Elevator Now Open in Busy NYC Upper West Side Train Station

The NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced that a new mezzanine-to-platform elevator at the 59th Street-Columbus Circle station is now open, the West Side Rag reports. Manufactured by Mid-American Elevator, the elevator was constructed using a public-private partnership model, where the elevator was paid for and constructed by developer Global Holdings, but will be maintained by the MTA. The 59th Street-Columbus Circle station was already accessible, but the MTA decided to add an additional elevator due to the high number of passengers who travel daily through the Upper West Side station. In addition to the elevator, MTA crews installed security cameras, upgraded the security system and made upgrades to mechanical, electrical and communications systems within the elevators at the station.