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The World Trade Center Transportation Hub will restore and greatly enhance the level of services that existed prior to September 11, 2001.

Comparable in size to Grand Central Station, the new hub will serve more than 200,000 daily commuters, along with millions of annual visitors to the World Trade Center and Memorial. The Hub will feature advanced signal systems, state-of-the-art fare collection equipment, and climate-controlled platforms and mezzanines with superior lighting and finishes.

The Hub’s new concourse will connect commuters and visitors to transit connections, unsurpassed retail opportunities and other destinations, including the World Financial Center and Winter Garden.

Designed by internationally acclaimed architect Santiago Calatrava, the Hub’s design will seamlessly fuse state-of-the-art transportation and retail facilities in a design destined to become iconic.

 

WTC Transportation Hub Construction Status

  • Installed 54 Santiago Calatrava-designed arches to form Hub Connector.
  • Removed over 10,000 cubic yards of soil to build the Route 9A Tunnel.
  • Approximately 60,000 tons of soil, concrete and steel removed from the East Bathtub to allow foundation work to begin on the Transit Hall.
  • Installed the first two Calatrava back spans and the first sections of the two plate girders for the PATH Hall
  • Tutor Perini is excavating the third level (approximately 60’ below grade) of the top-down construction
  • Poured the first two super column footings

WTC Transportation Hub Facts

  • 800,000 square feet -- 3rd largest Transportation Hub in NYC.
  • 500,000 square feet of first-class retail, larger than the retail in the AOL Time Warner Center.
  • Hub will serve 250,000 pedestrians a day, millions of annual visitors.
  • Advanced signal systems, state-of-the-art fare-collection equipment.
  • Climate-controlled passenger platforms.
  • Indoor pedestrian access to World Financial Center, PATH and NYC Subways.
  • Supported by 900 tons of steel.

A Roadmap Forward

Read The Port Authority's candid report on the path ahead at the new World Trade Center.

Download the report (PDF)