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Sunday, November 25, 2012

Hoboken PATH Station Closed for Several More Weeks; Exchange Place and WTC Open

Governors Chris Christie and Andrew Cuomo announced the opening of two extra stations.

The Exchange Place and World Trade Center stations of the PATH system will re-open on Monday, according to a joint announcement from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Hoboken's PATH station, which sustained the most damage during Sandy and was toured by Vice President Joe Biden last week, remains closed until further notice. It may take "several" more weeks until the renovations there are complete. The service in Hoboken remains suspended, because "vital switching equipment was destroyed and cannot be salvaged," according to the announcement. "Crews are working 24/7 to replace the signal equipment and restore communications in the tunnels." The World Trade Center PATH line will run Monday through Friday…

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Sandy Footage Shows Flooded PATH, Hoboken Wakes Up to Flooding, Destruction and Power Outages After Sandy Ravages the City, Biden Tours PATH Damage, Pushes 'Resilient' Transit Infrastructure, and 1 more ›

MM

2:02 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012

Please double check your post. People at Exchange Place was turned away after standing in line for 30 mins because the station is still closed for another week....so everyone was told.   more ›

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Biden Tours PATH Damage, Pushes 'Resilient' Transit Infrastructure

Vice President Joe Biden visits Hoboken on Sunday afternoon after touring damage in Seaside Heights.

Hoboken and its transit hub should be rebuilt to be more resistant to future storms, Vice President Biden said during a Sunday tour of Sandy damage in New Jersey. Biden said that it was “absolutely critical” to get Hoboken’s terminal and the whole transit system running. The Hoboken PATH station, which is used by tens of thousands of people every day, has been closed since Sandy's surge overtook it. It's still unclear when it will reopen. When rebuilding the transit system, “we have to make it much more resilient.” The tunnels to and from New York City, Biden said, average about 100 years old. “We have to spend much more time and attention to rebuilding the infrastructure of this nation,” Biden said. After touring the devastated PATH …

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National Guard Called Into Hoboken; 15,000 Without Power [UPDATED], Long Lines, Packed Buses, Frustration Dominate Monday Morning Commute, Clean Up Efforts Continue as Residents Survey Property Damage, and 3 more ›

Julie

3:50 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012

I'am actually a democrat that does not like Obama. I was on my break at work and my co workers were talking to me as I was typing.   more ›

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