{{Short description|Rapid transit service in New Jersey and New York City}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox rail line | name = {{rint|path|20px}} Hoboken–33rd Street | color = {{rcr|PATH|HOB-33}} | image = PATH Subway Car.jpg | image_width = 300px | caption = Hoboken-bound car at the 14th Street station | type = Rapid transit | system = PATH | status = Operates 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekends | locale = Hoboken, New Jersey and Manhattan, New York | start = Hoboken | end = 33rd Street | stations = 6 | routes = | daily_ridership = | open = {{Start date|1908|02|25}} | close = | owner = Port Authority of New York and New Jersey | character = Fully underground | stock = PA5 | linelength = {{convert|3.5|mi}} | tracklength = | tracks = | gauge = {{RailGauge|ussg|allk=on}} | electrification = {{600 V DC|conductor=third rail}} | speed = | elevation = | map_state = | map = {{switcher |{{maplink-road|from=Hoboken–33rd Street.map}} |Show interactive map |{{PATH HOB-33}} |Show route diagram map }} }} '''Hoboken–33rd Street''' is a rapid transit service operated by the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH). It is colored blue on the PATH service map and trains on this service display blue marker lights.<ref name="Map">{{cite web |url=http://www.panynj.gov/path/maps.html |title=PATH Maps |publisher=The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |access-date=March 31, 2011 |archive-date=November 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121050235/http://www.panynj.gov/path/maps.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> This service operates from the Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, New Jersey by way of the Uptown Hudson Tubes to 33rd Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York.<ref name="Map"/> The {{convert|3.5|mi|adj=on}} trip takes 14 minutes to complete.<ref name="Facts">{{cite web |url=http://www.panynj.gov/path/facts-info.html |title=PATH Facts & Info |publisher=The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |access-date=March 31, 2011 |archive-date=November 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191129234922/http://www.panynj.gov/path/facts-info.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==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.<ref name="ERA-Bulletin-Jul2015">{{cite journal | title=Rails Under the Hudson Revisited - The Hudson and Manhattan|first=George|last=Chiasson|journal=Electric Railroaders' Association Bulletin|via=Issuu | date=July 2015 | url=https://issuu.com/erausa/docs/2015-07-bulletin | access-date=April 10, 2018|pages=2–3, 5|volume=58|number=7}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trolley Tunnel Open to New Jersey |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1908/02/26/archives/trolley-tunnel-open-to-jersey-president-turns-on-power-for-first.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 26, 1908 |page=1 |access-date=October 27, 2008 |quote=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.}}</ref> An extension of the H&M from 19th Street to 23rd Street opened on June 15, 1908.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title=To Extend Hudson Tunnel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1908/06/12/archives/to-extend-hudson-tunnel-trains-to-begin-running-to-twentythird.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 12, 1908 |page=6 |access-date=July 19, 2011}}</ref> The line was expanded to 33rd Street on November 10, 1910, with an intermediate station at 28th Street.<ref name=":0" />
The 28th Street station was closed in September 1939 during the construction of the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1939/09/12/archives/tube-terminal-to-reopen-station-at-33d-st-and-6th-ave-to-renew.html|title=Tube Terminal to Reopen – Station at 33d St. and 6th Ave. to Renew Service Sept. 24|date=September 12, 1939|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 15, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and the 19th Street station was closed on August 1, 1954.<ref>{{cite web | title=H. & M. STATION TO CLOSE; State Authorizes Shutdown of Tube Line's 19th Street Stop | website=The New York Times | date=February 19, 1954 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1954/02/19/archives/h-m-station-to-close-state-authorizes-shutdown-of-tube-lines-19th.html | access-date=April 27, 2018}}</ref> The H&M itself was succeeded by Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) in 1962.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/01/23/archives/2-states-agree-on-hudson-tubes-and-trade-center-new-york-and-jersey.html|title=2 STATES AGREE ON HUDSON TUBES AND TRADE CENTER; New York and Jersey Settle on Bill to Permit Port Authority Operation NEW TERMINAL PLANNED Downtown H. & M. Depot to Be Erected in Conjunction With Commerce Unit Rehabilitation Due ACCORD REACHED ON HUDSON TUBES Savings Expected Boundaries Defined|last=Wright|first=George Cable|date=January 23, 1962|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 1, 2017|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
After the September 11 attacks destroyed the World Trade Center station, service on the Hoboken–33rd Street line was suspended during overnight hours, with all service provided by the Newark–33rd Street via Hoboken branch.<ref>{{cite web|date=2001-12-14|title=PATH System Map|url=http://www.panynj.gov:80/path/pathmaplinks2.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011214024913/http://www.panynj.gov/path/pathmaplinks2.html|archive-date=December 14, 2001|access-date=2018-06-11|website=PATH|publisher=PANYNJ}}</ref> When the Exchange Place station reopened in June 2003,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/29/nyregion/closed-since-9-11-a-path-station-is-set-to-reopen-today.html|title=Closed Since 9/11, a PATH Station Is Set to Reopen Today|last=Weiser|first=Benjamin|date=June 29, 2003|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 4, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> the Newark–33rd Street via Hoboken branch was truncated to Journal Square, but operated during weekends as well. It was renamed the Journal Square–33rd Street (via Hoboken) branch.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}
The Hoboken station suffered severe damage from Hurricane Sandy, which devastated the PATH system in late October 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/Hoboken_PATH_station_weeks_from_reopening.html |title=PATH train repairs to cost $300M, with Hoboken station staying closed 'for weeks' |publisher=NorthJersey.com |date=November 27, 2012 |access-date=October 2, 2013}}</ref> As a result, the station was closed for repairs caused by damage to trainsets, mud, rusted tracks, and destroyed critical electrical equipment after approximately {{convert|8|ft|m|abbr=on}} 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.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hack|first=Charles|title=Hoboken commuters' verdict: reopened PATH train service was 'flawless'|url=http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2012/12/hoboken_commuters_verdict_path.html|access-date=December 20, 2012|newspaper=The Jersey Journal|date=December 19, 2012}}</ref>
In October 2024, the PANYNJ announced that the Hoboken Terminal PATH station would be closed for refurbishment for most of February 2025. During this time, the Hoboken–33rd Street route would be suspended and replaced with a temporary 33rd Street–World Trade Center route.<ref>{{cite web | title=Hoboken PATH station to close for 25 days in February for improvement project | website=News 12 - Default | date=October 31, 2024 | url=https://newjersey.news12.com/hoboken-path-station-to-close-for-25-days-in-february-for-improvement-project | access-date=November 1, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Hoboken PATH station to close for 25 days in February 2025 for construction | website=ABC7 New York | date=October 31, 2024 | url=https://abc7ny.com/post/hoboken-path-station-close-25-days-february-2025-construction/15493274/ | access-date=November 1, 2024}}</ref> Beginning in June 2025, the PANYNJ announced that the Hoboken–33rd Street route would operate on all weekends through January 2026 to provide additional service to the Journal Square–33rd Street (via Hoboken) route due to rail construction at Newport station, operating every 20 minutes between 10:00 am and 11:00 pm until ending in February 2026.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Higgs |first1=Larry |title=PATH riders slam agency for weekend service changes as track work begins lasting until 2026 |url=https://www.nj.com/news/2025/06/path-riders-slam-agency-for-weekend-service-changes-as-track-work-begins-lasting-until-2026.html |access-date=15 November 2025 |language=en |date=5 June 2025}}</ref>
In November 2025, the PANYNJ announced that the Hoboken–33rd Street route would begin running on weekends between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. every 10 minutes starting on May 17, 2026. The existing weekend service pattern would skip Hoboken on weekends, becoming the Journal Square–33rd Street route; this would effectively split the Journal Square–33rd Street (via Hoboken) line into two routes.<ref name="Higgs 202511">{{cite web |last=Higgs |first=Larry |date=November 13, 2025 |title=Historic $45B plan will build new airport terminals, add rail service, but tolls and fares will rise |url=https://www.nj.com/news/2025/11/historic-45b-plan-will-build-new-airport-terminals-add-rail-service-but-tolls-and-fares-will-rise.html |access-date=November 14, 2025 |website=Star-Advance}}</ref><ref name="McGeeehan 2025">{{cite web |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=November 13, 2025 |title=PATH Train Fare to Rise to $4 by 2029 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/nyregion/nj-path-train-fares.html |access-date=November 14, 2025 |website=The New York Times}}</ref>
==Station listing== {{Attached KML |display=title,inline}} {| class="wikitable" |- !Station !Location !Connections |- |{{stl|PATH|Hoboken}} {{access icon}} |Hoboken, NJ |{{ric|PATH|name=y}}: {{rcb|PATH|HOB-WTC|inline=route}}<br/>{{rint|njt}} NJ Transit Rail<br/>{{ric|MNRR|name=y}}: {{rcb|MNRR|Port Jervis|inline=square}}<br/>{{rint|hblr}} Hudson–Bergen Light Rail<br>{{bus icon}} NJT Bus<br/>{{rint|ferry}} NY Waterway |- |{{stn|Christopher Street||PATH}} |rowspan=5|New York, NY |{{ric|PATH|name=y}}: {{rcb|PATH|JSQ-33|inline=route}}<br/>{{rint|newyork|subway}} NYC Subway: {{NYCS Broadway-Seventh local|time=bullets}}<br>{{bus icon}} NYCT Bus |- |{{stn|Ninth Street||PATH}} |{{ric|PATH|name=y}}: {{rcb|PATH|JSQ-33|inline=route}}<br/>{{rint|newyork|subway}} NYC Subway: {{NYCS West 4th|time=bullets}}<br>{{bus icon}} NYCT Bus |- |{{stn|14th Street||PATH}} |{{ric|PATH|name=y}}: {{rcb|PATH|JSQ-33|inline=route}}<br/>{{rint|newyork|subway}} NYC Subway: {{NYCS 14th Sixth|time=bullets}}<br>{{bus icon}} NYCT Bus |- |{{stn|23rd Street||PATH}} |{{ric|PATH|name=y}}: {{rcb|PATH|JSQ-33|inline=route}}<br/>{{rint|newyork|subway}} NYC Subway: {{NYCS Sixth local|time=bullets}}<br>{{bus icon}} NYCT Bus |- |{{stn|33rd Street||PATH}} {{Access icon}} |{{ric|PATH|name=y}}: {{rcb|PATH|JSQ-33|inline=route}}<br/>{{rint|newyork|subway}} NYC Subway: {{NYCS Herald Square|time=bullets}}<br>{{bus icon}} NYCT Bus |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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