Service at Hoboken PATH station restored after hours-long suspension due to track fire
PATH trains at Hoboken Terminal are moving again with delays after a track fire suspended service for nearly 12 hours Friday.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said a fire broke out on the track at the PATH Hoboken station around 11:30 a.m. The fire triggered the suspension of PATH service between Hoboken and the World Trade Center, as well as Hoboken and 33rd Street.
Track fire under investigation
Crews worked to replace damaged rail parts and conduct safety checks.
The Port Authority posted on X, in part, "Our focus is on restoring service safely and getting Hoboken riders back on track as quickly as possible."
Service resumed with delays just before 9:30 p.m. New Jersey Transit rail and bus continued to cross-honor tickets.
Officials said no one was injured from the fire, and the cause of that fire remains under investigation.
Commuters frazzled by suspension
It was a major disruption, and comes at a time PATH has seen an increase of ridership due to the Portal Bridge project.
"It's always an inconvenience. Between Jersey Transit and MTA and PATH, I try not to complain, because it is better than other places. But it's definitely going to be an inconvenience," said commuter Kareem Wallace.
Commuters eager to get home on a Friday night found themselves at the West 33rd Street train station, frazzled.
"It's Friday night. I want to get home. It's a long week of work," commuter Alta Gracia Nunez said. "We either have to take a cab or maybe go to 42nd Port Authority and see if we can hop on a bus."
"So I can't get to the Hoboken station? How am I going to get home then?" commuter Frederick Kincaid said.
