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(The following appeared on the Newark Star-Ledger website on February 17, 2011.)

NEWARK, N.J. — Ridership on PATH trains was up 2.3 percent in 2010, an increase hailed as a sign of the region’s improving economy.

The 73.9 million trips taken on the Port Authority Trans-Hudson commuter rail last year was 1.6 million more than in 2009, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey reported today. PATH trains link Newark, Harrison, Jersey City and Hoboken to several stops in Manhattan between the World Trade Center and West 33rd Street.

The full story appears at www.nj.com.