IRT Cortlandt St station reopens

Trains on the 1 line are stopping again at Cortlandt Street in Lower Manhattan.

From The New York Times: Cortlandt Street Station, Damaged on Sept. 11, Reopens 17 Years Later.

Well that only took seventeen years............

During which the entire site was excavated, the temporary PATH station built and through 1 service restored, the bathtub rebuilt, the Oculus and PATH WTC station built, and finally rebuilt the 1 station - all while service was running. A significant endeavor, especially given the bureaucracy of the Port Authority and MTA which was admittedly a factor.

andrewjw wrote:During which the entire site was excavated, the temporary PATH station built and through 1 service restored, the bathtub rebuilt, the Oculus and PATH WTC station built, and finally rebuilt the 1 station - all while service was running. A significant endeavor, especially given the bureaucracy of the Port Authority and MTA which was admittedly a factor.

Indeed. IIRC, even after rebuilding the tunnel (very quickly) they had to excavate underneath it, requiring a complex series of pylons and cross beams to hold up the tunnel, which eventually was hollowed out underneath. A massive feat.

Port Authority didn't even release the site to the MTA for their construction until 2015.

I was there today. Station looks very good.

Have they finished the half-assed job on the uptown platform yet?

I was there last week, very little of the tiling was done, all that wording on the uptown side is wallpaper, it's supposed to be tiled like the downtown side.

Watched a You tube vid tour of Cortland st on the #1 side of that station complex,other than getting a bit "seasick",seems like there at "punch List"
level of finish. Still it was a nightmare like project to rebuild that part of the IRT from the ruins of WTC destruction on 9/11.

The north and south ends of the new station have the traditional Dual Contracts ca. 1915-1918 look, being built on the 2002 tunnel box and station shell (cut-and-cover tunnel), however the raised pillarless ceiling in the center was a later change in plans, possibly an afterthought.

Photos of World Trade Center/Cortlandt St station last Sunday