Stunning photos of the world’s costliest train station

Updated: March 4, 2016 2:15:29 pm

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On March 3, New York opened the most expensive train station in the world, on the site of the World Trade Centre destroyed 14 years ago in the 9/11 attacks. Twelve years in the making, there was no official ceremony to mark the 3 pm opening to rail commuters of the World Trade Centre Transportation Hub next to the site of the Twin Towers, which were destroyed in the al-Qaeda hijackings. Seen here is a policeman standing in the World Trade Center Oculus transportation hub in the Manhattan borough of New York. (Text/Photo: Reuters)

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The centre connects the PATH commuter rail to New Jersey with New York subway lines, provides indoor pedestrian access to the Trade Centre towers and will also house an enormous shopping and restaurant plaza. 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. Seen here are military personnels walking through the World Trade Center Oculus transportation hub in the Manhattan borough of New York. (Text/Photo: Reuters)

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A man takes a photo in the World Trade Center Oculus transportation hub in the Manhattan borough of New York. (Text/Photo: Reuters)

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Kevin Arner from Brooklyn, jumps in the air as he films a video of himself at the World Trade Center Oculus transportation hub in the Manhattan borough of New York. (Text/Photo: Reuters)

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People stand in the middle of the World Trade Center Oculus transportation hub in the Manhattan borough of New York. (Text/Photo: Reuters)

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An exterior portion of the Oculus structure of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub is pictured jutting towards nearby buildings. (Text/Photo: Reuters)

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The beautiful interior of the Oculus structure of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub. (Text/Photo: Reuters)

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Men work on a portion of the retractable roof of the Oculus structure of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub. (Text/Photo: Reuters)

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The newly built World Trade Center Transportation Hub, designed to resemble a dove but tasked with the job of a phoenix, opens this week, nearly 15 years after the Sept. 11 attacks left Lower Manhattan in ashes. (Text/Photo: Reuters)