PATH Service Restored After Nightmare Night

PATH service was suspended yesterday from early morning until well past the evening commute. A fire burned through a power cable knocking out service on both the inbound and outbound tracks near Christopher Street. Meanwhile, PATH troubles were exacerbated by signal failures on the World Trade Center line throughout the day. For a time last night, only trains between Hoboken and the World Trade Center were operating. Service has since been restored. The Port Authority announced last year their intention to replace the signal system, a seven year project. Since that announcement the signal system has failed several times, with the biggest outage occurring this past April when all PATH service was suspended for several hours. Seven years is a long time to wait.