. Electric railway journal . ft. 9 in.,and rise to the railroad station concourse. Two elevatorsof similar size and capacity have a lift of 63 ft. 7 in., andcarry passengers to the street entrances. The tunnels turnnorthward just beyond the Pennsylvania station, but theNewark extension tubes have been driven straight west fora short distance, and tracks have been laid in them. Theseshort stub tracks will provide storage and switching spacefor the temporary shuttle service between Jersey City andNew York pending the opening of the Jersey City tunnelsnorth to Hoboken. They will be used for stora
. Electric railway journal . ft. 9 in.,and rise to the railroad station concourse. Two elevatorsof similar size and capacity have a lift of 63 ft. 7 in., andcarry passengers to the street entrances. The tunnels turnnorthward just beyond the Pennsylvania station, but theNewark extension tubes have been driven straight west fora short distance, and tracks have been laid in them. Theseshort stub tracks will provide storage and switching spacefor the temporary shuttle service between Jersey City andNew York pending the opening of the Jersey City tunnelsnorth to Hoboken. They will be used for storage purposesonly until the Newark extension is completed. The two tubes under the river diverge after leaving thePennsylvania station in Jersey City. The inbound tuberuns up under Cortlandt Street, while the outbound tuberuns under Fulton Street, two blocks north. The two tubesare connected on the New York end by the five loop tracksin the terminal station. TERMINAL STATION The new terminal station occupies three floors below. Hudson Terminal—Concourse Level, Showing Stairways Leading to Train Platforms Below section, that under the Erie Railroad terminal. This stationhas exits and entrances from the street as well as from theconcourse of the railroad station above. The station underthe Pennsylvania Railroad terminal also has exits and en-trances on the street and from the concourse of the station. ground of the enormous Hudson Terminal Buildings, front-ing on Church Street and extending from Fulton Street toCortlandt Street. These twin buildings, which are separatedby Dey Street, are the largest office buildings in the have a frontage on Church Street of 400 ft., a depth 104 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXIV. No. 3. of 175 ft., and rise 22 stories above ground. They containnearly 25 acres of floor space. There are four main entrances and exits from the stationconcourse, which occupies the first level below the the concourse was planned to have two
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