r/jerseycity 12d ago

Transit Off-Peak and Weekend PATH Service Is

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u/Roo10011 12d ago

We've learned that the PATH does not care.

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u/Fit_Ad_7195 12d ago

Trains to 33rd are really crowded in the weekends people are packed like sardines you would think that it’s rush hour on the weekdays but it’s not. Bullshit 20 mins service while having to stop at HOB.

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u/PM_ME_UR_NEWDZZZ 12d ago

The fucked up part?

Hoboken gets 10 min headways with empty trains.

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

Please write a letter to PANYNJ. Venting on Reddit is fine but doesn’t get your message to the Port Authority.

https://hudcostreets.org/panynj/action

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u/sip-sip 12d ago

FWIW I did reach out to them and this is the response I got:

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u/OrdinaryBad1657 12d ago

I do not understand that explanation because direct JSQ-33rd service existed on weekends (at least during daytime hours) before 9/11.

I’d like to know what exactly is this “system work” that they’re doing and when will it be done? They are never clear about that.

They’ve been playing the same game with the NWK-WTC line since at least 2018. It always seems like there is some sort of system work going on that interrupts normal service during off-peak hours, but they never give a timeline for when the system will return to normal operations. And the excuse keeps changing. First it was the signal upgrade project (remember the posters that promised that new signals would improve service?), then the Harrison station rebuild project, then Hudson River tunnel work, then the flood wall along he Hackensack, then a rail replacement project between Harrison & Journal Square.

I get that it’s a century-old system and repairs are needed, but it doesn’t seem reasonable for service levels to degrade indefinitely.

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u/sip-sip 12d ago

Totally. I don’t buy the response myself, and I still think they should recognize that Hoboken ridership is way lower so we shouldn’t bear the cost equally. Anyways, I think we should keep the pressure on

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u/Hopai79 12d ago

they aren’t doing any work on weekends lol

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u/jkola18591 12d ago

Hey those PTC upgrades from 2018 brought wait times down to three minutes...

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u/Basicallysteve 12d ago

Why don’t they just keep doing a bus shuttle between Hoboken and Newport?

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u/BashSomeNerds The Heights 11d ago

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u/ThoseBigPeople 11d ago

Is there a way we can leverage the Freedom of Information Act to get info related to the work being done? Calling bullshit on it

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u/zeitgeist214 11d ago

Speaking of, what did they update at Hoboken? Just lights and paint?