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By December 2008, the South Ferry subway station -- now a small, curved platform -- will become a brighter, ADA-accessible terminal. The new station will accommodate 10-car trains and have multiple station entrances, including escalators and elevators.
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*The following information was last updated on November 21, 2008.
Construction/finishing work for the new terminal through late December 2008
MTA is working with the Parks Dept. to landscape Peter Minuit Plaza, and with the city Dept. of Transportation to build the new bus loop outside Whitehall Ferry Terminal
Elevator and escalator installation for the new station is complete
Signal testing; train operator training for the new station
Final utility work Whitehall Street through winter 2008/09
For more information about this project, call the MTA's South Ferry hotline at (646) 252-2670, or visit its website at www.mta.info to submit questions via e-mail.
A ride on the 1 train down to the end of the line is a one-of-a-kind New York subway experience. To exit at the South Ferry station, riders must be in the first five cars of the train, where they wait for retractable floor grates to close the gap between the doors and the sharply curved platform before heading up the stairs to use the single station exit. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is committing $517 million to usher the original 1905 South Ferry station into the 21st century.
Work on South Ferry will take place while subways are operating, but because the MTA is building a new tunnel for it, commuters should not experience weekday service interruptions or delays. The MTA will work on the new station at least five days a week and plans to limit train diversions to nights and weekends. For the very latest on subway diversions, visit LowerManahattan.info's Alerts section or www.mta.info, or call 311.
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