How to ride the PATH train (New York City and New Jersey)

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Published 2022-02-05
The PATH (short for Port Authority Trans-Hudson) is a rapid transit train that goes between Lower and Midtown Manhattan in New York City to Northeastern parts of New Jersey (Hoboken, Newport, Harrison, and Newark). This video will talk about the routes, tickets and prices, and how to orient yourself while riding the PATH train. Plus I added in a little tidbit about the PATH as it relates to the Newark Airport. Enjoy!

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VIDEO CHAPTERS
00:00 What is the PATH train?
01:54 Intro
02:33 Routes of the PATH
04:57 Fare Price
How much does the PATH cost?
05:40 Types of PATH Train Tickets
07:26 Buying a PATH Train Tickets
08:38 Orientation
09:07 Outro and PATH Fun Fact

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All Comments (21)
  • @eresendizmx
    Congratulations Thea!!! The restrictions of no photos did not stopped you in your objective of providing a great Path Train guide. Kudos for your creativity!
  • Back in the Neolithic era when I took PATH the price was 35 cents and the turnstiles took coins. People got very good at the quarter - dime drop, or occasionally the three dime - nickel drop. During rush hour someone who fumbled with their coins could cause major jam ups at the stiles. For a while the subway and PATH were both 35 cents but then the subway was raised to 50 cents. People in the know would take PATH in Manhattan between Christopher street and 33rd to save the 15 cents if going that route.
  • @Memofonseca
    As a summer intern staying in Jersey City this year and wanting to have that NYC experience I can not thank you enough this was perfect!
  • @Aidan_Au
    Thea is showing some love to New Jerseyan. Haha the first minute of introducing Jersey City crakes me up. I'm sure you can do a whole other video just about Jersey City. Thank you for building these logos to make it more illustrative. Path to New York
  • @FrankG5874
    South Jersey and Philadelphia’s version of PATH is called PATCO which stands for the Port Authority Transportation Company a unit of the Delaware River Port Authority which operates one line between Lindenwold, New Jersey and Philadelphia via Camden. Their reloadable card is called Freedom.
  • These are great info Thea. You're doing a great job. I've studied your videos so much before my first trip to USA coming up later this year. Many thanks
  • @Azwoh
    Moved in since 2 months in jersey city. Great place to live and really liking your videos to find my way around in Manhattan. Thanks!
  • @eltronics
    I used the PATH quite a bit during my high school, college, and post-college eras. They had the tokens back then, a little easier to use, just not as flexible as a MetroCard is used. Thanks for treating us from the Garden state with respect. We are also known as the Chemical state. It really isn't a bad place to live. You can stretch your arms without actually hitting someone.
  • @lionheart2211
    amazing job, kept it interesting, funny, great personality. I like how you actually take the trains as research instead f just online research.
  • @Meerkody
    Thank you so much for this video! I'm taking the PATH tomorrow to meet up with someone and was having a lot of anxiety about it since I've not taken it before, plus only having rode the train once before. Learning about the limited routes on the weekend just saved me the headache of walking around trying to find the train from Hoboken to WTC. You're video was very informative even if you were limited to Lego. I'm feeling much more confident, huge thanks again!
  • @Dymindntheruff
    Really great video! Appreciate the time you took to put this all together =)
  • @3dplanet100
    Very informative. The PATH trains is like the path between the heart of the metropolitan area; between the heart of the world's economy engine, NYC, Jersey City's downtown (the heart of the economy engine of NJ) and downtown Newark, (another economy engine of NJ and the east coast). Millions of people lives between these areas. Very important trains. No wonder, those trains are always packed of people. I have ride those trains before and I love it👍
  • @FPXS24
    PATH to Newark! I love your videos Thea!
  • I can’t wait to explore for the Path Train heading to New Jersey and I’m going to check it out.