Comments on: Northbound Cortlandt St. platform reopens today

By: E. Aron

E. Aron — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:36:24 +0000

What, you didn’t think they could reopen a station within 10 years, did you?

By: Benjamin Kabak

Benjamin Kabak — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:38:44 +0000

Right. The work on the northbound side relates to Fulton St. while the southbound work relates to the PATH/Calatrava station and the ongoing work on the Freedom Tower (or whatever its name is now).

By: Marc Shepherd

Marc Shepherd — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:37:19 +0000

The work adjacent to the northbound side pertains to the transit hub and other underground infrastructure that needs to be built now, while the site is still an empty hole.

By: Benjamin Kabak

Benjamin Kabak — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:34:36 +0000

I don’t know the specific details of it but due to Port Authority work, as I said, the southbound station will be closed until 2011. Plus, the station is in the midst of a renovation. The MTA can’t just decide to reopen it. When it’s ready and the work is through, they’ll reopen it.

By: Jerrold

Jerrold — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:32:09 +0000

I thought that the WTC work in question WAS the proposed towers along Church St. It now looks like they will not be built anytime soon, maybe never.
As for the Calatrava station, which includes the permanent PATH terminal, isn’t it far enough to the west as to not get in the way of reopening the southbound Cortlandt St. platform?

By: A-W

A-W — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:19:36 +0000

Any re-opening, no matter how delayed is welcome. Thanks for the early Christmas present, MTA!

By: Benjamin Kabak

Benjamin Kabak — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:06:25 +0000

The Southbound platform is still closed because of work the Port Authority is doing on the WTC site and the PATH hub they’re building. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with the towers along Church St. Furthermore, the station is in no shope to reopen any time soon. It’s a mess.

By: rhywun

rhywun — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:57:49 +0000

I’m totally gonna see how this affects my commute next Monday. Too bad it’s only in one direction

By: Jerrold

Jerrold — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:23:36 +0000

It seems that the planned towers along Church St. are indefinitely delayed because of the recession.
Therefore, if they had any sense, they would reopen the southbound platform, and also reopen the sidewalk on the west side of Church St., which was reconstructed and then closed off again.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:23:07 +0000

Why only northbound?