Downtown Hudson Tubes
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The Downtown Hudson Tubes (formerly the Cortlandt Street Tunnel[2]) are a pair of tunnels that carry PATH trains under the Hudson River in the United States, between New York City to the east and Jersey City, New Jersey, to the west. The tunnels run between the World Trade Center station on the New York side and the Exchange Place station on the New Jersey side.
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Location | Hudson River |
Coordinates | 40.7151°N 74.0244°W / 40.7151; -74.0244 |
System | PATH |
Start | World Trade Center |
End | Exchange Place |
Operation | |
Constructed | 1905–1909 |
Opened | July 19, 1909; 114 years ago (July 19, 1909) |
Traffic | Railroad |
Character | Rapid transit |
Technical | |
Design engineer | Charles M. Jacobs |
Length | 5,700 ft (1,737 m)[1] |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Electrified | Third rail, 600 V DC |
Tunnel clearance | 15.25 ft (4.65 m)[1] |
Depth of tunnel below water level | 97 ft (29.6 m) below sea level[1] |
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PATH operates two services through the Downtown Tubes, Newark–World Trade Center and Hoboken–World Trade Center. The former normally operates 24/7, while the latter only operates on weekdays.[3]