Manhattan subway station destroyed on 9/11 reopens to cheers

Manhattan subway station destroyed on 9/11 reopens to cheers 17 years after World Trade Center attack

• Original Cortlandt Street station on the No. 1 line was destroyed in WTC attack
• Station reopened at noon on Saturday nearly 17 years after September 11, 2001
• Subway stop has been renamed WTC Cortlandt in homage to connection to site

By Keith Griffith For Dailymail.com and Associated Press

Published: 23:13 BST, 8 September 2018 | Updated: 23:22 BST, 8 September 2018

A New York City subway station has reopened for the first time since it was destroyed in the World Trade Center attack 17 years ago.

Cheers erupted as the first train rolled into the newly renamed WTC Cortlandt station at noon Saturday, marking completion of the final major piece of reconstruction after the attack.

The old Cortlandt Street station on the subway system’s No. 1 line was buried under the rubble of the twin towers on September 11, 2001. 

Rubble is seen in the old Cortlandt Street station in the aftermath of the 9/11 attack

Transit officials participate in the ribbon cutting of the rebuilt subway station on Saturday

The newly rebuild station is seen on Saturday, when it reopened 17 years after the 9/11 attack

Construction of the new station was delayed until the rebuilding of the surrounding towers was well under way.

The Metropolitan Transit Authority, which completed the station’s reconstruction, did not take possession of the site until 2015.

Before that it was under the control of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, while the Port Authority completed other nearby transit hub construction.

Officials look on as the first train pulls into the new WTC Cortlandt station on Saturday

New York City Transit Authority Andy Byford (right) greets the train operator after the first train in 17 years stops at the newly reconstructed station on Saturday

The new station features a relief carving with  words from the Declaration of Independence

On Saturday morning, WTC Cortlandt reappeared on online maps of the New York subway system after many years of no stop appearing between Chambers and Rector on the No. 1 line.

The new station cost $181 million to rebuild and features a relief carving that uses words from the Declaration of Independence.

On Saturday morning, WTC Cortlandt (circled) reappeared on maps of the NYC subway system

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