) in 1962. After the

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destroyed the World Trade Center station, service on the Journal Square–33rd Street line was suspended during overnight hours, with all service provided by the Newark–33rd Street via Hoboken branch. When the Exchange Place station reopened in June 2003, the Newark–33rd Street via Hoboken branch was truncated to

, but operated during weekends as well. It was renamed the Journal Square–33rd Street (via Hoboken) branch. After

Hurricane Sandy Hurricane Sandy (unofficially referred to as ''Superstorm Sandy'') was an extremely destructive and strong Atlantic hurricane, as well as the largest Atlantic hurricane on record as measured by diameter, with tropical-storm-force winds spann ...

flooded the PATH system in October 2012, service on the line was suspended. For most of November, trains ran between Newark Penn Station and 33rd Street. The Journal Square–33rd Street line was temporarily extended to cover service on the Newark–World Trade Center line, which was suspended. Regular service on the line between Journal Square and 33rd Street was resumed on November 26, 2012, but full service would not be restored until early 2013. During the first few weeks of service after the hurricane, the stations at Christopher Street and 9th Street were closed due to overcrowding concerns.

Station listing

References

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