The PATH station in Hoboken, New Jersey, a vital rail link for many New York City commuters, will be closed for repairs for almost month starting next week.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said the station will be shut from the night of Jan. 30 to the morning of Feb. 25 as part of a $430 million overhaul of the PATH system over the next two years. The full closure, the first in the modern PATH’s history, will allow officials to condense work that would normally take a year into a three-week period, the agency said.
To accommodate riders, the Port Authority will run frequent shuttle buses to PATH stations in Jersey City, increase bus service to Manhattan and provide additional light rail service on the Hudson-Bergen line. Tickets will also be cross-honored from both Hoboken ferry terminals.
The temporary shutdown is part of the agency’s plan to modernize and restore its century-old infrastructure, which is prone to service delays and cancellations. Repairs will be made to the 4,500 linear feet of train tracks in the two tunnels leading into the station, and workers will replace the system of tracks and switches. Plans also call for refurbishing the concrete platform surfaces and replacing the staircases between the station’s mezzanine and platform levels.
It’s the latest phase of the Port Authority’s rehabilitation of the infrastructure of one of the nation’s busiest rapid-transit systems. The agency has set out on a handful of ambitious renovation projects to its systems in recent years, including overhauling Newark Liberty and John F. Kennedy International airports, and finishing off a rehabilitation of the George Washington Bridge, the world’s busiest.
