The Cortlandt Street subway station, which was seriously damaged on 9/11 and has been closed intermittently over the past decade, will finally reopen in its entirety five days before the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
The R-line station’s southbound service — out of commission since 2005 — will be open for business Sept. 6.
Currently, R-train riders can use only the northbound platform.
“We’re getting it open on Sept. 6,” said Michael Attardo, the vice president of operations at Skansa USA, the construction company that spearheaded the difficult repairs.
The grand reopening couldn’t come at a better time: The nearby 9/11 Memorial will open its doors on Sept. 12, drawing some 10,000 visitors a day.
President Obama will be in town for the anniversary.
The station shut down for a year in 2001 after being damaged in the Sept. 11 attacks, and again in 2005 to connect it to the $1.4 billion Fulton Street Transit Center.
The other Cortlandt Street station, on the 1 line, remains closed.
Also yesterday, some 200 concrete workers stopped work at the World Trade Center for the second day in a row to protest the lack of a contract.