PATH tunnels to World Trade Center to open on weekends for December holiday season The first weekend this will go in effect is after Thanksgiving on Saturday, Nov. 30 and continue until Jan. 4, 2020.

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Weekend PATH service between the World Trade Center and Newark Penn Station will open in December, instead of terminating at Exchange Place and leaving customers to ferry to Manhattan.

This will go into effect after Thanksgiving on Saturday, Nov. 30, and continue until Jan. 4, 2020.

Repair work on the more than 100-year-old tunnels between the World Trade Center station and Exchange Place has been ongoing since January, forcing the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey — which operates PATH — to close the tunnels on weekends.

The tunnels were damaged by Superstorm Sandy in 2012, requiring work on tracks, third rail, electrical, signal and communications infrastructure.

About 630,000 passengers are expected to use the PATH system during Thanksgiving weekend.

In addition to keeping the tunnels open, the Port Authority announced that it will increase service on Wednesday, Nov. 27, and Friday, Nov. 29, providing trains every 10 minutes.

On Thanksgiving day, PATH service will run on a weekend schedule.

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