Services on the Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line , including the ' '' 1 ' '' and ' '' 9 ' '' trains ( the latter of which was a rush-hour skip-stop duplicate of the former from 1989 to 2005 ) , used the outer platform as a terminal station for more than a century since its inception , except for two relatively short periods of time . The first period was between September 2001 and September 2002 since the main branch south of Chambers Street was impassable after the September 11 attacks . The second was from March 16 , 2009 , when the new South Ferry station opened for ' '' 1 ' '' train passengers , to April 4 , 2013 , when the outer platform reopened with a transfer to the BMT section of the station complex . The newer station , located underneath this one , allowed a free transfer to the BMT station whereas neither of this station 's platforms originally did
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
South Ferry/Whitehall Street station