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Signal problem briefly suspends PATH service at 33rd Street

S1 · ~Nov 2017 · PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) · New York, NY, USA

Record

CompanyPATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson)
IndustryOther
Type(s)outage
Date~Nov 2017 (month precision)
Time of day08:25 ET
LocationNew York, NY, USA · 33rd Street PATH station
Severity (near-miss / disclosed vulnerability)
Scale33rd Street station, ~20 minutes
Confidencemedium
Verified flagCited source on file; not independently re-verified

Summary

A signal problem at the 33rd Street station forced PATH to briefly suspend service to and from that station starting around 8:25 a.m. on November 20, 2017, a documented train-control/signaling malfunction; service resumed about 20 minutes later.

Primary source

NBC New York

Publisher: NBC New York · Retrieved: 2026-09-16

Supporting source rows (1)
DateSupporting source rowPublisherLink
~Nov 2017 Signal problem briefly suspends PATH service at 33rd Street NBC New York NBC New York

Other context

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PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) industry position

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