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[KevinKorell]

Finally..... that is, IF it really happens.  From AM New York, 7/20/15:

 

7 train extension to open in September 2015

 

The No. 7 train will finally begin running on the far West Side in September, the MTA said Monday.

 

A new, $2.4 billion subway stop on 34th Street and 11th Avenue will open by Sept. 13, officials said. It could open earlier that month, but is unlikely to open in August.

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[KevinKorell]

NBC New York, 7/20/15:

 

Hudson Yards Subway Extension to Open in September: MTA

 

 

The long-awaited $2.4 billion extension that is set to connect Manhattan’s far west side and Hudson Yards development with the No. 7 line will finally open in September, MTA officials say.

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[KevinKorell]

Second Avenue Sagas, 7/20/15:

 

MTA promises to open 7 line extension by September 13

 

The long wait for revenue service, we learned today, should be over before summer ends. The MTA expects to open the 7 line extension by September 13 — presumably of 2015.

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[KevinKorell]

NBC New York, 8/28/15:

No. 7 Subway Extension Due to Open After Years of Delays

 

After years of delays, the newest station on the No. 7 subway line is scheduled to open next month. 

 

The MTA says the 34th Street-Hudson Yards station will debut on Sept. 13.

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[KevinKorell]

Second Avenue Sagas, 8/27/15:

 

 

New 7 line stop at 34th Street definitely officially opening on Sept. 13

By Benjamin Kabak

 

The 7 line extension will open in September, but the station at 41st St. and 10th Ave. remains lost to time.

 

After promising to open the new one-stop extension of the 7 line to the Far West Side by September 13, the MTA made it officially official today: The 34th Street-Hudson Yards stop will open for service at 1 p.m. on Sunday, September 13. The first train in revenue service to arrive at the new station will be the 12:26 out of Flushing, coming in at 1:03 p.m., and the first to leave the station is scheduled to depart at 1:07 p.m.

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[KevinKorell]

Second Avenue Sagas, 8/31/15:
 

With the 7 extension, gaining a stop but losing an opportunity

 
Considering how rare it is these days for the New York City subway system to gain track mileage and new stations, next month’s long-awaited opening of the 7 line extension at Hudson Yards is a moment to celebrate. The MTA expects the new station at 34th St. and 11th Ave. to one day be among the most popular in the city, and the stop opens up the new development at the Hudson Yards, the Javits Center, part of the High Line, the Bolt Bus staging ground and an otherwise marginalized area of Manhattan to the subway system

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[KevinKorell]

Second Avenue Sagas, 9/1/15:

 

Inside the now-bisected lower level at 42nd St. and 8th Ave.

 

Yesterday, as part of the countdown to the opening of the 7 line extension, I took a look back at the lost opportunities at 41st St. that will plague this project until and unless the MTA builds the omitted station. Today, we look at something else the new 1.5 mile tunnel had to cut through to reach the Hudson Yards: an abandoned subway platform underneath 8th Ave. at 42nd Street.

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[KevinKorell]

Second Avenue Sagas, 9/2/15:

The 7 line extension: Adding a Midtown mess to the Map

 

With the 7 line extension‘s Hudson Yards spur set to open next weekend, not only is the subway system heading west but the subway map is too. Based on a variety of design choices, on the current map, 8th Ave. and 7th Ave. look farther apart than 8th Ave. and 11th Ave. do, and the new station, one would hope, could force the MTA overhaul what has become a very crowded map.

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[KevinKorell]

Citylab, 9/11/15:

 

7 Fun Facts About the New York Subway’s New 7 Train Extension

 

If you ever wanted to know what a couple billion dollars buys you in New York City, head to the new 34th Street-Hudson Yards subway station this Sunday around 1 p.m.

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[KevinKorell]

AM New York, 9/10/15:

 

New No. 7 subway station to open Sunday on the far west side of Manhattan

 

Residents and businesses on Manhattan's far west side will finally see the light at the end of the tunnel on Sunday, with a new subway station opening that will serve as many as 35,000 riders during rush-hour following almost eight years of construction.

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