BusTalk

[W.B. Fishbowl]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

W.B.:

See:

https://www.portauthoritybuilds.com/path/en/fares.html

["P.A.T.H."]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

W.B.:

If it comes down to you "riding PATH no longer", then, you sure ain't missing much. my friend.

With RFWs and block signals now history, "da tubes" that Your's Truly was once so enamored with for decades, is but a mere, insipid shadow of what it once was.

I last rode over 20 years ago, when the first phase of the new WTC station opened........nah, it just ain't the same......

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Also........

Saw a brief "run through" report on Eyewitness News earlier, that announced that, for a brief period, the MTA is giving away free "OMNY" cards at several subway stations.

I know that Coney Island (Stilwell Avenue) is among these stations........

"NYO"

["SAVE TIME! BUY EXTRA TOKENS TODAY!"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

"METROCARDS", "OMNY", etc................

Now......let's see how long it will be before the "Em-Tee-Yat" deems the "OMNY" system outmoded.

Personally, token s should never have been relegated to history.

PATH did away with tokens after the opening of the (original) WTC terminal, switching to exact-fare turnstiles (30 cents, back then)

Last operation in "Noo Yawk" to use tokens was the Roosevelt Island Tram......

"NYO"

["BUY EXTRA TOKENS-SAVE TIME"]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

W.B.:

Your's truly used tokens until they were totally phased out; I was, indeed, a die-hard traditionalist.

When commuting on "da tubes", I used the PATH fare cards until the last day I used mine, on that fateful morning on 9/11.

I still have it, "enshrined" in the small "flip case" I always carried my PATH cards in, way back in the day.

These cards were purchased at newsstands in the PATH system; "fare booths" were, by that time, long, long gone...........

"NYO"

["PATH"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Interesting........

Just "hoid" on 1010 WINS that PATH "soivice" between Hoboken and the WTC, and Hoboken and 33rd Street are experiencing delays due to "signal issues" at Hoboken.

Well, PATH, of course, saw fit to scrap the ol' tried-and-true McAdoo-era block signals some while back, in favor of that newfangled "ATC", which would be of much better use on a Disney Park monorail system............

"NYO"

["527 REP"]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

W.B.:

Many, many years ago (1970s) the husband of a niece of my dad's was the manager of that "Blimpies" , up on Washington Street (Old Looks and Fishbowls then still plied that 14-block thoroughfare!)

PATH, as we know, sadly cares little about the rich heritage from the McAdoo days; aside from the ("PRESSED STEEL") kiosks at Hoboken, and the restored "HUDSON TUNNELS" entrance canopy at the Christopher Street station, there is virtually no reminders of the "Aitch & Em" era .

PATH, today, is but just another way to get from "A" to "B", a far cry from the colorful, fascinating, historic system which Your's Truly was so enamored with, for so many years, a long, long time ago............

"NYO"

['HUD TERM"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

UPDATE.....

1010 WINS is now reporting delays due to "switch issues" at Hoboken; recall, not long ago, all the switches and terminal trackage at Hoboken was replaced, in a sadly shoddy and inept "renovation" project, that also included the station area..........

"NYO"

["H&M RR"]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

W.B.:

IF there were an "Aitch & Em" clothing store in Hoboken, a most appropriate location would have been the old brick building that once held the (now-defunct) H&M/PATH flat car elevator, fed by a short spur off of Track #3 at the Hoboken (PATH) station........

"NYO"

["HOB"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Here are two views of the same cast-iron H&M kiosk at Hoboken, taken several decades apart.

Note, in the 1972 photo, the original 1962 "PATH" sign; interesting that at least some 4509s were still running for PS/TNJ.....look closely, the other bus, still sporting the same later PS scheme scheme, has now been sold for operation on Washington Street (left background)

The iconic PS bus shed seen here was sadly demolished not long ago; Your's Truly waited under that drafty shed for my homebound #21/#181/"BOULEVARD EAST" bus for many a year, back in the day..........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?143157

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154500

(courtesy: nycsubway..org)

["PSNJ"]