![]() ![]() Train operators and dispatchers this month began practice runs in and out of the station, which the MTA says is 99 percent completed. Unlike at the 2nd Avenue Subway, where members of the public have been able to take occasional glimpses at the underground construction on tours, at 34th Street/Hudson Yards the vast majority of the work has been out of public sight. Tunneling for the 7,000 foot line began six years ago and has long been completed. "It doesn't inspire confidence of the city putting money into these projects if they're not going to get done in time," said Corey Johnson. The local Councilman expressed disgust with the delays at a recent hearing. That's more than 18 months after Mayor Michael Bloomberg took a rolling photo-op just weeks before leaving office, riding the entire $2.4 billion extension, from Times Square to the new station on the far west side. ![]() That's one date the MTA won't pinpoint, saying only that it hopes to open the one-station extension in the third quarter of 2015, which means anytime from July 1 to September 30. "I can't wait until it opens up," said one woman NY1 spoke with. NY1's Jose Martinez filed this report.Īn extension of the 7 train to 34th Street and 11th avenue is inching toward completion, or so the Metropolitan Transportation Authority says. Riders of the 7 train are all too familiar with delays. ![]()
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