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Posted by Gold_12th on Thu Jan 17 23:52:27 2013, in response to South Ferry (1) Train Station Fix Could Take Up To 3 YEARS!!!, posted by Gold_12th on Thu Jan 17 23:50:37 2013. Don’t expect trains to run to the South Ferry Station in Lower Manhattan anytime soon. Officials say it could be a year or more before the storm Sandy -ravaged station — the end of the 1 line — is running again. The station is a vital daily link for almost 30,000 Staten Island ferry commuters switching to the New York subway system.The station remains as the pumped-out storm waters left it — broken off bits of tile, debris, and glass covering platforms, overturned chairs and computer monitors in moldy workers’ offices, even a service alert flyer from the days before the storm lying randomly on the platform, where the waters washed it up. The flyer attempted to reassure: “After the storm, our goal is to restore as much service as possible after assessing the storm’s impact to critical infrastructure.” That impact was greater than anyone anticipated. The storm flooded the station with 14.7 million gallons of brackish that rose 80 feet up from the train beds and completely engulfed tracks, platforms, signs, and escalators. And most critically, says Wynton Habersham, Chief Electrical Officer in charge of signals and power for NYC Transit, the relatively brand new signalling room was inundated with saltwater: live wires hardened, signals corroded, and even electronic track-moving equipment was rendered unusable. “It’s like just taking your computer and dipping it in saltwater,” Habersham says. Habersham says crews tried to clean off the signals, but the corrosion reappeared, and the supplier advised junking them. Four such relay rooms, out of some two-hundred systemwide, were submerged and rendered useless by Sandy. Rebuilding the brand new South Ferry station, opened only three years ago after a laborious expansion using 9/11 recovery money, will cost $600 million. Habersham says no construction will take place until the MTA can figure out how to defend the station from future storms. Possible fixes include installing a horizontal barrier over the station’s entrance, raising the signal room, and protecting components from saltwater. MTA officials say no one is comtemplating not rebuilding the station, which is normally used by 30,000 of the 70,000 people who ride the Staten Island Ferry on a weekday. ---http://transportationnation.org/2013/01/17/south-ferry-station-closed-for-forseeable-future/ |
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