PATH to WTC will shut on weekends

Commuters are still putting up with Hurricane Sandy six years after it wrecked the region, with PATH suspending service to the World Trade Center during weekends for two years.

The weekend closures from January 2019 through December 2020 — except during major holidays — will let crews repair the damage from the salt water that flooded the cross-Hudson River rail system and corroded its track switches and signals, Port Authority officials said Wednesday.

“We understand the loss of the WTC PATH station on weekends will cause hardship and inconvenience for many of our customers, but these repairs are vitally important to our continuing effort to overcome the worst storm we’ve experienced here in our lifetimes,” PATH director Michael Marino said.

The work will let crews repair and replace tracks, third rails and electrical signal and communications equipment in the tunnels beneath the Hudson River. The first weekend outage hits riders on 12:01 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 5, with service to the station back by 5 a.m. the following Monday.