World Trade Center (PATH station)

World Trade Center
The WTC Transportation Hub in September 2016
Location	World Trade Center New York City, NY, United States
Coordinates	40°42′42″N 74°00′38″W / 40.711787°N 74.010525°W / 40.711787; -74.010525Coordinates: 40°42′42″N 74°00′38″W / 40.711787°N 74.010525°W / 40.711787; -74.010525
Owned by	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Line(s)	NWK–WTC   HOB–WTC
Platforms	4 island platforms
Tracks	5
Connections	New York City Subway: at Park Place at Chambers Street – World Trade Center at Cortlandt Street NYCT Bus: M5
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1903, 2016 (as WTC transportation hub)
Rebuilt	1971, 2003 (temporary station)
Electrified	600V (DC) Third Rail
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	13,929,547  15.6%
Services
Preceding station   PATH   Following station   Regular service   Exchange Place toward Newark NWK–WTC Terminus   Weekdays only   Exchange Place toward Hoboken HOB–WTC Terminus

World Trade Center is a terminal station in Lower Manhattan for PATH rail service. It was originally opened on July 19, 1909, as Hudson Terminal, but was torn down, rebuilt as World Trade Center, and re-opened on July 6, 1971. Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, a temporary station opened in 2003. This station serves as the terminus for the Newark–World Trade Center and Hoboken–World Trade Center routes. The main station house, the Oculus, opened on March 4, 2016, and the terminal was renamed the World Trade Center Transportation Hub, or World Trade Center for short.

The station currently has six tracks and four island platforms in a basement four stories underground. The new Platform A, next to tracks 1 and 2, opened as part of the Transportation Hub on February 25, 2014. Platform B between tracks 2 and 3 opened on May 7, 2015. The other two platforms opened on September 8, 2016.

The current station has a temporary entrance that has been open since the temporary station entered in November 2003. With the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site, the entrances and size of the temporary station have changed over time. The most current entrance to the station is located at Vesey Street, facing Greenwich Street and adjacent to 7 World Trade Center. The temporary entrance is a one-story building on the south side of Vesey Street with a Hudson News outlet and escalators extending into a lower level mezzanine. A connection to Brookfield Place was made available since October 27, 2013, through a permanent passageway known as the West Concourse. On August 16, 2016, the Westfield World Trade Center entrance opened.

Hudson Terminal was built by the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad at the turn of the twentieth century and was located between Greenwich, Cortlandt, Church, and Fulton Streets. The Hudson Terminal included two 22-story office buildings located above the station.