NEW YORK- World’s costliest train station has been opened in New York, the project exceeding the budget from &1.85 billion and is one year behind the program.
The station is designed by European architect who called it a ‘gift of love to the city’. The World Trade Center Transportation Hub, which is anticipated ultimately to serve more than 200,000 commuters daily, is erected next to the site of the Twin Towers, which were destroyed in the attacks of September 11, 2001.
Santiago Calatrava, the Spanish-Swiss architect who revealed his ambitious design 12 years ago, removed a barrier at the entrance of the Oculus, a giant oval hall with walls of steel ribs and glass.
“This is a great moment. This is a gift for all New Yorkers,” he commented on the opening to rail commuters.
“I hope the New Yorkers embrace it like we do and that they see the message of love to them,” he added.
The building has become a major source of controversy — for its daring aesthetic, for spiraling drastically off budget and for closing seven years behind schedule.
Intially budgeted at $2 billion, it ended up costing $3.85 billion, according to a spokesperson in Calatrava’s office. That would make it the most expensive station in the world.
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