Question: Where did the recently launched the world’s most expensive railway station is located?
(a) Tokoyo
(b) New York
(c) London
(d) Rio de Janeiro
Ans (b)
Related facts:
- On 3 March 2016 the world’s most expensive train station opened in New York, U.S.A.
- It is built next to the site of the Twin Towers of World Trade center in New York which were destroyed in the terror (Al-Qaeda) attacks on 11 September 2001.
- It has been named World Trade Center Transportation Hub. This is now partially opened.
- The center connects the PATH commuter rail to New Jersey with New York subway lines.
- Its construction cost is approximately US $ 4 billion.
- The building, designed by Spanish-Swiss architect Santiago Calatrava and called Oculus, is a giant oval made up of steel ribs and glass laid out in elliptical shape, reaching for the sky like wings of a bird.
- The space measures 350 feet (107 meters) long by 115 feet (35 meters) at its widest point, according to Calatrava’s website.
Reference:
http://www.calatrava.com/news/reader/beyond-the-hype-santiago-calatravas-4-billion-transportation-hub-is-a-genuine-peoples-cathedral.html
http://www.panynj.gov/wtcprogress/transportation-hub.html
http://fortune.com/2016/03/03/most-expensive-train-station/
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/03/worlds-costliest-train-station-opens-in-nyc-next-to-911-site/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35730273