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Weekend PATH service on the 33rd Street line is set to return Christmas Eve.

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For commuters whose Christmas lists include the return of weekend PATH service to 33rd Street, your wishes are coming true.

The Port Authority announced last week that weekend service on the 33rd Street line, which has been suspended since September for system repairs and upgrades, will return Christmas Eve.

Today, officials from the bi-state agency reminded PATH riders their weekend commutes will return to normal this week beginning Saturday.

During the weekend closures, PATH had been running direct trains between Hoboken and the World Trade Center, and providing shuttle bus service for riders from the WTC to West 29th Street. Those alternative services will be discontinued starting Saturday.

The weekly suspensions were needed for the installation of Positive Train Control (PTC), an advance system that automatically stops a train before certain types of accidents occur. The technology will also allow more trains to operate at once.

Editor's note: A previous version of this story should not have stated that the repairs and upgrades took an extra week to complete. The work was finished as scheduled.