Editing Hoboken Terminal (section)

== History ==
=== 19th century ===
The site of the terminal had been used since colonial times to link Manhattan Island and points west.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hoboken train crash highlights safety delays: HOBOKEN TRAIN CRASH |id={{ProQuest|1825012188}} |work=The Journal News |date=2 October 2016 |location=White Plains, New York |page=A.14 }}</ref> In 1811, the first steam-powered ferries began called Hoboken Ferryboats service under [[John Stevens (inventor, born 1749)|John Stevens]], an inventor who founded Hoboken.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hoboken, New Jersey, The Mile Square City: A Brief History |url=https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/unused_content/hoboken-new-jersey-the-mile-square-city-a-brief-history/ |website=hobokenmuseum.org |access-date=28 September 2022}}</ref> In 1889, due to several complaints through ''[[The New York Times]]'', changes were made to the service such as bigger boats for passengers, and more trips.<ref>{{cite news |title=BETTER BOATS PROMISED.; THE HOBOKEN FERRY MANAGERS TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1889/01/09/archives/better-boats-promised-the-hoboken-ferry-managers-to-make.html |work=The New York Times |date=9 January 1889 }}</ref>

The coming of the railroads brought more and more travelers to the west bank of the [[Hudson River]]. [[Cut (earthmoving)|Cuts]] and tunnels were constructed through [[Bergen Hill]] to rail–ferry terminals on the west bank of the river and the [[Upper New York Bay]]. The first of the [[Bergen Tunnels]] under [[Jersey City Heights]] was opened in 1877 by the [[Morris and Essex Railroad]], which was leased by the [[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]] (DL&W).<ref>{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|93586583}} |title=THE NEW BERGEN TUNNEL; FORMAL OPENING OF THE WORK, DESCRIPTION OF THE TUNNEL WHAT IS GAINED BY THE IMPROVEMENT THE COST OF THE WORK THE OPENING TO BE CELEBRATED ALONG THE ROUTE OF THE MORRIS AND ESSEX RAILROAD |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1877/05/12/archives/the-new-bergen-tunnel-formal-opening-of-the-work-description-of-the.html |work=The New York Times |date=12 May 1877 }}</ref>

=== 20th century ===
The facility that was in the place of the Hoboken Terminal caught fire and burned down in 1905 after the ''Hopatcong'', a ferry docked at the terminal, caught fire at midnight, which spread to the original facility. The [[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]] decided to build another large terminal since they had more than enough funds. The new facility was planned by [[William Truesdale]], who worked to modernize the DL&W railroad.<ref name=AmericanRails /><ref>{{cite news |title=LACKAWANNA'S NEW FERRY HOUSE BURNED; Jersey Central Terminal Follows in Spectacular Blaze. BUILDINGS COST $1,500,000 A Panic Narrowly Averted When the Fire Was Discovered -- Service to be Restored To-day |id={{ProQuest|96524477}} |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1905/12/21/archives/lackawannas-new-ferry-house-burned-jersey-central-terminal-follows.html |work=The New York Times |date=21 December 1905 }}</ref> The rail and ferry [[station building|terminal buildings]] were constructed in 1907 by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.<ref name="NJ/NRHP">{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr.htm|title=NJ/NRHP|website=state.nj.us|access-date=2023-04-04|publisher=[[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]]}}</ref><ref name=nyt-2016-10-01>{{cite news|last1=Barron|first1=James|author-link=James Barron (journalist)|title=Hoboken Terminal, With Flair and Grandeur, Is a Survivor|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/01/nyregion/hoboken-terminal-with-flair-and-grandeur-is-a-survivor.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 30, 2016|access-date=2023-02-12}}</ref>

The following year, the railroad opened the second parallel tunnel. Both tunnels are still used by NJ Transit.<ref name="French">{{cite book |last=French |first=Kenneth |title=Railroads of Hoboken and Jersey City |series=Images of Rail |year=2002 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |location=Charleston, South Carolina |isbn=978-0-7385-0966-2 |page=125}}</ref> The tubes of the [[Hudson and Manhattan Railroad]], forerunner of PATH, were extended to Hoboken Terminal upon its opening. The first revenue train on the new line ran from the terminal on February 26, 1908.<ref name="nyt-1908-02-26">{{cite news |title=TROLLEY TUNNEL OPEN TO JERSEY; President Turns On Power for First Official Train Between This City and Hoboken. REGULAR SERVICE STARTS Passenger Trains Between the Two Cities Begin Running at Midnight. EXERCISES OVER THE RIVER Govs. Hughes and Fort Make Congratulatory Addresses -- Dinner at Sherry's in the Evening |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1908/02/26/archives/trolley-tunnel-open-to-jersey-president-turns-on-power-for-first.html |work=The New York Times |date=26 February 1908 |quote=The natural barrier which has separated New York from New Jersey since those States came into existence was, figuratively speaking, wiped away at 3:40½ o'clock yesterday afternoon when the first of the two twin tubes of the McAdoo tunnel system was formally opened, thus linking Manhattan with Hoboken, and establishing a rapid transit service beneath the Hudson River.}}</ref>
[[File:Hoboken Terminal Construction 1907.jpg|thumb|left|Hoboken Terminal under construction, 1907]]
In 1930, [[Thomas Edison]] was at the controls for the first departure of a regular-service [[electric multiple unit]] train from Hoboken Terminal to [[Montclair, New Jersey|Montclair]]. One of the first installations of central [[air-conditioning]] in a public space was at the station, as was the first non-experimental use of [[mobile phone]]s.<ref name="turn100">{{cite web|date=2007|title=1907-2007: 100 Years – Hoboken Terminal|url=http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/nn_EnRouteSpclEdtn.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031172916/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/nn_EnRouteSpclEdtn.pdf|archive-date=October 31, 2015|access-date=February 6, 2011|publisher=NJ Transit}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cool Is a State of Mind (and Relief) |first=Tammy |last=La Gorce|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CE2DD113FF930A15756C0A9629C8B63 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 23, 2004 |access-date=April 10, 2008 |quote=Several decades later, the Hoboken Terminal distinguished itself as the nation's first centrally air-conditioned public space.}}</ref>

In 1914, George A. Cullen, the Passenger Traffic Manager for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, stated that Hoboken Terminal handled more than 17 million railroad passengers and 18 million additional ferry passengers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cullen |first1=George a |title=THE HOBOKEN TERMINAL.; More Than 35,000,000 Passengers Use It Each Year |id={{ProQuest|97638947}} |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1914/05/09/archives/the-hoboken-terminal-more-than-35000000-passengers-use-it-each-year.html |work=The New York Times |date=9 May 1914 }}</ref>

In 1942, the clock tower of the terminal was removed to reclaim the copper to use in World War II. After the war, Hoboken suffered another blow when automobile and air travel rose to prominence at the expense of the railroads. Amtrak started operating in 1971, and by then intercity services by the then [[Erie Lackawanna Railway|merged Erie and DL&W]] railroads stopped operating out of Hoboken. The final train between Hoboken and Chicago departed the night of January 5, 1970, and arrived on January 6 in Chicago's [[Dearborn Station]].<ref name=AmericanRails>{{cite web |last1=Burns |first1=Adam |title=Hoboken Terminal |url=https://www.american-rails.com/hoboken.html |website=american-rails.com |access-date=21 February 2023}}</ref>

Despite the difficulties of the railroad industry, which culminated in bankruptcy for many railroads through the 1970s, the terminal has always been an essential link for New York-bound commuters, which saved it from the threat of demolition. The popular disapproval of the razing of the nearby [[Pennsylvania Station (1910–1963)|Pennsylvania Station]] in 1963,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tolchin |first1=Martin |title=Demolition Starts At Penn Station; Architects Picket; Penn Station Demolition Begun; 6 Architects Call Act a 'Shame' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/10/29/archives/demolition-starts-at-penn-station-architects-picket-penn-station.html |work=The New York Times |date=29 October 1963 }}</ref> (and its replacement by [[Madison Square Garden]] and a new [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|Penn Station]] below ground level)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hailey |first1=Foster |title='62 START IS SET FOR NEW GARDEN; Penn Station to Be Razed to Street Level in Project |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/07/27/archives/62-start-is-set-for-new-garden-penn-station-to-be-razed-to-street.html |work=The New York Times |date=27 July 1961 }}</ref> may have also helped Hoboken Terminal's survival.<ref name=AmericanRails />

Numerous [[streetcar]] [[List of Public Service Railway lines|lines]] (eventually owned and operated by the [[Public Service Railway]]), including the [[North Hudson County Railway|Hoboken Inclined Cable Railway]], originated and terminated at the station until [[bustitution]] was completed on August 7, 1949.<ref name="French" />

At the peak of intercity rail service, five passenger terminals were operated by competing railroad companies along the [[Hudson Waterfront]]. Of the five, Hoboken Terminal is the only one still in active use. Those at [[Weehawken Terminal|Weehawken]] ([[New York Central]]), [[Pavonia Terminal|Pavonia]] ([[Erie Railroad]]), and [[Exchange Place (PRR station)|Exchange Place]] ([[Pennsylvania Railroad]]) were demolished in the 1960s, while the [[Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal|one in Jersey City]] ([[Central Railroad of New Jersey]]) was partially restored and is now part of [[Liberty State Park]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schliching |first1=Kurt |title=Grand Central's Engineer: William J. Wilgus and the Planning of Modern Manhattan |date=May 2012 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University |isbn=9781421406954 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/book/13505 |access-date=21 May 2023}}</ref>

In October 1956, four years before its merger with the DL&W to form the [[Erie Lackawanna Railway]], the Erie Railroad began to shift its trains from Pavonia Terminal to Hoboken. The final Erie trains to be moved to Hoboken, in 1959, were from the [[Northern Branch]]. In October 1965, on former Erie routes, there were five trains each weekday to Wanaque/Midvale on the Greenwood Lake branch, three to Nyack on the Northern Branch, three to Waldwick via the [[Newark Branch]], two to Essex Fells on its [[Caldwell Branch]], two to [[Carlton Hill (Erie Railroad station)|Carlton Hill]] on the former Erie Main Line, and one to Newton on the [[Sussex Branch]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kinglyheirs.com/AbandonedRR/ErieLackawanna.html#ErieLackawanna |title=The Erie and the DL&W Were Merged in 1960 |access-date=May 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330041614/http://www.kinglyheirs.com/AbandonedRR/ErieLackawanna.html#ErieLackawanna |archive-date=March 30, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://members.tripod.com/generaljim1-ivil/theerielackawannalimited/id14.html |title=Erie Lackwanna Railroad and Predecessors |access-date=May 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080610055224/http://members.tripod.com/generaljim1-ivil/theerielackawannalimited/id14.html |archive-date=June 10, 2008 }}</ref> All those trains were dropped in 1966.<ref>{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|117524427}} |title=TRANSPORT NEWS: TRAIN SERVICE CUT; Lackawanna's Commuters Face Halt on 7 Lines |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/09/17/archives/transport-news-train-service-cut-lackawannas-commuters-face-halt-on.html |work=The New York Times |date=17 September 1966 }}</ref>
[[File:EL 3319 November 1978 (22348670758).jpg|thumb|left|An Erie Lackawanna commuter train arriving at Hoboken in November 1978]]
Ferry service from the terminal to lower Manhattan ended on November 22, 1967,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldshipny.com/elferry.shtml |title="November 1967 ~ The End of Trans-Cross Hudson Ferry Service, by Theodore W. Scull (World Ship Society) |access-date=March 11, 2018 |archive-date=January 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113062950/http://www.worldshipny.com/elferry.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> due to declining ridership and revenues.<ref name=nyt-1967-11-15>{{cite news |author=Walter H. Waggoner |title=FERRY TO HOBOKEN WILL STOP NOV. 22; Erie Railroad Cites Deficits and Drop in Patronage Two Boats Are Involved |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/11/15/archives/ferry-to-hoboken-will-stop-nov-22-erie-railroad-cites-deficits-and.html |work=The New York Times |date=15 November 1967 }}</ref> It resumed in 1989 on the south side of the terminal and moved back to the restored ferry slips inside the historic terminal on December 7, 2011.<ref name="myfox">{{cite news |work=Fox New York |url=http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/hoboken-ferry-terminal-reopens-20111207-apx |title=Hoboken Ferry Terminal Reopens |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124144850/http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/hoboken-ferry-terminal-reopens-20111207-apx |archive-date=January 24, 2012 |date=December 7, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=December 7, 2011|title=Restored Hoboken Ferry Terminal Opens|url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/12/07/restored-hoboken-ferry-terminal-opens/|access-date=July 4, 2020|website=[[CBS New York]]}}</ref>

In 1973, the terminal building was added to the [[New Jersey Register of Historic Places]]<ref name="NJ/NRHP" /> and the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>[http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NJ/Hudson/state.html "New Jersey – Hudson County"]. [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed June 13, 2007.</ref> The PATH station's platforms were lengthened in 1987 to allow the station to accommodate eight-car trains.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1987-06-25|title='Longer' Waiting for PATH Riders|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-jersey-journal-longer-waiting-for/161330678/|access-date=2024-12-21|work=The Jersey Journal|pages=53}}</ref>

In 1990, the New Jersey Historic Preservation Bond Program gave a [[Grant (money)|grant]] of $400,000 towards repairs and restoration of the Terminal. In 1991, another grant of $300,000 was given. The money was used towards repairing the ferry terminal's roof and [[clerestory]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Hoboken Terminal |url=https://www.nj.gov/dca/njht/funded/sitedetails/hoboken_terminal.shtml |website=nj.gov |access-date=27 February 2023}}</ref>

In 1999, the [[New Jersey Devils]]' proposed to build an arena atop the Hoboken Terminal, which would be on the Hudson waterfront. The proposal never went through.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Smothers |first1=Ronald |title=Devils Owner Offers Plan For Arena In Hoboken |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/12/nyregion/devils-owner-offers-plan-for-arena-in-hoboken.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=29 June 2023 |date=12 March 1999}}</ref>

=== 21st century ===

On August 14, 2003, amid the [[Northeast blackout of 2003]], PATH and [[NJ Transit Rail Operations]] were unable to operate anywhere, including Hoboken Terminal. [[Commuting|Commuters]] from New Jersey used the [[NY Waterway]] ferry to Hoboken Terminal as an alternative, and passengers said it was so packed it caused concern.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kennedy |first1=Randy |title=The Blackout: The New York Region; A Comatose Transit System Awakens, Slowly |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/16/nyregion/the-blackout-the-new-york-region-a-comatose-transit-system-awakens-slowly.html |access-date=15 February 2023 |agency=The New York Times |date=16 August 2003}}</ref> Operations of PATH and NJ Transit trains resumed the morning of August 15 with the use of diesel trains.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4349/dot_4349_DS1.pdf|title=Effects of Catastrophic Events on Transportation Systems Management and Operations – August 2003 Blackout Great Lakes Region|last=Volpe|first=John|date=May 2004|website=U.S. Department of Transportation – National Transportation Library|publisher=United States Department of Transportation – Research and Special Programs Administration|page=46|access-date=July 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725033046/https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4349/dot_4349_DS1.pdf|archive-date=July 25, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Access to the Region's Core]] (ARC) was a proposed commuter-rail project to add new rail tunnels under the Hudson River, but the plan was canceled in 2010. In 2013, the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] passed a resolution supporting the extension of [[7 (New York City Subway service)|New York City Number 7 subway]] into [[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]] as a cheaper alternative to the proposed ARC tunnel.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ma |first1=Myles |title=7 things to know about the proposed No. 7 subway extension into Secaucus |url=https://www.nj.com/bergen/2014/09/study_into_no_7_subway_extension_to_secaucus_announced.html |website=nj.com |date=September 12, 2014 |access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Brenzel |first1=Kathryn |title=Committee green lights expansion of NYC subway to Hoboken |url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2013/11/no_7_expansion.html#incart_river_default |website=nj.com |date=November 26, 2013 |access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref> The plans never went through despite the idea being revived as possibly being a part of, or along with, the [[Gateway Program (Northeast Corridor)|Gateway Project]], which also proposes new tunnels, and bridges over the Hudson River.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McGeehan |first1=Patrick |title=A Subway Ride to New Jersey? It Could Happen, Officials Say |work=The New York Times |date=February 28, 2018 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/27/nyregion/subway-expand-new-jersey.html |access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hudson Tunnel Project |url=https://www.gatewayprogram.org/hudson-tunnel-project.html |website=gatewayprogram.org |access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref>

A renovation that lasted from 2005 to 2009 demolished and rebuilt walls to resemble their original appearance; the terminal's clock tower was rebuilt as well along with the original neon-lit Lackawanna sign.<ref name="Zeitlinger 2016">{{cite web|last=Zeitlinger|first=Ron|date=September 29, 2016|title=Historic Hoboken Terminal underwent $115 million renovation decade ago|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2016/09/historic_hoboken_terminal_underwent_115_million_re.html|access-date=July 4, 2020|website=nj}}</ref><ref name=AmericanRails />

The station was badly damaged during [[Effects of Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey|Hurricane Sandy]] on October 29, 2012. A {{convert|5|ft|m|adj=on}} storm surge inundated the facility; the water rose as high as {{convert|8|ft|m}} in the PATH tunnels. Daytime PATH service to midtown Manhattan was restored on December 19. The waiting room reopened in January 2013, while extensive repairs were still in progress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/01/iconic_hoboken_terminal_waitin.html|title=Sandy-battered iconic Hoboken Terminal waiting room to reopen Tuesday|work=NJ.com|date=January 26, 2013|last=Machcinski|first=Anthony J.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/Hoboken_PATH_station_weeks_from_reopening.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130232610/http://www.northjersey.com/news/Hoboken_PATH_station_weeks_from_reopening.html |archive-date=November 30, 2012|title=PATH train repairs to cost $300M, with Hoboken station staying closed 'for weeks' |publisher=NorthJersey.com |date=November 27, 2012 |access-date=October 2, 2013}}</ref> Pre-Sandy service patterns were gradually restored by March 1, 2013.<ref name="Newman 2013">{{cite web | last=Newman | first=Andy | title=PATH Trains to Resume 24-Hour Service | website=City Room | date=January 9, 2013 | url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/path-trains-to-resume-24-hour-service/ | access-date=April 30, 2018}}</ref><ref name="papr1737">{{cite web|title=PATH Trains to Resume 24-Hour Service Tonight|url=http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=1737|date=Jan 9, 2013|publisher=The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey|access-date=February 11, 2013|archive-date=May 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501082356/http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=1737|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Ferrer | first=Ana M. | title=24-hour PATH service to 33rd St. restored for Jersey City, Hoboken, Newark riders | website=NJ.com | date=January 10, 2013 | url=http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2013/01/24-hour_path_service_to_33rd_s.html | access-date=June 13, 2018}}</ref>

As of 2017, the station was the [[List of busiest railway stations in North America|ninth-busiest railway station in North America]].<ref name="Hoboken Patch">{{Cite news|last=Kiefer|first=Eric|date=February 21, 2018|url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/hoboken/how-many-riders-use-nj-transit-s-hoboken-train-station|title=How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?|work=Hoboken Patch|access-date=2018-07-18}}</ref><ref name="Ridershipfor2017">{{cite web|title=PATH Ridership Report|url=http://www.panynj.gov/path/pdf/2017-PATH-Monthly-Ridership-Report.pdf|date=2017|website=pathnynj.gov|publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey|access-date=January 28, 2018|archive-date=January 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129005046/http://www.panynj.gov/path/pdf/2017-PATH-Monthly-Ridership-Report.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On October 5, 2022, officials broke ground on Hoboken Connect, a projected five-year project to renovate the Terminal and its immediate vicinity. The plans call for erecting a 20-story commercial building at 5 and 23 Hudson Place and a 27-story, 389-unit residential building on Observer Highway.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Israel |first1=David |title=Plans For 27-Story Residential Building Advance In Hoboken |url=https://www.tapinto.net/towns/hoboken/sections/economic-development/articles/plans-for-27-story-residential-building-advance-in-hoboken |website=tapinto.net |access-date=18 December 2023}}</ref> Planned improvements to Warrington Plaza include movable seats and modular structures for public use. The ferry terminal will be renovated to add retail space and bicycle storage on the ground floor, while commercial space on its second floor will be constructed to house either transport functions, or tenants such as markets, eateries, or areas for arts and culture.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hudsonreporter.com/2022/10/05/officials-break-ground-on-hoboken-connect-redevelopment-project/|title=Officials break ground on Hoboken Connect redevelopment project|newspaper=[[The Hudson Reporter]]|author=Koosau, Mark|url-status=live|date=October 5, 2022|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=October 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006013735/https://hudsonreporter.com/2022/10/05/officials-break-ground-on-hoboken-connect-redevelopment-project/}}</ref> In March 2024, the NJ Transit board awarded a $211 million contract to Schiavone Construction for the construction of six tracks and three platforms, as well as a $2 million contract to Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak for trackwork.<ref name="Heinis 2024 o964">{{cite web | last=Heinis | first=John | title=NJ Transit board approves contracts for $213M upgrades at Hoboken Terminal | website=Hudson County View | date=March 13, 2024 | url=https://hudsoncountyview.com/nj-transit-board-approves-contracts-for-213m-upgrades-at-hoboken-terminal/ | access-date=March 15, 2024}}</ref> NJ Transit and LCOR agreed to a ground lease for the Hoboken Connect site in March 2024,<ref>{{cite web | last=Perry | first=Jessica | title=NJ Transit approval advances Hoboken Connect project | website=NJBIZ | date=March 13, 2024 | url=https://njbiz.com/nj-transit-approval-advances-hoboken-connect-project/ | access-date=June 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Burd | first=Joshua | title=NJ Transit: Ground lease with LCOR ‘sets the stage’ for Hoboken Connect groundbreaking – Real Estate NJ | website=Real Estate NJ – The Voice of New Jersey Commercial Real Estate | date=March 13, 2024 | url=https://re-nj.com/nj-transit-ground-lease-with-lcor-sets-the-stage-for-hoboken-connect-groundbreaking/ | access-date=June 3, 2024}}</ref> and work began that May.<ref>{{cite web | title=NJ Transit Greenlights Hoboken Connect Project | website=Hudson Reporter | date=May 18, 2024 | url=https://hudsonreporter.com/news/hoboken/nj-transit-approves-hoboken-connect-project/ | access-date=June 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=West | first=Teri | title=Massive Hoboken Connect project to transform historic terminal is underway. It only took 20 years. | website=nj | date=June 2, 2024 | url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2024/06/massive-hoboken-connect-project-to-transform-historic-terminal-is-underway-it-only-took-20-years.html?1717328744=true | access-date=June 3, 2024}}</ref>

In October 2024, the PANYNJ announced that the PATH station at Hoboken Terminal would be closed for most of February 2025 so the tracks, platforms, and four staircases could be replaced.<ref>{{cite web | title=Hoboken PATH station to close for 25 days in February for improvement project | website=News 12 - Default | date=October 31, 2024 | url=https://newjersey.news12.com/hoboken-path-station-to-close-for-25-days-in-february-for-improvement-project | access-date=November 1, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Hoboken PATH station to close for 25 days in February 2025 for construction | website=ABC7 New York | date=October 31, 2024 | url=https://abc7ny.com/post/hoboken-path-station-close-25-days-february-2025-construction/15493274/ | access-date=November 1, 2024}}</ref> The PATH station was closed from February 1 to February 25;<ref>{{cite web |date=February 24, 2025 |title=Hoboken PATH station is now closed for nearly a month. Here are travel alternatives |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/traffic/transit-traffic/hoboken-path-station-reopens-tuesday/6161477/ |access-date=March 2, 2025 |website=NBC New York}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Fan |first=Christina |date=February 25, 2025 |title=Hoboken PATH station reopens after weeks of renovations. Here's a look at the changes. |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/hoboken-path-station-reopens-after-renovations/ |access-date=March 2, 2025 |website=CBS New York}}</ref> the project cost $31 million.<ref>{{cite web |last=Higgs |first=Larry |date=February 24, 2025 |title=Hoboken PATH station set to reopen following $31M overhaul |url=https://www.nj.com/news/2025/02/hoboken-path-station-set-to-reopen-following-31m-overhaul.html |access-date=March 2, 2025 |website=nj}}</ref>

In April 2025, NJ Transit announced that an interim bus terminal would be built to allow rehabilitation of the existing bus terminal.<ref>{{cite web |title=NJ TRANSIT BREAKS GROUND ON INTERIM HOBOKEN BUS TERMINAL |url=https://www.njtransit.com/press-releases/nj-transit-breaks-ground-interim-hoboken-bus-terminal |website=njtransit.com |publisher=NJ Transit |access-date=9 April 2025}}</ref>

=== Accidents ===
In December 1985, an NJ Transit train crashed into the concrete bumper at Hoboken Terminal, injuring 54. The 1985 crash was said to have been caused by a lubricant that had been applied to the tracks to test train wheels.<ref name="newsday.com">{{Cite web|date=September 29, 2016|url=https://www.newsday.com/news/region-state/officials-train-crashes-into-hoboken-station-killing-1-injuring-108-1.12383826|title=Officials ID woman killed in train crash that hurt 114|website=Newsday|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160930033238/https://www.newsday.com/news/region-state/officials-train-crashes-into-hoboken-station-killing-1-injuring-108-1.12383826|archive-date=2016-09-30}}</ref>

In May 2011, a [[PATH (rail system)|PATH]] train crashed into a bumper block at Hoboken Terminal, injuring 34 people;<ref name="nytimes 20110509">{{cite news |last1=Cowan |first1=Alison Leigh |last2=Secret |first2=Mosi |title=Dozens Injured as Train Crashes in New Jersey |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/09/nyregion/dozens-injured-as-train-crashes-in-new-jersey.html |work=The New York Times |date=8 May 2011 }}</ref><ref name="abc20110508">{{cite news|last1=Matarese|first1=Jennifer|last2=Hosea|first2=Dan|date=May 8, 2011|url=https://abc7ny.com/archive/8118721/|title=PATH train crashes into platform at Hoboken Terminal|work=WABC|access-date=May 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510132422/http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news%2Flocal%2Fnew_jersey&id=8118721|archive-date=May 10, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey|the Port Authority]] said the train came in too fast.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McGeehan |first1=Patrick |last2=Rosenberg |first2=Eli |last3=Fitzsimmons |first3=Emma G. |title=Hoboken Train Crash Kills 1 and Injures Over 100 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/nyregion/new-jersey-transit-train-crash-hoboken.html |work=The New York Times |date=29 September 2016 }}</ref>

On the morning of September 29, 2016, an NJ Transit [[2016 Hoboken train crash|train crashed]] through a [[stopblock]] and into the concourse of the station, killing one person and injuring more than 110 people.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37503920|title=Hoboken train station crash: One dead and dozens hurt in New Jersey|work=BBC News|date=September 29, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/woman-killed-108-injured-after-train-crashes-into-hoboken-nj-station|title=At Least 1 Dead, More Than 100 Hurt After Train Crash At Hoboken, NJ Station|website=[[Fox News]]|date=September 29, 2016|access-date=September 29, 2016}}</ref> Tracks 10 through 17 were reopened on October 10, 2016, with most remaining tracks reopened a week later. The pedestrian concourse reopened on May 14, 2017. Track 6 reopened for service in June 2017 and Track 5 reopened for service sometime around September 2018.<ref>{{cite web|last=Moriarty|first=Thomas|date=May 14, 2017|title=Hoboken Terminal concourse reopened 7 months after fatal crash|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2017/05/hoboken_terminal_concourse_reopened_7_months_after.html|access-date=May 16, 2017|website=[[NJ.com]]|publisher=}}</ref> The planning for permanent repairs to the concourse roof and supports were ongoing during this time. Permanent repairs and renovations began in March 2019<ref>{{cite web|date=February 2019|title=Hoboken Terminal: Ceiling Repair & Renovation Work – Beginning March 2019|url=https://www.njtransit.com/sa/sa_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=ConstructionAdvisoryTo&AdvisoryId=4401|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216153115/https://www.njtransit.com/sa/sa_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=ConstructionAdvisoryTo&AdvisoryId=4401|archive-date=16 February 2019|access-date=February 15, 2019|website=njtransit.com|publisher=New Jersey Transit (Alerts and Advisories page)}}</ref> and were completed by the end of 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Higgs|first=Larry|date=2019-04-02|title=Repairs to start on last remaining damage from fatal Hoboken train crash|url=https://www.nj.com/traffic/2019/04/repairs-to-start-on-last-remaining-damage-from-fatal-hoboken-train-crash.html|access-date=2021-08-06|website=[[NJ.com]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Hoboken Terminal Repair|url=https://www.dmrconstruct.net/hoboken-terminal-repair|access-date=2021-08-06|website=DMR Construction|language=en}}</ref>