If PATH raises fares and no one covers it, does it count?
You wouldn’t know from the utter lack of press coverage, but PATH fares went up this week. Port Authority issued no press release, and only an errant PATH Tweet made note of the fact. It’s mystifying really how little coverage PATH gets. It has an average weekday ridership of over 260,000 and is a key connector underneath the Hudson River.
So that’s that. Here are the weekend changes.
From 11:30 p.m. Friday, October 4 to 5 a.m. Monday, October 7, there are no 1 trains between 137th Street and 242nd Street due to brick arch repair at 168th and 181st Streets. 1 trains operate between South Ferry and 137th Street. Customers may take A trains, the M3 and free shuttle buses as alternates.
- Free shuttle buses operate between 137th Street and 168th Street
- M3 and free shuttle buses operate between 168th Street and 191st Street
- Free shuttle buses operate between 207th Street and 242nd Street
Customers may transfer between buses and trains at 137th Street (1), 168th Street (A) and 207th Street (A) stations. For Dyckman Street and 207th Street, use nearby A stations; transfer between the 1 and A trains at 59th Street-Columbus Circle.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, October 4 to 6 a.m. Saturday, October 5, from 11:45 p.m. Saturday, October 5 to 6 a.m. Sunday, October 6 and from 11:45 p.m. Sunday, October 6 to 5 a.m. Monday, October 7, uptown 4 trains run express from Grand Central-42nd Street to 125th Street due to electrical work at 51st Street.
From 5:45 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, October 5 and from 7:45 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday, October 6, Dyre Avenue-bound 5 trains run express from East 180th Street to Dyre Avenue due to track tie block and surface replacement north of Morris Park and cable work north of Baychester Avenue.
From 6 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., Saturday, October 5 and from 8 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., Sunday, October 6, 5 trains run every 20 minutes between Dyre Avenue and Bowling Green due to electrical work at 51st Street.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, October 4 to 5 a.m. Monday, October 7, Pelham Bay Park-bound 6 trains run express from Grand Central-42nd Street to 125th Street due to electrical work at 51st Street.
Beginning 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 5 until May 2014, 6 trains skip Middletown Road and Castle Hill Avenue in both directions due to station renewal work.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 5 to 5 a.m. Monday, October 7, Brooklyn-bound A trains run local from 125th Street to 59th Street-Columbus Circle due to track tie renewal north of 59th Street-Columbus Circle.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 5 to 5 a.m. Monday, October 7, there is no A train service between Euclid Avenue and Lefferts Blvd or Howard Beach-JFK Airport due to track panel work at Lefferts Blvd. and Rockaway Blvd. and track tie renewal and maintenance at Grant Avenue. A trains operate in two sections:
- Between Inwood-207th Street and Euclid Avenue
- Between Howard Beach-JFK Airport and Far Rockaway
Free shuttle buses operate in two segments:
- Between Euclid Avenue and Howard Beach-JFK Airport, making station stops at Grant Avenue, 80th Street, 88th Street, Rockaway Blvd., 104th Street, 111th Street, Lefferts Blvd., Aqueduct Racetrack and Aqueduct-North Conduit Avenue.
- Between Euclid Avenue and Howard Beach-JFK Airport, nonstop
Transfer between trains and free shuttle buses at Euclid Avenue and/or at Howard Beach-JFK airport. Note: Rockaway Park train shuttle is unaffected.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 5 to 5 a.m. Monday, October 7, Coney Island-bound D trains run local from 145th Street to 59th Street-Columbus Circle due to track tie renewal north of 59th Street-Columbus Circle.
(FASTRACK)
From 5:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday, October 5 and Sunday, October 6, there is no D service between Stillwell Avenue and Bay Parkway and no N service between Stillwell Avenue and 86th Street due to FASTRACK shutdown for maintenance, testing and inspection of signal equipment. Customers may take F or Q trains and the B1, B4, B64 and B82 buses instead.
From 8 p.m. Saturday, October 5 to 5:30 a.m. Sunday, October 6, the last stop for some trains headed toward Coney Island is Bay Parkway due to FASTRACK shutdown for maintenance, testing and inspection of signal equipment.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 5 to 5 a.m. Monday, October 7, Jamaica Center-bound E trains run local from Roosevelt Avenue to Forest Hills-71st Avenue due to track maintenance north of Elmhurst Avenue.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, October 4 to 5 a.m. Monday, October 7, Jamaica-bound F trains run express from Church Avenue to Smith-9th Streets due to work on the Church Avenue Interlocking.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 5 to 5 a.m. Monday, October 7, Jamaica-bound F trains run local from Roosevelt Avenue to Forest Hills-71st Avenue due to track maintenance north of Elmhurst Avenue.
From 11:15 p.m. Friday, October 4 to 5 a.m. Monday, October 7, Coney Island-bound F trains are rerouted via the M line from Roosevelt Avenue to 47th-50th Sts due to station work at Lexington Avenue-63rd Street for the Second Avenue Subway project.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, October 4 to 5 a.m. Monday, October 7, Nassau Avenue-bound G trains run express from Church Avenue to Smith-9th Sts due to work on the Church Avenue Interlocking.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, October 4 to 5 a.m. Monday, October 7, there is no G train service between Court Square and Nassau Avenue. G trains operate between Nassau Avenue and Church Avenue. There is no G service at Greenpoint Avenue, 21st Street and Court Square.
Free shuttle buses operate on two routes:
- Via Manhattan Avenue between Nassau Avenue G and Court Square
- Via McGuinness Blvd between Lorimer Street L and Court Square
Customers may transfer between:
- G trains and shuttle buses at Nassau Avenue
- L trains and shuttle buses at Lorimer Street
- E or 7 trains and shuttle buses at Court Square
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, October 4 to 5 a.m. Monday, October 7, there is no L train service between Lorimer Street and Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs due to track tie renewal at Graham Avenue. L service operates in two sections:
- Between 8th Avenue and Lorimer Street
- Between Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs and Rockaway Parkway
Free shuttle buses operate between Lorimer Street and Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs.
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FINALLY!
Im surprise you skip the Sea Beach Line rehabilitation project in Brooklyn that was revealed yesterday: http://www.homereporternews.co.....f887a.html
Well given that this article is about changes THIS weekend and work on Sea Beach Line won’t even start until 2015 (they haven’t even finished the designs!) I’d say that notifying people about services changes is a tad premature.
I didn’t know the PATH fares had gone up until I was sitting on the train and I watched it scroll along the monitors as part of an NBC News “story”. I didn’t notice any signs or anything. Very poorly done, though I suppose it avoided a vocal backlash.
Even with increases, their service had remained the same.
The PATH fare increase was in the newspapers and on all channels…its not like it wasn’t covered.
old media
How to PATH fares compare with NYCT fares?
Single ride: PATH $2.50, Subway $2.75
Ten trip: $19 vs. $23.80 (with 5 percent Metrocard bonus)
40 trip: $76 vs. $95
7 day: $26 vs. $30
30 day: $80 vs. $112
It is true that many PATH customers are transferring from commuter rail, and MTA customers who transfer from commuter rail to the subway also get a discount. But that discount goes on the budget of the MTA commuter railroads, not the subway.
And even thought it is a smaller, high density network, PATH covers much less of its costs than NYCT, due to higher staffing and very high pay.
For argument’s purpose, the fare between the PATH and NYCT is now pretty much the same, the majority of people using either service regularly use a standard pay-per-ride MetroCard, for which the fare would be $2.50 for both services.
And PATH’s Samrtlink card goes by trips not cash value, so if you popped over to a PATH station sometime before Tuesday like I did and hoarded a good bit of trips on the card you could be paying $1.70 a trip for a nice long while!
If these weren’t government agencies we were talking about, I wouldn’t have to ask this question.
There is a five percent discount for larger purchases on Metrocards. Which means that if people buy more than four rides at a time, the MTA isn’t really getting $2.50 per ride purchased. Is it then paying PATH $2.50 per ride, making a loss on every PATH ride with a Metrocard?
Dammit. Shoulda refilled my smart link before the increase. FML