Tomorrow at 5 a.m., the sparkling and expansive new Fulton Center subway hub will finally open to the public. The 
celebrated the opening of the $1.4 billion transit complex today with officials and media mingling in the glass and steel shell, now the biggest transit hub in NYC. "The center is an important symbol for New York in so many ways," said MTA chief executive Thomas Prendergast.
The Fulton Center, which has been in the works since 2002 and nearly in danger of nothing happening, will accommodate up to 300,000 straphangers every day, finally connecting the 
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lines in a more seamless way than the old, patched-together transfers that were repeatedly referred to as "dark" and "confusing." Eventually, the 
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trains as well as the (PATH) , through the new World Trade Center hub, will connect there as well. Sen. Charles Schumer referred to 9/11 at the ceremony, calling the station "a metaphor for a revitalized downtown with 40,000 more residents than it had before," as Rep. Jerry Nadler said the U.S must invest in its infrastructure—much of the funds for the project were from the feds—to succeed.....
Source: http://gothamist.com/2014/11/09/photos_a_sneak_peak_at_the_gleaming.php#photo-24
..... By the way, the article stated "Eventually, the and trains as well as the (PATH) , through the new World Trade Center hub, will connect there as well." The WTC hub will open sometime next year, so once its open in 2015, Fulton Transit Center will connect to WTC hub for the , , (PATH) & retail stores.