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http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2015/06/1/mta-workers-get-to-know-7-line-extension.html

 

 

 

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is chugging along on the 7 line extension. 

 

The agency is now training its operators and dispatchers how to navigate the new 34th Street - Hudson Yards station. 

 

In all, 12 tower operators, 8 dispatchers, and nearly 700 train operators will be trained on the route by the end of the month. 

 

The MTA says the station will open this summer, with an official opening date to be released in the next few weeks. 

 

 

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should be ext to the forgotten borough as well as underserved areas of the city, the entire 2nd Avenue subway, and every other problem in the city's system the Transit Authority has to tackle, before we even think of going out of city borders. Otherwise, you have PATH and the railroads for that.

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should be ext to the forgotten borough as well as underserved areas of the city, the entire 2nd Avenue subway, and every other problem in the city's system the Transit Authority has to tackle, before we even think of going out of city borders. Otherwise, you have PATH and the railroads for that.

 

I agree...Path and Njt Commuter rail takes care of NJ

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I actually would like to see the (7), <7> line in New Jersey as long as New York never sees a dollar leave our State for something that will benefit another area of the United States of America. New Jersey will have to pay the bill since they need to move people towards New York City to work here. :).

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Its not going past 34th Street in our lifetimes or going to New Jersey unless someone can make money off of it.  It was built for developing purposes of the area over the train tracks not a thing of it being needed.  The station looks like the Taj Mahal of stations. built to impress and the question is who.  Not the normal donkey who rides the train.

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Its not going past 34th Street in our lifetimes or going to New Jersey unless someone can make money off of it.  It was built for developing purposes of the area over the train tracks not a thing of it being needed.  The station looks like the Taj Mahal of stations. built to impress and the question is who.  Not the normal donkey who rides the train.

they should have made it like a normal accessible station, no need to be elaborate, and with that money they should have built the 10th Avenue station.

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The incline elevators were chosen to reduce tunneling costs; since they move diagonally, they can use the same shaft as the escalators. The MTA did not have to excavate a separate shaft and create underground walkways like they would have to with a typical vertical elevator. While the elevators are having problems, they were chosen with good intentions. 

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they should have made it like a normal accessible station, no need to be elaborate, and with that money they should have built the 10th Avenue station.

They had no intent in doing that  as that was a show station to aid in the development  and investment in that real estate.  It was built to serve that area only not for normal people or normal stops.  Its a look what the City can do for you.  Its part of that center city movement where if you don't live there you can't go there which the city has taken on.

 

The station is also where it is because it needed to weave around the Lincoln and East River Tunnels. They could not have avoided going that deep, and if they were going that deep they could not have built a normal elevator shaft.

 

Makes no difference  as to depth or problems as that is an engineering decision.  Too much money went into frills for show as from what I saw in photos its a very high maintenance station.

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They had no intent in doing that  as that was a show station to aid in the development  and investment in that real estate.  It was built to serve that area only not for normal people or normal stops.  Its a look what the City can do for you.  Its part of that center city movement where if you don't live there you can't go there which the city has taken on.

 

 

Makes no difference  as to depth or problems as that is an engineering decision.  Too much money went into frills for show as from what I saw in photos its a very high maintenance station.

 

The technical problems were the entire reason it cost so much. Couldn't build a directly vertical shaft for the elevators? Had to spend more money on the inclined. Building out the structure cost more than we thought? 41st/10th had to go away.

 

Tiling and art is actually pretty cheap. This city is full of starving artists and has been for quite a while.

 

Also the movement is less, "you can't come here", and more, "the city is not your personal parking lot or highway shortcut".

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I don't think (7)<7> should be extended to NJ because it will steal riders from ferry, PATH and (NJT).

It will be slow. If (7)<7> started from 34th St-11th Av, I'll take (7)<7> from first stop because there could be no seat.

Instead, they should make Court Sq (E)(M) and (G) platform ADA accessible.

Expand (7) Elevator to (G) Platform and add elevator access to (E)(M) Platform, so it will be fully accessible.

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While, in a very ideal world, that would be the case, even if Hudson County were to agree to pay the MTA's dedicated service taxes in order to get service, you'd be hard pressed to make the case that this is both fiscally and politically wise, since, say, Dutchess County and Eastern Queens have been paying dedicated taxes for almost 50 years and have basically seen jack squat in terms of big capital projects.

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The big benefit of the (7) going to jersey would be if it went to secaucus, it would allow access to a Walmart and other big stores that NY does not supply, not to mention no tax on clothes and food! not to mention would ease access on Port Authority Bus Terminal which is already beyond MAX capacity and needs to be upgraded and overflows onto the street (buses sit for an hour just waiting to go in for a gate, not including traffic they hit)

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Latest report from the MTA: http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/150622_1315_CPOC.pdf#page=18

 

Nothing really surprising, equipment testing is still going on, the main issues seem to be:

 

- The street level elevator (not the incline elevator, but a different elevator) testing is coming along slowly

- Endurance test for tunnel ventilation fans isn't completed yet

- Installation of architectural elements is not complete yet

 

The MTA hopes to finish all testing by the end of the month. The IEC (independent engineering consultant) for the project predicts that the station won't open until at least August, but we'll see.

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