Mass transit station reconstruction at World Trade Center, 2003

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

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News December 2003

MASS TRANSIT

/11 -Damaged Rail IIO Som Temporarily Rebuilt line and stations between New Jersey and World Trade Center signal area’s rebirth 7

‘.Hi hr Nov. 23 resumption of train service from New Jer- That modification was considered more than 20 years ago but ruled out because H sey into New York City’s former World Trade Cen- of the co.st and required service lapse, say H ter site after a $566-million overhaul of stations and officials of the Port Autliority of New York and New’Jersey, which runs PA'I'I I. .track damaged on Sept. 11, 2001, marks a crucial The reconstruction was funded by the fo milestone in lower Manhattan’s renaissance. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, Port Autliority and insurance. project’s centerpiece is a $323-niillion “temporary” The Port Authority spent $106 mil- station for thePort Authority Trans-Hud- debuted five months after the reopening hon restoring 1-mile-long tunnels below son (PATII) line in New York City that of the Exchange Place station across the the river that suffered major flood dam­ will serve as a no-frills stand-in for the $2- Hudson River in Jersey City', N.J. That age after the 9/11 terror attacks. “Tunnels billion downtown transportation mega- station undenvent $1.17 million of work, were flooded up to roof height,’’ says Lou center to come by the end of the decade. I including the llO-ft extension of plat- .Menno, a manager of die Port AuAori- The station opened a month early and I forms to accommodate 10-car trains. ty’s priority capita! program. Water from seepage and firefighting also lorWTr l« *..... 1 e destroyed many of the foO

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* ill r ITS) rerouted from Exchange Place to another Manhattan PATH .station. Track, electrical equip­ G I ment and ducts were replaced -vl and the Port Authority spent 4 more than S16 million on nev track signals and S2 million on a new computer-run switch­ 5> ing center that replaces the old relay system. z...-akw i It took weeks after 9/11 w A Rebirth. Temporary PATH station at World Trade Center was opened after $323-million reconstruction. pump out the water, says Tbii 10 ■ ENR ■ December 1. 2003 r

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