Mysterious2train Posted March 24, 2015 Share #1 Posted March 24, 2015 Testing on incline elevators and fire and security systems is still continuing and will hopefully be finished by June. The station will hopefully open by end of June/July. Here's the President of NYCT talking about it: (starts 53 minutes in) https://youtu.be/ZVLGfxXqw9k?t=53m http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/150323_1345_CPOC.pdf Here's the report (Starts on page 8) The station itself is pretty much complete. Here's a bunch of photos: http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/docs/2015%20March%20Transit%20Committee%20Presentation_7%20line%20extension%20update.pdf The yellow box in the second photo shows the lot that a developer is starting to work on right above the station, apparently it's causing problems with work on the station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted March 24, 2015 Share #2 Posted March 24, 2015 I mean, this isn't exactly news. It was already announced to open in the summer the latest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted March 24, 2015 Share #3 Posted March 24, 2015 Open in June or July... So basicly what they said the last time (always assume the later date, so you can be surprised when it opens earlier) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTA Dude Posted March 24, 2015 Share #4 Posted March 24, 2015 Suprisingly they are currently over budget. They should use that extra money on that $15 billion they are missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javier Posted March 25, 2015 Share #5 Posted March 25, 2015 First April, now July. When will this delaying ever stop?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeesPwnMets Posted March 25, 2015 Share #6 Posted March 25, 2015 It's the ... Phase I of SAS was originally scheduled to open in 2013. Now, the expected completion date is the end of 2016. No one should really be surprised that the extension keeps getting pushed back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted March 25, 2015 Share #7 Posted March 25, 2015 Javier, they never said April. They said "sometime between April and July". Guess what, June and July fall in that space, so technically they have not delayed anything this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysterious2train Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share #8 Posted March 26, 2015 Back in January the MTA said "Quarter 2" for an opening date. July isn't in quarter 2. So if the station does end up opening in July, it is another delay, even if it's only a few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTA Dude Posted March 27, 2015 Share #9 Posted March 27, 2015 Just be happy that the will actually be open soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted March 27, 2015 Share #10 Posted March 27, 2015 Just be happy that the will actually be open soon.I mean, assuming July will be the ACTUAL opening date instead of October 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTA1992 Posted March 27, 2015 Share #11 Posted March 27, 2015 At least it's build. At least some part of SAS has been built. It's a start. People seem to forget that when they complain. We are getting tangible results, but like everything else, it needs time. But not everyone is as patient as me. Also, not everyone knows how much work gets put into a project and factors affecting it's successes and/or failures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted March 29, 2015 Share #12 Posted March 29, 2015 We’re also forgetting the fact that it could have not been built like how the Second Avenue Subway has not been built for over 8 decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N6 Limited Posted March 29, 2015 Share #13 Posted March 29, 2015 The opening is probably going to be July 4th haha. The 7th month for the train Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtehpanda Posted March 30, 2015 Share #14 Posted March 30, 2015 We’re also forgetting the fact that it could have not been built like how the Second Avenue Subway has not been built for over 8 decades. Would that really have been a bad thing? Hudson Yards turned out to be a financial dud for the city tax-wise, and the one actually useful stop got cut out completely. At least then the City could've dumped that money into SAS or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallyhorse Posted March 30, 2015 Share #15 Posted March 30, 2015 Would that really have been a bad thing? Hudson Yards turned out to be a financial dud for the city tax-wise, and the one actually useful stop got cut out completely. At least then the City could've dumped that money into SAS or something. Yeah, except for the fact that the worst recession in 80 years likely would have made for a lot of other problems if the Jets had been able to build the domed stadium they had wanted to there (that was blocked in large part because Cablevision, parent of MSG was afraid such a building would take away concert business), as both the Jets and Giants would likely have been struggling with paying back for their individual stadiums as opposed to the one that was built in The Meadowlands they co-own (there are some Jets fans who in fact still consider James Dolan Public Enemy #1 over that because they wanted the Jets to be actually playing in NYC). That recession likely is also why the 10th Avenue station was cut out in a very shortsighted move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtehpanda Posted March 30, 2015 Share #16 Posted March 30, 2015 Yeah, except for the fact that the worst recession in 80 years likely would have made for a lot of other problems if the Jets had been able to build the domed stadium they had wanted to there (that was blocked in large part because Cablevision, parent of MSG was afraid such a building would take away concert business), as both the Jets and Giants would likely have been struggling with paying back for their individual stadiums as opposed to the one that was built in The Meadowlands they co-own (there are some Jets fans who in fact still consider James Dolan Public Enemy #1 over that because they wanted the Jets to be actually playing in NYC). That recession likely is also why the 10th Avenue station was cut out in a very shortsighted move. Okay, but what does any of that have to do with the fact that not having the 7 Line Extension at all probably wouldn't have been overly crappy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted March 30, 2015 Share #17 Posted March 30, 2015 cause he's borderline paranoid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallyhorse Posted March 30, 2015 Share #18 Posted March 30, 2015 cause he's borderline paranoid... Not paranoid, just my view on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted April 3, 2015 Share #19 Posted April 3, 2015 Not paranoid That's what they all say... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtehpanda Posted April 3, 2015 Share #20 Posted April 3, 2015 Not paranoid, just my view on this. I'm still not sure what the connection between "losing the extension would be no big deal" and "the West Side stadium proposal would've failed" is, but maybe I'm just not great at reading comprehension... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted April 3, 2015 Share #21 Posted April 3, 2015 your talking to the guy who thinks the Wall Street trading firms want to sue the MTA for closing the subway during the blizzard... making sense to the rest of us is not exactly his forte... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallyhorse Posted April 3, 2015 Share #22 Posted April 3, 2015 your talking to the guy who thinks the Wall Street trading firms want to sue the MTA for closing the subway during the blizzard... making sense to the rest of us is not exactly his forte... Maybe that's because I've seen too many instances in my lifetime where things don't happen BECAUSE they actually make sense for this time and place and the people in charge, who are often older and either don't think or are trying to protect their fiefdom(s) won't implement such (Horse Racing has seen this quite a few times). And as far as Wall Street, there are other ways they can get back at Cuomo for the snowstorm shutdown that may have hurt him more than he realizes politically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted April 4, 2015 Share #23 Posted April 4, 2015 Nope, we're not having this discussion again. Steering this back to a point regarding the Hudson Yards extension, yeah, it was intended to be part of the '05 Olympic bid, which included a West Side stadium. When that failed, it was then pitched as a development bid for the Hudson Yards project, which is still getting off the ground. The thing is, this really should not have been such a high priority item and only is one because Bloomberg made it happen. Those funds could have easily went somewhere useful, like fixing the capacity constraints at a few of the terminals for instance. Right now, this is such an unnecessary project, especially since they bailed on the stop that would've actually been useful at 10th Ave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted April 4, 2015 Share #24 Posted April 4, 2015 Maybe that's because I've seen too many instances in my lifetime where things don't happen BECAUSE they actually make sense for this time and place and the people in charge, who are often older and either don't think or are trying to protect their fiefdom(s) won't implement such (Horse Racing has seen this quite a few times). And as far as Wall Street, there are other ways they can get back at Cuomo for the snowstorm shutdown that may have hurt him more than he realizes politically. I'm sure you've seen a lot of things. But could you see why X, Y, and Z was done? (Sorry for sounding like a Cinnamon Toast Crunch commercial.) A lot of changes in service, for example, happened to reduce confusion and consolidate different services under a smaller number of designations, as well as to reduce the large number of terminals that each service used to serve. The , for example, had about 3 different northern terminals decades ago: 168 Street, 145 Street, and 21 Street–Queensbridge. A lot of things you propose (whether temporary reroutes or long-term service patterns) are counter to that wisdom you supposedly have. And I'm not sure how much this kind of thinking extends to other things you speak of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted April 8, 2015 Share #25 Posted April 8, 2015 Nope, we're not having this discussion again. Steering this back to a point regarding the Hudson Yards extension, yeah, it was intended to be part of the '05 Olympic bid, which included a West Side stadium. When that failed, it was then pitched as a development bid for the Hudson Yards project, which is still getting off the ground. The thing is, this really should not have been such a high priority item and only is one because Bloomberg made it happen. Those funds could have easily went somewhere useful, like fixing the capacity constraints at a few of the terminals for instance. Right now, this is such an unnecessary project, especially since they bailed on the stop that would've actually been useful at 10th Ave. Although, there *might* be an unintended source of ridership at 34th Street with those Megabus and Boltbus stops a block over... The only flaw with that would be if they move those buses away in the event there's any more construction than what's going on already. It's already quite the PITA getting to that area by foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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