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{{Short description|Rapid transit service in New Jersey and New York City}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox rail line
| name                            = {{rint|path|20px}} Newark–World Trade Center
| color                           = {{rcr|PATH|NWK-WTC}}
| image                           = Pathtrain.JPG
| image_width                     = 300px
| caption                         = Train boarding passengers at [[Pennsylvania Station (Newark)|Newark Penn Station]]
| type                            = [[Rapid transit]]
| system                          = [[PATH (rail system)|PATH]]
| status                          = Operates 24 hours
| locale                          = [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]]/[[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson County]], New Jersey and [[Manhattan]], New York
| start                           = [[Pennsylvania Station (Newark)|Newark Penn Station]]
| end                             = [[World Trade Center (PATH station)|World Trade Center]]
| stations                        = 6
| daily_ridership                 = 30,000 (2022)
| open                            = {{Start date|1910|09|06}}
| owner                           = [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]]
| character                       = Elevated, surface and underground
| stock                           = [[PATH (rail system)#Current roster|PA5]]
| linelength                      = {{convert|8.9|mi}}
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| gauge                           = {{RailGauge|ussg|allk=on}}
| electrification                 = {{600 V DC|conductor=third rail}}
| speed                           = {{Convert|55|mph|abbr=on}}
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'''Newark–World Trade Center''' is a [[rapid transit]] service operated by the [[PATH (rail system)|Port Authority Trans-Hudson]] (PATH). It is colored red on the PATH service map and trains on this service display red 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}}</ref> This service operates from [[Pennsylvania Station (Newark)|Pennsylvania Station]] in [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]], [[New Jersey]], by way of the [[Downtown Hudson Tubes]] to the [[World Trade Center station (PATH)|World Trade Center]] in [[Lower Manhattan]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name="Map"/> Operating 24 hours a day, the {{convert|8.9|mi|adj=on}} trip takes {{frac|22|1|2}} minutes to complete.<ref name="Schedule">{{cite web |url=http://www.panynj.gov/path/full-schedules.html |title=PATH Full Schedules |publisher=The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |access-date=March 31, 2011}}</ref><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}}</ref>

Much of the service's Newark-Jersey City leg is in very close proximity to the [[Northeast Corridor]] used by [[Amtrak]] intercity trains and [[NJ Transit]] [[NJ Transit Rail Operations|commuter trains]]; the route crosses over the [[Dock Bridge|Newark Dock Bridge]] used by intercity and commuter trains traveling between Newark and New York. For these reasons, PATH is legally reckoned as a [[commuter rail]]road under the jurisdiction of the [[Federal Railroad Administration]] even though it has long operated as a rapid transit system.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.railwayage.com/safety/siemens-lands-path-cbtc-contract/|title=Siemens lands PATH CBTC contract – Railway Age|date=October 27, 2009|work=Railway Age|access-date=June 11, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-151BR/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-151BR.htm|title=Amtrak's Northeast Corridor: Information on the Status and Cost of Needed Improvements|date=April 13, 1995|website=U.S. Government Publishing Office|access-date=June 11, 2018}}</ref> This is the only PATH route with significant above-ground sections; the Newark–Jersey City leg operates on elevated track, in open cuts, or at grade level.

== History ==
===H&M operation===
The Newark–World Trade Center service originated as the '''Grove Street–Hudson Terminal''' service operated by the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad (H&M).  It started operating between [[Grove Street station (PATH)|Grove Street]] in [[Jersey City, New Jersey]] and [[Hudson Terminal]] in [[Manhattan]], beginning September 6, 1910.<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&ndash;3, 5|volume=58|number=7}}</ref>{{rp|3}} The line was extended to [[Manhattan Transfer station|Manhattan Transfer]] in [[Harrison, New Jersey|Harrison]] on October 1, 1911,<ref>{{cite news |title=Improved Transit Facilities by Newark High Speed Line |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D05E2D71531E233A25752C0A9669D946096D6CF |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 1, 1911 |page=XX2 |access-date=July 19, 2011}}</ref> and then to [[Park Place station (H&M)|Park Place]] in [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] on November 26 of that year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tube Service to Newark |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E0DE2DC1E31E233A25755C2A9679D946096D6CF |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 26, 1911 |page=9 |access-date=July 19, 2011}}</ref>  A stop at Summit Avenue (now [[Journal Square Transportation Center|Journal Square]]), located between Grove Street and Manhattan Transfer, opened on April 14, 1912, as an [[infill station]] on the Newark–Hudson Terminal line.<ref name="ERA-Bulletin-Sep2015"/><ref name="ERA-Bulletin-Jul2015"/>{{rp|7}} Another infill station at [[Harrison station (PATH)|Harrison]] opened on March 6, 1913.<ref name="ERA-Bulletin-Sep2015">{{cite journal | title=Rails Under the Hudson Revisited - The Hudson and Manhattan|first=George|last=Chiasson|journal=Electric Railroaders' Association Bulletin|via=Issuu | date=September 2015 | url=https://issuu.com/erausa/docs/2015-09-bulletin | access-date=April 10, 2018|pages=2&ndash;3, 6–7|volume=58|number=9}}</ref>

In June 1937, the branch to Park Place Station was closed, and the Newark–Hudson Terminal line was rerouted to [[Pennsylvania Station (Newark)|Newark Penn Station]]. The Manhattan Transfer station was also closed, and the Harrison station was relocated.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Station Open for Hudson Tubes |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0B14FB3A541B728DDDA90A94DE405B878FF1D3 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 20, 1937 |page=35 |access-date=July 19, 2011}}</ref>

===PATH operation===
The H&M was succeeded by [[Port Authority Trans-Hudson]] (PATH) in 1962.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A01E2DB123EE433A25750C2A9679C946391D6CF|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> The Hudson Terminal station was replaced by the [[World Trade Center station (PATH)|World Trade Center station]] in 1971 during construction of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1971/07/01/79673188.pdf|title=Air-Cooled PATH Terminal in World Trade Center Opens Tuesday|date=July 1, 1971|newspaper=New York Times|access-date=May 30, 2010|page=94}}</ref>

On April 29, 1996, three trips each weekday began running express on the Newark–World Trade Center service, cutting running time by {{frac|3|1|2}} minutes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/30/nyregion/new-jersey-daily-briefing-express-path-service-begins.html|title=NEW JERSEY DAILY BRIEFING;Express PATH Service Begins|last=Pristin|first=Terry|date=April 30, 1996|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 4, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=n91933935>{{Cite news|date=1996-04-24|title=PATH to run six-month test of morning express service|pages=15|work=The Record|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91933935/path-to-run-six-month-test-of-morning/|access-date=2022-01-06}}</ref> The express service skipped all intermediate stops and ran only in the morning toward World Trade Center.<ref name=n91933935/> On October 27, 1996, express Newark–World Trade Center service was made permanent.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/25/nyregion/path-trains-streamlined.html|title=PATH Trains Streamlined|last=Pristin|first=Terry|date=October 25, 1996|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 4, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

When the World Trade Center station was destroyed in the [[September 11 attacks]], which also required the closing of [[Exchange Place (PATH station)|Exchange Place]], service on the Newark–World Trade Center line had to be changed. On weekdays, trains ran between any pair of [[Newark Penn Station]], [[33rd Street (PATH station)|33rd Street]], and [[Hoboken Terminal]], making all local stops. On weekends, trains ran between Newark Penn Station and 33rd Street with Hoboken Terminal as an interim stop. Express service was suspended indefinitely.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.panynj.gov:80/path/pathmaplinks2.html|title=PATH - A Subsidiary of The Port Authority of NY & NJ|date=2001-12-14|website=panynj.gov|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011214024913/http://www.panynj.gov/path/pathmaplinks2.html#|archive-date=December 14, 2001|url-status=dead|access-date=2018-06-11|df=mdy-all}}</ref> During overnight hours daily, trains ran between Newark and 33rd Street via Hoboken and was the only branch operating on PATH during those times. When Exchange Place reopened on June 29, 2003, service ran between Newark and that station daily around the clock.<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> Service to World Trade Center was restored on November 23 when the temporary station opened.<ref>{{cite web | last=Dunlap | first=David W. | title=Again, Trains Put the World In Trade Center | website=The New York Times | date=November 24, 2003 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/24/nyregion/again-trains-put-the-world-in-trade-center.html | access-date=January 25, 2018}}</ref> However, the express service was never restored.

After [[Hurricane Sandy]] flooded the PATH system in October 2012, service on the line was suspended. For most of November, trains ran between Newark Penn Station and 33rd Street. The [[Journal Square–33rd Street]] line was temporarily extended to cover service on the Newark–World Trade Center line.<ref>{{cite web | title=Press Releases: STATEMENT OF PATH ENGINEERS AND TRANSIT EXPERT ON THE RESUMPTION OF PATH SERVICE FROM NEWARK TO 33rd STREET BEGINNING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2012 | website=Port Authority of New York & New Jersey | date=2012-11-11 | url=http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=1703 | access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref> Limited weekday-only service on the line was resumed on November 26, 2012, but full service would not be restored until early 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Maps & Schedule: PATH Partial Service Restoration|url=http://www.panynj.gov/path/maps-schedules.html|work=PATH website|publisher=The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey|access-date=November 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203072937/http://www.panynj.gov/path/maps-schedules.html#|archive-date=December 3, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Starting on January 5, 2019, service on the Newark–World Trade Center line between Exchange Place and World Trade Center was to be suspended during almost all weekends through at least 2020 for Sandy-related repairs to the Downtown Hudson Tubes except on holiday weekends.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ny.curbed.com/2018/12/5/18127560/world-trade-center-path-station-weekend-closures|title=World Trade Center's PATH station will close for 45 weekends for repairs|last=Walker|first=Ameena|date=2018-12-05|website=Curbed NY|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> Passengers wanting to travel to New York City from Newark during this time must transfer to the [[Journal Square–33rd Street (via Hoboken)]] service at either Journal Square or Grove Street. However, weekend service was restored in June 2020, six months ahead of schedule.<ref>{{cite web | title=SIX MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, PATH WTC STATION REOPENS ON WEEKENDS FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE TUNNEL REPAIRS NECESSITATED BY SUPERSTORM SANDY | website=Port Authority of New York & New Jersey |url=https://www.panynj.gov/port-authority/en/press-room/press-release-archives/2020-press-releases/six-months-ahead-of-schedule--path-wtc-station-reopens-on-weeken.html|publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey}}</ref>

In June 2019, the Port Authority released the PATH Improvement Plan.<ref name=":27">{{cite web |date=June 20, 2019 |title=PATH Implementation Plan |url=http://www.panynj.gov/path/pdf/PATH_Implementation_Plan.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621003726/https://www.panynj.gov/path/pdf/PATH_Implementation_Plan.pdf |archive-date=June 21, 2019 |access-date=June 20, 2019 |website=PANYNJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://abc7ny.com/5355269/|title=Port Authority announces plan to increase PATH capacity, reduce delays|date=June 20, 2019|website=ABC7 New York|access-date=June 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/traffic/2019/06/path-will-spend-1b-to-ease-overcrowding-delays-that-mess-up-your-commute.html|title=PATH will spend $1B to ease overcrowding, delays that mess up your commute|last=Higgs|first=Larry|date=June 20, 2019|website=nj.com|access-date=June 21, 2019}}</ref> As part of the plan, every train on the NWK–WTC route will consist of 9-car trains, and the Port Authority would study proposals to extend NWK–WTC trainsets to 10 cars. To accomplish this, the platform at Grove Street will be extended at the Marin Blvd. end of the station. The train lengthenings, combined with the installation of [[communications-based train control]] and the delivery of additional rolling stock, could increase NWK–WTC capacity by up to 40%.<ref name=":27" />

===Newark Airport extension===
On February 4, 2014, the Port Authority proposed a 10-year capital plan that included an extension of PATH {{convert|3|mi|km|spell=in}} southwest from [[Pennsylvania Station (Newark)|Newark Penn Station]] to [[Newark Liberty International Airport]], after a nearly two-year study.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/capital/stip04-06/sec5/PANYNJ.pdf |title=FY 2004–06 Transportation Improvement Program |access-date=October 2, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=Port authority to undertake study on extending path rail service to newark liberty international airport|publisher = PANYNJ|date=September 20, 2012|url=http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=1641|access-date=October 1, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Sources: Christie to back $1B PATH extension in Newark | publisher = Crain's | date = September 11, 2013 | url = http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20130911/REAL_ESTATE/130919963 | access-date = September 15, 2013}}</ref> The Board of Commissioners approved the Capital Plan, including the airport extension, on February 19, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Port Authority Board Approves Historic $27.6 Billion 10-year Capital Plan That Focuses the Agency on Its Core Transportation Mission|url=http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=1925|publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey|date=February 19, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Boburg|first=Shawn|title=Port Authority plans to extend PATH to Newark airport|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/Port_Authority_to_extend_PATH_to_Newark_airport.html|access-date=February 4, 2014|newspaper=The Record|date=February 4, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=Port Authority Unveils Comprehensive, Proposed $27.6 Billion Capital Plan to Revitalize Region's Transportation Assets|url=http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=1913|publisher=PANYNJ|access-date=February 4, 2014|date=February 4, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=1913|title=Press Release Article - Port Authority of NY & NJ|website=panynj.gov|access-date=June 23, 2014}}</ref> Plans call for the extension to follow the existing [[Northeast Corridor Line]] used by [[Amtrak]] and [[NJ Transit]] to the [[Newark Liberty International Airport station]], where passengers can connect to the [[AirTrain Newark]] airport monorail system.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.panynj.gov/path/path-extension.html|title=PATH Extension Project|website=panynj.gov|publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey|access-date=January 21, 2018}}</ref> In March, 2023 the plan for the extension was “being deferred to a future capital plan” due to funding issues.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NJ.com |first=Larry Higgs {{!}} NJ Advance Media for |date=2023-03-14 |title=New rail station to be built ahead of delayed PATH Newark Airport extension |url=https://www.nj.com/news/2023/03/new-rail-station-to-be-built-ahead-of-delayed-path-newark-airport-extension.html |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=nj |language=en}}</ref>

== Station listing ==
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{| class="wikitable"
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!Station
!Location
!Connections
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|{{stl|PATH|Newark}} {{access icon}}
|[[Newark, NJ]]
|{{ric|Amtrak|name=yes}}<br/>{{rint|njt}} [[NJ Transit Rail Operations|NJ Transit Rail]]<br/>{{rint|newark}} [[Newark Light Rail]]<br>{{bus icon}} [[NJ Transit Bus]]
|-
|{{stl|PATH|Harrison}} {{access icon}}
|[[Harrison, NJ]]
|{{bus icon}} [[NJT Bus]]
|-
|[[Journal Square Transportation Center|Journal Square]] {{access icon}}
|rowspan=3|[[Jersey City, NJ]]
|{{ric|PATH|name=y}}: {{rcb|PATH|JSQ-33|inline=route}} {{rcb|PATH|JSQ-33 (via HOB)|inline=route}}<br>{{bus icon}} [[NJ Transit Bus]]
|-
|{{stl|PATH|Grove Street}} {{access icon}}
|{{ric|PATH|name=y}}: {{rcb|PATH|JSQ-33|inline=route}} {{rcb|PATH|JSQ-33 (via HOB)|inline=route}}<br>{{bus icon}} [[NJ Transit Bus]]
|-
|{{stl|PATH|Exchange Place}} {{access icon}}
|{{ric|PATH|name=y}}: {{rcb|PATH|HOB-WTC|inline=route}}<br/>{{rint|hblr}} [[Hudson–Bergen Light Rail]]<br>{{bus icon}} [[NJ Transit Bus]]
|-
|{{stl|PATH|World Trade Center}} {{access icon}}
|[[Manhattan|New York, NY]]
|{{ric|PATH|name=y}}: {{rcb|PATH|HOB-WTC|inline=route}}<br/>{{rint|newyork|subway}} [[New York City Subway|NYC Subway]]: {{NYCS Broadway-Seventh South Ferry|time=bullets}}{{NYCS Fulton Center|time=bullets}}<br>{{bus icon}} [[NYCT Bus]], [[MTA Bus]]
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Transportation in Newark, New Jersey]]
[[Category:Transportation in Manhattan]]