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The new $530 million South Ferry subway terminal is opening today, after years, and more recently months, of delays. The station's new platform will allow all ten subway cars' doors to open (before only five could open on the short platform). The AP reports, "Governor David Paterson and other officials are scheduled to attend Monday's ribbon-cutting ceremony." It is also the first new station in 20 years and has some beautiful elements, like a topographic mosaic map of NYC. Photo: Ben Yankee on Flickr
New South Ferry Subway Station (Finally) Opening Today
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Does that mean when I tool the ferry in this morning that was the last time I'll ever see that old subway station? HOORAY!
Awesome. Can't wait to see this.
I'm excited. It better be worth a $103 Metrocard.
At that rate it would cost about $250 billion to refresh every subway station.
$500 million to serve ONE stop on ONE subway. Totally worth it. Why does the MTA have no money? I dont understand.
They actually built a new station which required new tunneling and digging and such, it was not just renovation of the old station. The shady part is not the cost, but the fact that they used 9/11 money to do it.
not to mention all the old stone walls they unearthed under the battery dating back to the 18th century.
When I saw on the news that 1 trains were delayed this morning due to (inevitable) mechanical problems, I took the R/W from 57th Street instead to Whitehall which still took me almost 50 minutes as the W train I got on stopped at Canal (WTF?!?!) for some strange reason. Ya just can't win with the MTA, I tell ya!
I was there, I became a Subway Geek today.
http://whatyourdonotknowbecauseyouarenotme.blogspot.com/2009/03/today-i-became-subway-geek.html
Weren't the Early-to-mid '00s great?