there is a place over yonder beyond the broad and almost majestic hudson river it's a magical
place with unicorns and rainbows and better priced homes and driveways and in-unit washers and dryers
and all you have to do to get to this magical place that's real is to take the path
no no no no wrong b-roll
the path
okay i have to intervene right here i originally had planned to make a video
of the path just like the video i made of the long island railroad and the new york city subway
which are linked in the description below however while i was venturing out
on the path i hit a snag and this is an actual recording
as it turns out you're not allowed to take photos or videos of the path system but have no fear
i have a backup plan because nothing is going to stop me from telling you
all about the path and tell it we will
the port authority trans hudson is a rapid transit system that bridges the lands of midtown
and lower manhattan to the lands of northeastern new jersey you might be asking how is the path
different from all the other trains in new york city while the new york city subway stays within
new york city there are rails that go beyond it and this video is all about the path we are
going to talk about the different routes pricing ticket types the ticket machines
and how to ride the path train that will take you to the yonderlands of northeastern new jersey
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in terms of routes on the weekdays during the day the path operates four routes and on late nights
weekends and holidays the system is condensed into two routes but all stations are still serviced so
technically the path does run 24 hours the routes are just modified during the less busy hours
in midtown manhattan stations are available starting from 33rd street at 6th avenue
running along sixth avenue stopping at these stations and finally hitting up christopher
street before crossing the hudson river into the magical lands of northeastern new jersey
by the way the station on christopher street is not too far from the apartments that you see in
the show friends just in case you wanted to stop by and in lower manhattan at the world trade
center hub the thing that looks like a white bird inside of it has a path terminal on the
jersey side of things there are seven stations on the menu you have hoboken where the first
oreo cookie was sold in the birthplace of baseball and good old frank sinatra
newport where if you were a virologist yes there are such people you can visit the lefrak
lighthouse which is about a three minute walk from the newport station then you have
more stations in jersey city including journal square named after the jersey journal and yonder
to the west the path leads you to harrison and newark penn station yes yes the rumors are true
there are not one not two but many penn stations in the united states so when you step outside new
york city take care in specifying which penn station you are looking for also note that the
new work pen station where the path terminates does not have a direct connection to the air
train of the newark airport if you happen to be on the path trying to get to newark airport
from newark penn station you would have to take an nj transit train which is another train line to a
station that will connect you to the air train of the newark airport so if you are traveling between
manhattan and newark airport just take the nj transit straight to and from manhattan if you can
just like the new york city subway the path has a flat rate of $2.75
and there are no zones that's right you can cross state borders without paying an extra fee
so you can smuggle in that fresh jersey air into manhattan transfers are free as long as you don't
exit the stations and by exiting the stations i mean you don't exit the turnstiles so if
you happen to get on a train by accident going the opposite direction of where you want to go
it's okay you can get to a station that will allow you to take another train back the way you came
from and there are discounts available if you buy tickets in bulk which leads us to the next chapter
with tickets you have three options to pay for your ride the first option is a paper ticket and
that is a ticket that is valid after two hours from purchasing you can buy it from a machine
at any path station then we have the metro card or should i say metro cards because there are
two types the first type of metro card is called by the path as the pay-per-ride metro card this
is the same metro card that can be used for the subway bus tram and airtrain i made a full video
on how to purchase and use this metro card so check that out link is in the description below
for the case of the path as long as there is money on the metro card the path turn style
will simply charge this metro card 275 every time you ride thus the name pay per ride the second
type of metrocard is the path two trip metrocard this looks exactly like the first metrocard we
mentioned except that on the back it will say path to trip card all this is is a card that has five
dollars and fifty cents on it so it's good for two trips on the path unlike the regular metro card
this is not refillable and can only be used on the path so you can't use it on the nyc subway or
buses and lastly we have the smart link card the smartlink cart is usually used by those that ride
the path often perhaps people that live or work in this part of new jersey because with the smartlink
card you can buy rides in bulk at a discount rate or purchase one of the unlimited options
and unlike the metro card you can reload a smart link card online in the comfort of your jammies
while i was walking around the stations i found four types of machines there could
be more i don't know but these are what i found the first machine looks very similar to the new
york city subway machine except that for the path there is a path logo at the top
this machine will sell a paper ticket the first type of metro card we talked about and a smart
link card and it will also accept cash and card payments the second type of machine is a smaller
version of the large machine the only difference is that it accepts card only no cash and i noticed
this while putting these legos together if you look at the large machine it will have green and
the small machine will not the green section is where you would normally put your cash payment
again i could not take pictures so legos are what we have then in some select stations you can find
the short blue machines one will dispense that two trip metro card that we talked about and
the other a smart link card that is not loaded with any value it's just the smart link card
both are cash only as for orientation signage is pretty clear
however take note while a lot of the stations will have one large platform and passengers can
access trains going in either directions there will be stations where platforms are separated
and the trains run in the middle so if you enter from here and are actually headed to new york
instead of new jersey you won't be able to cross the tracks to get to the platform you need to be
so be careful where you enter the path and there you have it the path if you enjoyed this video or
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