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7 Line Extension Delayed Again, Naturally
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Lauren Evans
Published Dec 16, 2014
Modified Dec 16, 2014
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"Fancy New 7 Train Extension Expected To Open In February," was a headline we penned back in October. Whoops! Forget about all that. The MTA has again pushed back the debut of the far West Side station to, let's call it like, "middle next year." Between April and June? Sounds good. What is "time" if not just words, and what are words if not just a bunch of haphazardly arranged letters? When will the 7 train extension open? Maypril.
According to the Post, the newest delay is the result of the Hudson Yards project, as the developer needs more time to dig caissons above the subway station for foundation work.
Here are the rest of the details from our October dispatch:
The 7, which runs from Flushing-Main Street and currently terminates at Times Square-42nd Street, will soon stretch to 34th Street and 11th Avenue, linking passengers to the Javits Center and the forthcoming Hudson Yards development.
According to the Daily News, the new station will feature a neat spread of flashy amenities, including an on-platform air cooling system and "inclination elevators," in which straphangers will board a glass box and travel up 170-feet at a 27 degree angle, allowing them to daydream briefly that they're off to gamble their fortunes at the Luxor hotel in Vegas and not just heading into another grinding day in the cubicle. Rekindle some of that excitement by remembering the innovative new elevators initially failed their factory test! Despite its $2.4 billion price tag, the threat of electric eels remains an unnerving fantasy.
"People are going to be impressed,” Michael Horodniceanu, MTA capital construction division president, told the tabloid. “This is a station that’s very airy and modern. You don’t have any claustrophobic feeling. The experience is going to be dramatically different.”
Remember, though, that even with the extension, transportation options may still be insufficient to handle the 24 million bonus visitors expected to swamp the Hudson Yards megacomplex. At least there will be a Fairway!
Huh, that was kind of a weak kicker. We'll do better with the next delay-announcement post, promise.
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