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Re: Well, this is interesting... (Re: South Ferry (1) Train Station Fix Could Take Up To 3 YEARS!!!) |
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Posted by Michael549 on Fri Feb 8 20:37:27 2013, in response to Re: Well, this is interesting... (Re: South Ferry (1) Train Station Fix Could Take Up To 3 YEARS!!!), posted by Dyre Dan on Fri Feb 8 18:00:13 2013. The main entrance of the Whitehall Street station of the R-train is open, that is the entrance nearest to the Ferry Terminal. This entrance was a part of the original Whitehall Street station, and retains two original side staircases near the One New York office building. As well as nearby MetroCard vending machines. Where the old station agent booth for the BMT station used to be, there are/were electronic signage, additional MetroCard machines, etc. The walls retain the original tile from the station's construction in the 1920's.In front of the Whitehall Ferry terminal is a glass-topped new entrance to the Whitehall Street-South Ferry subway station. This entrance used a part of the original BMT passageway that was closer to the ferry terminal. This passageway has been rebuilt/ demolished/constructed to be the "bridge passageway" between the two stations, and the new glass-topped entrance to the station complex that opened in 2009. This entrance contained the new escalators, elevators, a new station agent booth as well as electronic turnstyles-signage equipment for the new #1 terminal. Much of this equipment was damaged by Hurricane Sandy. This section also contained the new stairways to the #1 platform, as well as escalators, and elevators to/form the platform. There was a dispatcher's office with electronic equipment, electronic signages, and other station furniture along the platform - all damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. Right now all of the features or parts of the station that directly connected to the #1 portion of the station complex has been closed off by blue wooden plank walls. If is as if the station complex has been returned to its days of only serving the R-train. Mike |
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