http://www.railfanwindow.com/blog/2009/11/cortlandt-st-bmt-subway-station-uptown-side-to-reopen-wednesday-november-25-2009/ writing TRANSPORTATION related posts, one at a time Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:45:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.railfanwindow.com/blog/2009/11/cortlandt-st-bmt-subway-station-uptown-side-to-reopen-wednesday-november-25-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-871 Newkirk Plaza David Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:51:44 +0000 http://www.railfanwindow.com/blog/?p=1038#comment-871 The station was closed for waaay too long but the last six to seven NYC subway maps issued to the public show BOTH sides open - - even the list of accessible stations show Cortlandt Street - - Downtown only. The station was closed for waaay too long but the last six to seven NYC subway maps issued to the public show BOTH sides open – - even the list of accessible stations show Cortlandt Street – - Downtown only.

]]> http://www.railfanwindow.com/blog/2009/11/cortlandt-st-bmt-subway-station-uptown-side-to-reopen-wednesday-november-25-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-852 bob Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:12:58 +0000 http://www.railfanwindow.com/blog/?p=1038#comment-852 The station was closed quite a long time, but if you saw the construction done you would understand why. (I did, on a tour.) Literally a level was built beneath the existing station. What was sitting on ground is now the 2nd level. That's not easy to do. It's a pretty impressive piece of construction. But for some reason the MTA prefers to keep their successes a secret and only let the failures get pubicized. The station was closed quite a long time, but if you saw the construction done you would understand why. (I did, on a tour.) Literally a level was built beneath the existing station. What was sitting on ground is now the 2nd level. That’s not easy to do. It’s a pretty impressive piece of construction. But for some reason the MTA prefers to keep their successes a secret and only let the failures get pubicized.

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