<P> On March 3, 2016, the Oculus partially opened to the public, along with new entrances . Only the west end of the Oculus and the Westfield Mall corridor to Four World Trade Center was opened . Two months later, on May 26, 2016, PATH riders received a direct underground link to Fulton Center and Cortlandt Street through the Oculus . The PATH entrance into 2 World Trade Center opened on June 21, 2016, and the temporary PATH entrance to outside 7 World Trade Center closed five days later . Yet another entrance opened to the public when the Westfield World Trade Center mall was opened on August 16 . On September 8, 2016, the restrooms were opened on the south side of the mezzanine . The last two station platforms in the hub, Platforms C and D, were also opened, as was the permanent West Concourse walkway . On December 19, the direct underground link to the New York City Subway's World Trade Center station, at the northeast corner of the complex, reopened . </P> <P> On October 13, 2016, the first birth inside the Oculus occurred . A woman was walking through the station with her husband when she went into labor, eventually giving birth on the floor of the station . (Another woman had previously given birth inside the old PATH station in August 2015 .) A few months later, on February 11, 2017, the first death inside the Oculus also occurred . A woman from New Jersey fell to her death from the escalator . News reports initially said that she was trying to retrieve a hat dropped by her sister, but lost her balance and fell; it was later revealed that the woman "was pretending to be flying" while lying on the escalator's handrail . After the woman's death, there was some focus on the height of the 3 - foot - 4 - inch (1.02 m) handrails, and how they could pose a safety risk . </P> <P> The Transportation Hub is designed to connect the PATH subway system to the New York City Subway system . The 1 2 services, which runs through the Transportation Hub, was reconstructed under this project to run above the PATH mezzanine, and the rebuilt Cortlandt Street IRT station will have direct access into the Hub . There is also a direct access to the Chambers Street--World Trade Center / Park Place station complex . The Cortlandt Street BMT station also has direct access into the Hub . In addition, the Dey Street Passageway along Dey Street connects the Transportation Hub east to the Fulton Center, providing access to the 2 3 4 5 A C J Z N R W services . A passageway, known as the West Concourse, connects west to Brookfield Place and the Battery Park City Ferry Terminal . A proposal for a connection to the Long Island Rail Road and John F. Kennedy International Airport via a new tunnel under the East River, the Lower Manhattan - Jamaica / JFK Transportation Project, was studied starting in 2004, but as of 2009 was a lower priority than other projects competing for funding . </P> <P> Current services include: </P>

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