HUDSON COUNTY – Want to get to that party in Manhattan on weekends starting in August? You may have to take a different route.
The Port Authority will be suspending train service from 12:01 a.m. on Saturdays until 5 a.m. on Mondays on most weekends in August through December — but they will increase trips on their World Trade Center lines those weekends and add shuttle buses, so you can take the WTC train and then take the subway or a bus once in Manhattan.
They wrote the following in a press release:
“Weekend PATH service on the 33rd Street line in Manhattan will be suspended starting in early August as part of a comprehensive, federally-mandated safety initiative to install a new computerized signal system designed to improve passenger service and safety. Service on the 33rd Street line will be suspended from approximately 12:01 a.m. on Saturdays until 5 a.m. on Mondays, a schedule that is set to continue most weekends through December 2016, with the exception of major holidays. Regular weekend service will continue on the Newark-World Trade Center (WTC) line and between Journal Square and Hoboken.
Direct service between Hoboken and WTC, normally not available on weekends, also will be introduced.
PATH riders affected by the closures may travel to the WTC station, which offers easy and accessible New York City subway service to uptown destinations. Shuttle buses will be provided, making stops between the WTC and 29th Street along Sixth and Seventh avenues.
Further updates, bus maps and details will be provided as available through the Port Authority’s website, www.panynj.gov/PATH.”