MTA Subway South Ferry loop (1) - 05
A look at the South Ferry loop station in lower Manhattan.
The South Ferry loop was opened to passengers in 1905. It was built at a time when IRT trains ran in much shorter configurations than they do in modern times, and as a result of the structure of the station and its immediate vicinity, could not undergo the extension process that many IRT stations did when longer trains started to run in service. As a result, only 5 cars could load passengers in the station at any given time, so all passengers wishing to disembark at this station had to be in the first 5 cars of the train. here were also gap fillers (small extendible platform segments) used to bridge the spaces between platform and middle door on the cars - the gap fillers retract via a proximity sensor that detects the car moving against the edge of the gap filler.
The loop station was found inadequate for service and was replaced on March 16, 2009, with a brand new conventional island platform station. This was severely damaged during Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, and as it was estimated that it would take several years to repair the station and its electronic equipment, it was decided to refurbish the loop and temporarily restore it for passenger service, thus marking one of the rare occasions when a closed station was reopened for passenger service.
MTA Subway South Ferry loop (1) - 05
A look at the South Ferry loop station in lower Manhattan.
The South Ferry loop was opened to passengers in 1905. It was built at a time when IRT trains ran in much shorter configurations than they do in modern times, and as a result of the structure of the station and its immediate vicinity, could not undergo the extension process that many IRT stations did when longer trains started to run in service. As a result, only 5 cars could load passengers in the station at any given time, so all passengers wishing to disembark at this station had to be in the first 5 cars of the train. here were also gap fillers (small extendible platform segments) used to bridge the spaces between platform and middle door on the cars - the gap fillers retract via a proximity sensor that detects the car moving against the edge of the gap filler.
The loop station was found inadequate for service and was replaced on March 16, 2009, with a brand new conventional island platform station. This was severely damaged during Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, and as it was estimated that it would take several years to repair the station and its electronic equipment, it was decided to refurbish the loop and temporarily restore it for passenger service, thus marking one of the rare occasions when a closed station was reopened for passenger service.