World Trade Center - Vision

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

• All nine pieces of the Vierendeel Truss, which will support the roof of the Hub’s mezzanine level, were installed. The largest of the pieces is 50 tons, and all nine pieces weigh a cumulative 271 tons.
• 310 pieces of steel that make up the PATH Hall roof have been installed, some weighing more than 100 tons each. Over 11,000 tons of permanent steel have been erected for the PATH Station.
• The load transfer for the PATH hall from the temporary to the permanent structure has been successfully completed. In total, over 22,000 tons were transferred or over 4,000,000 pounds.
• Tutor Perini has completed removal of all temporary minipiles under the #1 subway line.
• Structural steel continues and metal decking continue to be erected in Area 3 – the Oculus. Currently, over 900 pieces of steel have been installed.

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.