nycdevil t1_ire4jfq wrote on October 7, 2022 at 11:16 AM

Reply to comment by romanpieces in Weekend PATH service by ah73911

It has to do with the fact that the PATH is (wrongly) classified as a commuter railroad, not necessarily that it goes into NYC or between states. That said, changing it would probably piss off the conductor's union, so it's not likely to happen...

Aggravating_Rise_179 t1_irfek45 wrote on October 7, 2022 at 5:40 PM

This, its basically a holdover for when the Path used to use Amtrak tracks before switching over to its own tracks and using a third rail...so instead of treating it like what it is, a subway line, it just gets classified as a commuter line when it really doesnt act like one since it doesnt go into the suburbs and connects major employment centers in the urban core

sapereaud33 t1_irfukct wrote on October 7, 2022 at 7:42 PM

Is it fully separate now? I thought I had read that it was because it shares tunnels with Amtrak so the tracks are adjacent.

aTribeCalledLemur t1_irhfvh1 wrote on October 8, 2022 at 4:23 AM

PATH and Amtrak don't share tracks, they couldn't, not even compatible. But the tracks run ride by side on the Dock bridge between Newark and Harrison.

Aggravating_Rise_179 t1_irpo5d3 wrote on October 10, 2022 at 2:05 AM

I think you are thinking about NJ Transit.

sapereaud33 t1_irq3sf4 wrote on October 10, 2022 at 4:25 AM

Nah definitely PATH, I was wrong about the tunnels though, but PATH runs parallel/adjacent to North East Corridor near on the Newark line, and uses the Amtrak owned Dock Bridge. Both are reasons I commonly see cited for why PATH is FRA regulated, but I can't seem to find anything officially confirming that.