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=== 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 β 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>
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