PATH service briefly suspended during evening rush hour due to contractor screw-up


By CLAYTON GUSE| NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | JUN 27, 2019 | 5:38 PM

New Jersey commuters were left scrambling Thursday evening when the Port Authority suspended all PATH trains after a signals foul up.

The problem began shortly after 4 p.m. when a Jersey City contract worker shut off the water to a PATH substation, according to an agency spokesperson.

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As a result, the water was not cooling the compressor in the substation, which caused the track?s signals and switches to stop functioning. PATH officials immediately brought all of the system?s trains into the nearest station to offload passengers.

NJ Transit and NY Waterway cross-honored PATH tickets until 6:30 p.m. while the problem was being addressed.

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