PANYNJ PATH service increases set out in $45B 2026–2035 plan

PANYNJ PATH service increases sit at the heart of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s record $45 billion 2026–2035 capital plan. The program backs one of the largest PATH service expansions in agency history, while also covering other rail and airport work.

This is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.

PANYNJ said its board approved the plan yesterday, as reported by Progressive Railroading. In the same announcement, officials pointed to $2.6 billion for Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) improvements—service increases, new track installations, and fare evasion mitigation efforts.

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Details of PANYNJ PATH service increases

Under the plan, all four PATH commuter-rail lines are slated to run seven days a week starting in 2026, the first time in 25 years. Over the next two years, PATH will increase service during rush hours and weekend late nights, in line with the PANYNJ 2026–2035 Capital Plan (PDF).

Direct weekend service is also set to return on several links: Journal Square in New Jersey to 33rd Street in New York; Hoboken, New Jersey, to 33rd Street; and Hoboken to the World Trade Center in New York City.

Tracks, fare gates, and planned fare increases

Alongside the service changes, the capital plan calls for PANYNJ to install new PATH tracks uptown. It also includes new fare gates and other fare evasion mitigation technology.

To sustain operations and fund the major service increases in the 2026–2035 capital plan, PATH fares will go up by 25 cents in summer 2026. Further fare increases are scheduled for each January from 2027 through 2029.

AirTrain replacement and Gateway Program funding

Funding in the same 2026–2035 capital plan is set aside to complete the replacement of the Newark Liberty International Airport AirTrain. PANYNJ said the new AirTrain will be a 2.5-mile automated shuttle carrying passengers between airport terminals, parking lots, hotel shuttles, and the New Jersey Transit and Amtrak terminals at Newark Penn Station. The original AirTrain opened in 1996, and PANYNJ officials said construction on the replacement began in October.

The approved plan also sets aside funding for PANYNJ’s $2.7 billion contribution to the Gateway Program—an ongoing multi-agency expansion and renovation of the Northeast Corridor passenger-rail line between Newark, New Jersey, and New York Penn Station—as previously covered by Railway Supply.

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