NYC Transit Immediately After 9/11
#21
Posted 15 September 2006 - 07:44 PM
Take care and take trains!
#22
Posted 10 September 2011 - 07:59 PM
Take care and take trains!
#23
Posted 10 September 2011 - 08:00 PM
Two good things that did come out of this disaster are currently under way in downtown Manhattan. The first is a new station that is being built at South Ferry for the #1 line. The new station will allow all 10 cars on the train to actually platform. Currently only 5 cars actually open their doors at South Ferry. The second and much more important, is the work now under way that will eventually create one massive underground complex that will allow people to easily transfer between every subway line that runs in southern Manhattan, as well as the PATH trains, without ever needing to step outside or pay an additional fare other than the transfer to/from PATH.
And just to update things a bit, the new South Ferry station is now open and in daily use. Additionally, a connection between the new South Ferry station and the Whitehall station on the Broadway line was built, permitting both a transfer between these lines that did not exist 10 years ago and getting those riding the B'way line closer to the Ferry Terminal via underground passageways. This is a huge benefit on days with bad weather.
The other major project, that is the downtown transfer center, is still currently under construction. Some new connections are now in place, but they still have a ways to go with this, but already riders are benefiting from the new connections. One major section was just reopened this weekend right in time for the anniversary, that being the downtown Cortland Street stop on the B’way line
Take care and take trains!
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