Fulton Street Transit Center
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| Services | 2  (all times)3  (all except late nights)4 (all times)5 (all except late nights)A (all times)C (all except late nights)E (all times)J  (weekdays only)M  (rush hours until 7:30 p.m.)Z  (rush hours, peak direction)N  (late nights)R (all except late nights)W (weekdays until 9:30 p.m.) |
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The Fulton Street Transit Center is a $750 million project, currently in progress in New York City, USA, that will improve access to and connections between 12 MTA subway services stopping at Manhattan's Fulton Street, PATH service and the World Trade Center station in Lower Manhattan. Construction began in 2005 and is now scheduled to be finished in 2009. Stations served by the 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, E, J, M, Z, R, and W services will be rehabilitated and connected via an east-west underground passageway. A high-visibility Transit Center will be constructed, with entrances on Broadway between Fulton Street and John Street. The station will be handicapped accessible.
Since 2005, the complex has been under reconstruction as part of the Fulton Street Transit Center project, a $750 million project that will improve pedestrian access and connections. In addition to work on the four linked stations, including a large entrance building at Broadway and Fulton Street, the Dey Street Passageway is being built outside fare control[1] to connect to the Cortlandt Street (BMT Broadway Line) station, and a passageway inside fare control will connect that station with the World Trade Center (IND Eighth Avenue Line) station. Construction is scheduled to be finished in 2009.
The major construction activities of the project include the following:
- The Fulton Street station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line will be rehabilitated.
- The Fulton Street station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line will be rehabilitated, and will have a new entrance at the corner of Broadway and Maiden Lane.
- The mezzanine serving the Broadway–Nassau Street station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line, which currently consists of several ramps on either side of Nassau Street, will be straightened.
- A new station building will be constructed along the east side of Broadway, between Fulton and John Streets. The new station will incorporate the landmark Corbin Building at the corner of Broadway and John Street.
- A new passageway, Dey Street Passageway (outside of the fare control[1]) will be built under Dey Street, connecting the Fulton Street/Broadway–Nassau Street station complex to the Cortlandt Street station on the BMT Broadway Line.
- A new connection will provide a free transfer between the Cortlandt Street station on the BMT Broadway Line and the World Trade Center station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line.
- A new entrance building will be constructed on the southwest corner of Broadway and Dey Street, providing direct access to the Dey Street passageway.
- The entire complex will be made ADA compliant.
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[edit] Construction progress
The project has had several delays, with the completion date delayed from 2007 to 2010. There have also been several design cutbacks. The free transfer from the Cortlandt Street and World Trade Center stations had been dropped from the plans, but was later restored using MTA funds; the passageway underneath Dey Street has been narrowed from 40 feet to 29 feet; and the design of the entrance facility on the east side of Broadway was simplified.
On June 27, 2006, the New York Times reported that the project had been running $45 million over a $799 million budget, but that the project design will not be further curtailed. The Times had reported on June 2, 2006, that the overrun was due to the cost of relocating 148 business and acquiring properties along Broadway where the new station building will be located.
On January 28, 2008 the MTA revised its costs and estimate of completion and indicated the project is likely not to include the domed structure which had been planned, or any substantial above-ground structure. The revised cost of the below-ground work is now $910 million and it is expected to be completed in 2010. It also announced a 30-day review of plans for the above-ground structure. [2]
[edit] Stations
The Fulton Street Transit Center will connect a total of six subway stations, providing a total of twelve services:
- Fulton Street on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
- Fulton Street on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line
- Broadway–Nassau Street on the IND Eighth Avenue Line
- World Trade Center on the IND Eighth Avenue Line
- Fulton Street on the BMT Nassau Street Line
- Cortlandt Street on the BMT Broadway Line
[edit] References
- Over Budget, Fulton Street Transit Hub Faces a Redesign (New York Times, May 23, 2006)
- Shops Near Planned Transit Hub Face Eviction (New York Times, June 2, 2006)
- Fulton Street Transit Center Plan Stands (New York Times, June 27, 2006)
[edit] External links
- MTA Fulton Street Transit Center page
- New York Times animated graphic of layout
- nycsubway.org — IRT East Side Line: Fulton Street
- nycsubway.org — IRT West Side Line: Fulton Street
- nycsubway.org — BMT Nassau St./Jamaica Line: Fulton Street
- nycsubway.org — IND 8th Avenue: Broadway/Nassau Street
- Station Reporter — Broadway Nassau/Fulton Street Complex
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