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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

The Hudson Tubes turns 100

It might not have the cache of other mass transit systems (The "A" Train, the "T", Chicago's El, or San Francisco's famous cable cars or trolleys), but the Port Authority Trans Hudson Railway (PATH), has a history. In fact so much that it turned 100 on February 25, 2008.

Free rides were the order of the day on the line that connects New York and New Jersey. So were looks back in history at the line that was called the Hudson and Manhattan when it was opened by Theodore Roosevlet in 1908.

Here are a couple of takes about the milestone in the New York press:

"It Went By in a Blur: PATH’s 100th" - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/nyregion/26path.html

"Leaving... On a PATH Train" - Richard Kelly was the president and general manger of PATH and the director of interstate commerce for the Port Authority until 1995. He talks about its history and fields phone calls comparing the PATH to the New York City subways.
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/episodes/2008/02/25

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