IRT Cortlandt St station reopens

[Kilo Echo]

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.

[Head-end View]

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

[andrewjw]

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.

[JamesRR]

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.

[GirlOnTheTrain]

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

[Head-end View]

I was there today. Station looks very good.

[GirlOnTheTrain]

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.

[Backshophoss]

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.

[R36 Combine Coach]

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.

[chuchubob]

Photos of World Trade Center/Cortlandt St station last Sunday