Commuters using PATH will get two new platforms and restrooms to use at the World Trade Center Transportation Hub starting on Thursday morning.



The last two station platforms in the hub will be opened at 5:30 a.m., Port Authority officials said in a release. While that will improve circulation in the station, it will not change PATH service, officials said. PATH staff will be available to direct commuters to the correct platform.



Restrooms, that other important passenger amenity, will also open on the south side of the mezzanine on Thursday. They will be open daily from 5:30 a.m. to midnight.

The $4 billion transit hub has been opened in stages since March, with connections to the New York City subway at the Fulton Street Center opening in May. Stores in a two-level mall in the hub opened last month.

When finished, the transportation hub will also link World Financial Center and the last two of 11 subway lines with the WTC PATH station.

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