From the Port Authority:

PATH service between 33rd Street and the Journal Square and Hoboken stations will be suspended in both directions through this evening’s rush hour due to power cable damage caused by a track fire between the Christopher and 9th Street stations.

PATH stations at 33rd Street, 23rd Street, 14th Street, 9th Street and Christopher Street stations will be closed this evening.

PATH will operate regular service on its Newark to World Trade Center and Hoboken to World Trade Center lines, and also will operate between Journal Square and Hoboken stations. NJ Transit will cross-honor PATH tickets on its trains and buses at Penn Station New York and Penn Station Newark.

PATH passengers also can use the New York City subway system to pick up PATH service at the World Trade Center Station.

From Port Authority:

PATH TRAIN SERVICE SUSPENDED TONIGHT ON 33RD STREET LINES

PATH service between 33rd Street and the Journal Square and Hoboken stations will be suspended in both directions through this evening due to signal and power cable damage caused by a small manhole fire east of Christopher Street Station. There were no injuries.

PATH stations at 33rd Street, 23rd Street, 14th Street, 9th Street and Christopher Street stations will be closed this evening. PATH will operate regular service on its Newark to World Trade Center and Hoboken to World Trade Center lines, and also will operate between Journal Square and Hoboken stations. NJ Transit will cross-honor PATH tickets at Penn Station New York and Penn Station Newark. PATH passengers also can use the New York City subway system to pick up PATH service at the World Trade Center Station. An update on when the system will resume normal operations will be provided as soon as possible.

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Happy birthday to the Port Authority Trans-Hudson train, better known ’round these parts as the PATH. The NY Times has a nice story on the PATH’s barely noticed centennial, which meant for free rides for skeptical commuters yesterday.

David W. Dunlap charts the H&M train’s genesis as a link from Jersey to the “Ladies’ Mile” shopping district at 19th and 6th Avenues (H&M meant “Hudson & Manhattan”, not the Swedish retailer of clothes that always seem to be too tight unless you’re built like one of their mannequins) to a primary means of transportation for Manhattan commuters as Hoboken and Jersey City became popular residential hubs for young professionals.

The ride from Hoboken to 19th Street took 12 minutes a hundred years ago. When Dunlap tried it yesterday, it took 11, though the 19th Street stop is of course no longer there.

One other interesting note: the PATH’s busiest year was 1927, when it had over 113 million riders. That same year, the Holland tunnel was completed, and PATH ridership was never the same.

Anyone got a funny/interesting PATH story?