the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad (DL&W). 20th century The rail and ferry terminal buildings were constructed in 1907 by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. The following year, the railroad opened the second parallel tunnel. Both tunnels are still used by NJ Transit. 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. The rail and ferry 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. 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 phones. In 1942, the clock tower of the terminal was removed to reclaim the copper to use it in World War II. After the war, Hoboken suffered another blow when the cars and planes rose to prominence. Amtrak started operating in 1971, and by then intercity services by the then merged Erie and DL&W railroads stopped operating out of Hoboken. The final train between Hoboken and Chicago departed the night of January 5th, 1970, and arrived January 6th in Chicago's Dearborn Station marking the end of train service between New York and Chicago. The terminal has always been a commuter station despite the failing industry through the 1970s and 1980s which saved it from the possibility of demolition. Another thing that kept the Hoboken Terminal as well as the Grand Central Terminal from the possibility of demolition is the razing of the nearby Pennsylvania Station in 1963, which was replaced by the Madison Square Garden, and a new Penn Station below ground level. The Pennsylvania Railroad who owned the station did this as a last ditch effort to avoid bankruptcy. Numerous streetcar lines (eventually owned and operated by the Public Service Railway), including the Hoboken Inclined Cable Railway, originated and terminated at the station until bustitution was completed on August 7, 1949. 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 (New York Central), Pavonia (Erie Railroad), and Exchange Place (Pennsylvania Railroad) were demolished in the 1960s, while the one in Jersey