The New York & New Jersey Subway Map proposes more prominently displaying ‘New York’s second subway”–PATH to New Jersey–on the NYC Subway map, for a better map of transit in the NY & NJ urban core. There’s a precedent for this idea: subway maps in New York City have a long history of including the Hudson Waterfront and subway connections between New York and New Jersey.
Although the Hudson & Manhattan railroad (the precursor to PATH) was still under construction and revenue service wouldn’t begin until 1908, the 1906 Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) map showed the New Jersey waterfront, with Hoboken and Jersey City labeled, and ferry routes connecting NY & NJ:
After the IRT, BMT, and Independent Subway System (IND) were consolidated into a single system, the 1944 NYC Board of Transportation map included the Jersey City waterfront, H&M lines labeled “Hudson Tubes (to Newark)”, stations in Manhattan, and Exchange Place station in New Jersey: Continues…