New York, NY Post, 12/16/14:
The MTA pushed back the opening of the new far West Side subway station on Monday from early next year to between April and June in 2015.
Don't delay in reading this.
Posted 17 December 2014 - 12:37 PM
Gothamist, 12/16/14:
7 Line Extension Delayed Again, Naturally
"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.
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Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
Posted 18 December 2014 - 08:00 AM
Second Avenue Sagas column, 12/15/14:
You’ll never guess what’s delayed again. (Hint: It rhymes with ‘eleven fine’)
For a long time, I took to calling the 7 line extension the “Train to Nowhere.” It’s not that it would always be the train to nowhere, but when it was supposed to open in late 2013, it would be the train to not very much. The first major Hudson Yards building still isn’t set to open until later in 2015, and the entire complex won’t be completed until the mid-2020s if all goes according to plan. And then the delays struck.
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
Posted 24 March 2015 - 12:27 PM
And....... yet again!!
From Second Avenue Sagas, 3/23/15:
‘Yes, Virginia, there is a 7 line extension’
For the most part, the abandoned subway stations dotted through the city are remnants of subway service past. The 91st St. station located beneath by childhood apartment building flashes by in the blank of an eye, and the Bergen St. express stop — destroyed in a fire — is visible only during the right GOs. Then, there are the stations never used such as the mythical South 4th St. stop or the lower level at Nevins Street. Urban explorers and city historians know about these secrets.
But what of the station that’s pre-abandoned?
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
Posted 27 April 2015 - 10:42 AM
Second Avenue Sagas, 4/27/15:
MTA now eying Q3 for 7 line extension opening
At this point in our saga, the monthly release of the MTA Board books presents another opportunity to find out that the 7 line extension opening has been delayed. In March, the Board saw a fancy presentation with photos from the completed but unopened station while MTA Capital Construction officials noted that opening may not be until the start of the third quarter. In this month’s Transit committee meetings, we learn that the project is now officially delayed until the third quarter of 2015. The MTA hasn’t said if July 1 or September 30 will be the opening, but they expect the great unveiling to be some time in that time period.
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
Posted 27 April 2015 - 10:53 AM
New York, NY Times, 3/23/15:
More Delays for No. 7 Subway Line Extension
Subway riders who have been waiting for a new No. 7 line station on the Far West Side of Manhattan for years will have to wait at least a little longer.
The opening of the station, once planned for the end of 2013, is now likely to be pushed back until July, officials said on Monday at a board meeting for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Already delayed by the complexities of the station’s custom-made diagonal elevator, officials say their biggest remaining obstacle is to finish testing of the communications system and fire alarm.
Hope you are inclined to read this. And why can't this new station survive without this inclinator, when the other 460-some stations in the system never had one? A few have elevators, but most survive with just stairs. I see photos of elaborate escalator banks, and there are always stairs for those who want to use them. ADA standards are important, but don't mean much if somebody who is physically challenged boards at the station with ADA accommodations, and then needs to detrain at a station built over a century ago without them.
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
Posted 01 June 2015 - 12:10 PM
NYCT news release, 6/1/15:
MTA New York City Transit has started training tower operators, train dispatchers and train operators how to safely route and operate trains to and from the new 34 St-Hudson Yards station, one of the last steps as the MTA prepares to open the newly constructed Line Extension later this summer. Video of an early training run is available for download at https://youtu.be/gZ6L4RcHzQU.
Two-day training courses for tower operators and dispatchers began May 26 and will continue through June 4. Tower operators are responsible manipulating signals and switches to safely route trains, and dispatchers oversee train crews as well as the movement and even spacing of trains along a route.
MTA New York City Transit began training train operators May 28 and will continue during the morning and afternoon shifts for several weeks to come. In all, 12 tower operators, 8 dispatchers, and as many as 672 train operators will be trained on the Line Extension by the end of June.
“Providing this training for our subway personnel is one of the last steps toward opening the Line Extension for revenue service,” said MTA New York City Transit President Carmen Bianco. “The Line Extension will open up the far West Side to mass transit for the first time, and the new station and additional tail tracks for train storage will also improve service for customers using the line in Queens and Manhattan.”
“We are in the final 50-yard sprint of this project,” said MTA Capital Construction Company President Michael Horodniceanu. “We expect to announce an opening date in the next several weeks.
Work to open the Line Extension for revenue service continues to progress well. Integrated testing of communications systems and the mobile radio system has been completed, and testing of other communications systems and the fire alarm system is progressing according to schedule.
Work is also continuing at the station’s secondary entrance on Eleventh Avenue between 34th and 35th streets, which is approximately 45% complete. Waterproofing and preparation for caisson work is ongoing at the shaft area. This entrance is not required for the Line Extension to begin revenue service, but will serve thousands of projected customers in coming years as the Hudson Yards area continues to develop.
Posted 03 July 2015 - 06:18 AM
From O Scale Trolley Modelers:
NEW YORK Metropolitan Transportation Authority [MTA] has started training employees to operate the extension of the No. 7 rapid transit line, "CBS New York" reported Monday:
Posted 03 July 2015 - 12:11 PM
Construction of the Line Extension began in December 2007 and is scheduled to open for revenue service in the 2nd quarter of 2015.
That train has left the station, by the way --- we're in the third quarter.
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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