FOLLOW-UP REPORT

Following a station fire that we first told you about on Wednesday afternoon, PATH train service connecting New York to New Jersey has been suspended for the evening.

The PATH Alerts issued this advisory at just after 4pm on Wednesday:

"PATH TRAIN SERVICE SUSPENDED TONIGHT ON 33RD STREET LINES PATH service between 33rd Street and the Journal Square and Hoboken stations will be suspended in both directions through this evening due to signal and power cable damage caused by a small manhole fire east of Christopher Street Station. There were no injuries. PATH stations at 33rd Street, 23rd Street, 14th Street, 9th Street and Christopher Street stations will be closed this evening. PATH will operate regular service on its Newark to World Trade Center and Hoboken to World Trade Center lines, and also will operate between Journal Square and Hoboken stations. NJ Transit will cross-honor PATH tickets at Penn Station New York and Penn Station Newark. PATH passengers also can use the New York City subway system to pick up PATH service at the World Trade Center Station. An update on when the system will resume normal operations will be provided as soon as possible."

This story is developing, and we will keep you posted as further updates are made available.

UPDATE: 5/1/2008 6:06:40 AM PATH PASSENGER ADVISORY: The earlier power problem at Christopher Street has been corrected. All train service between Journal Square and 33rd Street and Hoboken and 33rd Street is resuming normal service.