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* Site P (Secondary Station Entrance) – escalators on the SW corner of Hudson Park and Boulevard and 35th Street;<ref name="capital program" /> to open December 2015<ref name="nypost delayed" />
* Site P (Secondary Station Entrance) – escalators on the SW corner of Hudson Park and Boulevard and 35th Street;<ref name="capital program" /> to open December 2015<ref name="nypost delayed" />


The main entrance, located east of the intersection of 34th Street and 11th Avenue at the Hudson Park and Boulevard, will have a turtle shell-shaped glass canopy above it that will allow light to shine on the upper mezzanine.<ref name="capitalny 20110215" /> The elevator is located east of the northeast corner of 11th Avenue and 33rd Street, while the escalator entrance is located between 33rd and 34th Streets, in the middle of the block within the future [[Hudson Park and Boulevard]]. The ventilation building will be built over by developers at a future date.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.timeout.com/newyork/things-to-do/check-out-progress-on-the-mtas-7-train-extension-photos | title=Check out progress on the MTA's 7-train extension (photos) | work=Time Out New York | date=June 25, 2013 | accessdate=May 8, 2014 | author=Plitt, Amy}}</ref> Both entrances will feature the glass canopy design, the first of their kind in the subway system. They are intended to stand out aesthetically.<ref name="mta benefits">mta.info—[http://web.mta.info/capital/comout_no7_alt.html Benefits of the 7 Line Extension]</ref> The entrances are interweaved with the Hudson Yards developments, with the main entrance wedged between [[50 Hudson Yards]] to the east and [[55 Hudson Yards]] to the west. The rest of the Hudson Yards development is located very close to the south of the station.<ref name="masterplan">hudsonyardsnewyork.com—[http://www.hudsonyardsnewyork.com/the-story Hudson Yards Master Plan]</ref>
The main entrance, located east of the intersection of 34th Street and 11th Avenue at the Hudson Park and Boulevard, will have a turtle shell-shaped glass canopy above it that will allow light to shine on the upper mezzanine.<ref name="capitalny 20110215" /> The elevator is located east of the northeast corner of 11th Avenue and 33rd Street, while the escalator entrance is located between 33rd and 34th Streets, in the middle of the block within the future [[Hudson Park and Boulevard]]. The ventilation building will be built over by developers at a future date.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.timeout.com/newyork/things-to-do/check-out-progress-on-the-mtas-7-train-extension-photos | title=Check out progress on the MTA's 7-train extension (photos) | work=Time Out New York | date=June 25, 2013 | accessdate=May 8, 2014 | author=Plitt, Amy}}</ref> Both entrances will feature the glass canopy design, the first of their kind in the subway system. They are intended to stand out aesthetically.<ref name="mta benefits">mta.info—[http://web.mta.info/capital/comout_no7_alt.html Benefits of the 7 Line Extension]</ref> The entrances are interweaved with the Hudson Yards developments, with the main entrance wedged between [[50 Hudson Yards]] to the east and [[55 Hudson Yards]] to the west. The rest of the Hudson Yards development is located very close to the south of the station.<ref name="masterplan">hudsonyardsnewyork.com—[http://www.hudsonyardsnewyork.com/the-story Hudson Yards Master Plan]</ref> There was provisionally an entrance inside the [[3 Hudson Boulevard]] building, near where the secondary station building will be.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/06/11/3_hudson_boulevards_sky_club_possible_condos_revealed.php | title=3 Hudson Boulevard's Sky Club, Possible Condos Revealed | work=Curbed NY | date=11 June 2013 | accessdate=4 June 2014 | author=Alberts, Hana}}</ref> However, since 3 Hudson Boulevard has not been built {{as of|2014|6|lc=yes}}, and as both entrances will use a glass canopy cover independent of any Hudson Yards structures, the 3 Hudson Boulevard entrance will be shelved in lieu of a subway entrance directly to the east of 3 Hudson Boulevard.<ref>http://www.rebusinessonline.com/main.cfm?id=30246</ref>


The station is more than 10 stories deep, placing the station among one of the system's deepest—so deep, in fact, that the [[North River Tunnels]] and the planned [[Gateway Project]] tunnels pass over it by approximately {{convert|35|ft|m}}.<ref>[http://cdn.secondavenuesagas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/GatewayTrackMap.jpg Track map] for the [[Gateway Project]]</ref><ref>[http://onlinedocs.related.com/HYDocuments/Understanding%20the%20Platform_poster_compressed_20140318.pdf Hudson Yards rendering]</ref> The station, which is {{convert|108|ft|m}} below street level in total, is the third deepest subway station in the entire system, behind [[190th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|190th Street]] and [[191st Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)|191st Street]] stations;<ref>[http://untappedcities.com/2013/06/26/deepest-highest-subway-stations-nyc/ The Deepest and Highest Subway Stations in NYC: 191st St, 190th Street, Smith & 9th]</ref> as a result, four [[escalator]]s will also be installed at the station.<ref>[http://new.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/mayor-bloomberg-mta-officials-and-local-leaders-take-first-ride-7-subway Mayor Bloomberg, MTA Officials, and local leaders take first ride on 7 Subway Train Extension]</ref> In addition, passenger access to the station will include a pair of custom-made [[incline elevator]]s. In April 2014, the first of two {{convert|172|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name="nytimes may 2014" /> incline elevators was installed in the station.<ref name="nydailynews april 2014" /> The {{convert|80|ft|m|sing=on}} high incline elevators,<ref name="capital program">{{cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/capital/no7_alt.html|date= December 20, 2013|title=Capital Program 7 Line Extension|publisher=MTA.info |accessdate=January 30, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/21/nyregion/for-a-mayor-on-his-way-out-a-subway-station-on-its-way-in.html?_r=0|title=For a Mayor on His Way Out, a Subway Station on Its Way In |publisher=[[The New York Times]] |first=Matt |last= Flegenheimer |date= December 20, 2013 |accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> which move at {{convert|100|ft|m}} per minute (making an entire trip between the mezzanine levels in less than two minutes)<ref name="nytimes may 2014" /> and are sloped at a 27-[[degree (angle)|degree]] angle, will be the first of their kind in the system. Each elevator will eventually hold up to 15 standing passengers or five wheelchair passengers. The elevators were inclined, since they were less expensive than vertically-traveling elevators;<ref name="nydailynews april 2014" /> they are being installed within the large escalator shaft at 34th Street.<ref name="nydailynews april 2014">{{cite web | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/mta-building-incline-elevator-subway-article-1.1771896 | title=Metropolitan Transportation Authority building New York City subway system's first inclined elevator | work=New York Daily News | date=April 28, 2014 | accessdate=April 29, 2014 | author=Donohue, Pete}}</ref> However, as the incline elevators had originally failed a factory test by its manufacturer Maspero Elevatori, there were multiple delays in opening the station, and the opening date was eventually delayed from December 2013 to late 2014.<ref name="nytimes may 2014" />
The station is more than 10 stories deep, placing the station among one of the system's deepest—so deep, in fact, that the [[North River Tunnels]] and the planned [[Gateway Project]] tunnels pass over it by approximately {{convert|35|ft|m}}.<ref>[http://cdn.secondavenuesagas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/GatewayTrackMap.jpg Track map] for the [[Gateway Project]]</ref><ref>[http://onlinedocs.related.com/HYDocuments/Understanding%20the%20Platform_poster_compressed_20140318.pdf Hudson Yards rendering]</ref> The station, which is {{convert|108|ft|m}} below street level in total, is the third deepest subway station in the entire system, behind [[190th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|190th Street]] and [[191st Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)|191st Street]] stations;<ref>[http://untappedcities.com/2013/06/26/deepest-highest-subway-stations-nyc/ The Deepest and Highest Subway Stations in NYC: 191st St, 190th Street, Smith & 9th]</ref> as a result, four [[escalator]]s will also be installed at the station.<ref>[http://new.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/mayor-bloomberg-mta-officials-and-local-leaders-take-first-ride-7-subway Mayor Bloomberg, MTA Officials, and local leaders take first ride on 7 Subway Train Extension]</ref> In addition, passenger access to the station will include a pair of custom-made [[incline elevator]]s. In April 2014, the first of two {{convert|172|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name="nytimes may 2014" /> incline elevators was installed in the station.<ref name="nydailynews april 2014" /> The {{convert|80|ft|m|sing=on}} high incline elevators,<ref name="capital program">{{cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/capital/no7_alt.html|date= December 20, 2013|title=Capital Program 7 Line Extension|publisher=MTA.info |accessdate=January 30, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/21/nyregion/for-a-mayor-on-his-way-out-a-subway-station-on-its-way-in.html?_r=0|title=For a Mayor on His Way Out, a Subway Station on Its Way In |publisher=[[The New York Times]] |first=Matt |last= Flegenheimer |date= December 20, 2013 |accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> which move at {{convert|100|ft|m}} per minute (making an entire trip between the mezzanine levels in less than two minutes)<ref name="nytimes may 2014" /> and are sloped at a 27-[[degree (angle)|degree]] angle, will be the first of their kind in the system. Each elevator will eventually hold up to 15 standing passengers or five wheelchair passengers. The elevators were inclined, since they were less expensive than vertically-traveling elevators;<ref name="nydailynews april 2014" /> they are being installed within the large escalator shaft at 34th Street.<ref name="nydailynews april 2014">{{cite web | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/mta-building-incline-elevator-subway-article-1.1771896 | title=Metropolitan Transportation Authority building New York City subway system's first inclined elevator | work=New York Daily News | date=April 28, 2014 | accessdate=April 29, 2014 | author=Donohue, Pete}}</ref> However, as the incline elevators had originally failed a factory test by its manufacturer Maspero Elevatori, there were multiple delays in opening the station, and the opening date was eventually delayed from December 2013 to late 2014.<ref name="nytimes may 2014" />

Revision as of 21:01, 5 June 2014

For other uses, see 34th Street (disambiguation).

 34th Street – Hudson Yards
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg at a ceremony in December 2013
Station statistics
Address34th Street & 11th Avenue
New York, NY 10001
BoroughManhattan
LocaleHell's Kitchen and Chelsea
Coordinates40°45′21.02″N 74°0′7.06″W / 40.7558389°N 74.0019611°W / 40.7558389; -74.0019611
DivisionA (IRT)[1]
Line   IRT Flushing Line
ServicesTemplate:NYCS Flushing future
Transit
StructureUnderground
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedNovember 2014; 9 years ago (2014-11) (projected)[a]
AccessibleThis station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Opposite-
direction
transfer		N/A
Traffic
20235,494,067[2] Increase 25.5%
Rank44 out of 423[2]
Location
34th Street–Hudson Yards station is located in New York City Subway
34th Street–Hudson Yards station
34th Street–Hudson Yards station is located in New York City
34th Street–Hudson Yards station
34th Street–Hudson Yards station is located in New York
34th Street–Hudson Yards station
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops in station at all times
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only
Stops late nights and weekends Stops late nights and weekends only
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day
Stops weekends during the day Stops weekends during the day
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction
Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction
Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours only
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Station closed Station is closed
(Details about time periods)

34th Street (also 34th Street – Hudson Yards, and in the past, 34th Street – Jacob Javits Convention Center[3]) is a station built as part of the 7 Subway Extension for the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway, and is the future southern terminal for the 7 and <7>​ trains.[4] It has two tracks and one island platform with a large 3-block-long mezzanine, stretching between 33rd and 36th streets,[5] overhead. The station, originally part of the city's bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics, was supposed to first open in summer 2012. When London was chosen for the Olympics, the opening date was pushed to December 2013. In 2011, the opening was postponed to June 2014, pending the completion of the escalators and elevators in the station. By February 2014, the opening date had been pushed back twice: first to late summer/early fall 2014,[6] then to November 2014,[7][8] due to multiple escalator and elevator failures.[9]

The new construction, part of the city's and the MTA's master plan for the Far West Side, will extend the IRT Flushing Line west from Times Square to 11th Avenue, then turn south to 34th Street.[10] It was originally proposed as part of the failed attempt to build the West Side Stadium for the New York Jets and the city's bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Although the stadium plan was rejected by city and state planning agencies, the 7 subway extension plan received approval to move ahead, as New York political leaders would like to see the warehouse district west of Eighth Avenue and north of 34th Street redeveloped, and subway service would be an essential part of that effort.[11] The extension, which sparked development in the Hudson Yards area,[12] will also serve the newly expanded Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, just half a block away from the station entrances.[13] It is a big part of the Hudson Yards project and is expected to be used heavily by residents of that development once the station is complete,[10] despite the fact that it was once described as a station on an "extension to nowhere", given the relative sparseness of the area in 2007.[14] The station was funded by the city, former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and by taxpayers;[14] it is the first city-funded subway station since the Jamaica – 179th Street station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line opened in 1950.[15]

History

Construction

The station is part of a one-station extension to the burgeoning Hudson Yards area, which was originally US$2.1 billion, but grew to US$2.4 billion.[8] In October 2007, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) awarded a $1.145 billion contract to build 7,000 feet (2,100 m) of twin-tube tunnel to S3, a joint venture of J.F. Shea, Skanska USA Civil, and Schiavone. The contract was to build tunnel from the current 7 train terminus at Times Square westward underneath 41st Street to Eleventh Avenue, then down to 26th Street.[16][17][18] Richard Dattner and Partners, Architects, designed the 34th Street station.[19] After excavating the new terminal's shell and creating the first 1,000 feet (300 m) of tunnel using the drill-and-blast method, S3 placed two tunnel-boring machines (TBMs) in the ground to dig the remaining 6,000 feet (1,800 m); as it dug, each TBM placed precast concrete liner segments to create the tunnel interior.[20][19]

In September 2007, it was announced that the new station would feature platform screen doors,[21] which have not been installed in the station as of December 2013. The station (along with the new South Ferry station on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line and the three Phase 1 Second Avenue Subway stations on the Upper East Side) will include special air-cooling systems to reduce the temperature along platforms.[22][23]

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's December 12, 2006, address to the New York League of Conservation Voters noted that in November 2006, the government began issuing bonds to fund the extension of the 7 subway to Eleventh Avenue and 34th Street.[24] The $2 billion 7 train subway extension is being funded with New York City funds from municipal Tax Increment Financing (TIF) bond sales that are expected to be repaid with property tax revenues from future developments in areas served by the extension.[25]

In June 2008, construction on the tunnels began along Eleventh Avenue in Manhattan. On December 21, 2009, the MTA said that a tunnel-boring machine broke through the 34th Street station cavern wall.[26] Both tunnel-boring machines were scheduled to finish the required tunneling in the spring of 2010.[27]

In April 2011, the MTA announced that the contract covering the tunnels, the station mezzanine and passenger platform was 85% complete, and that the systems contract, covering mechanical and electrical systems, electric power, lighting and train tracks would be awarded by July 2011. A second entrance to the station is planned.[28] In May 2012, the MTA announced that the extension, now 65% complete, had received the installation of the first set of rails.[29]

On August 21, 2013, the MTA announced that the 7 subway extension was 90% complete.[30]

On December 20, 2013, Mayor Michael Bloomberg took a ceremonial ride on a train to the new terminal, celebrating a part of his legacy as Mayor, during a press tour of the uncompleted station.[31][32][3][33][34][35]

Delays

In January 2012, the station was touted as under-budget and on schedule to open in 2013, before a series of delays plagued the project.[36] The station, originally part of the city's bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics, was supposed to first open as part of a two-station subway extension, including Tenth Avenue station, in summer 2012. When London was chosen for the Olympics, the opening date was pushed to December 2013; the Tenth Avenue station was dropped from construction plans soon after.[37] However, in June 2012, the station's opening was delayed to June 2014 for completion of the station's fitting-out.[9]

Then, the opening was delayed again to September 2014 to install the inclined elevator, as it had originally failed a factory test in Como Province, Italy.[38] Officials had insisted that the Italian-manufactured elevator have software and parts made from a variety of different companies in America, rather than from a single foreign company.[38] Michael Horodniceanu, chief of MTA Construction Company, told the New York Times that complications in the installation of the inclined elevator would likely cause a further delay of about three months, bringing the opening date to very late summer or early fall of 2014,[6] or to November 2014.[8][7][39] As of March 2014, the station's tentative opening date was still November 2014.[40]

Michael Bloomberg at the station in December 2013

However, the station was not delayed solely because of the elevators. The station's opening was also pushed to later dates due to “integrated testing for fire protection", which required the completion of all station infrastructure, including escalators, stairs, and elevators. Escalators and tunnel ventilation systems also caused the station to be delayed.[38]

The station is expected to open for service in late 2014,[b],[41][42] seven to nine months before 10 Hudson Yards, the first Hudson Yards building, opens in July 2015.[43] However, the secondary station entrance at 35th Street, as well as finishing touches within the station itself, is not expected to be complete until December 2015. By June 2012, trains were still expected to run "for test purposes" by the end of 2013;[37] the test trains did not run, but on December 20, 2013, Mayor Michael Bloomberg rode a train to take a press tour of the new station, on the first-ever passenger train to serve the station[31][32][3][33][44] (and as of 1 June 2014, the only passenger train to go to 34th Street).[45]

Station layout

G Ground Level Exits/Entrances
B1 Upper Mezzanine Escalators, incline elevator, and stairs to lower mezzanine
Escalators, elevator, and stairs to Exits/Entrances
Disabled access Elevator near southwest corner of 34th Street and Hudson Boulevard East
B2 Lower Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
Staircases and elevators to platforms
Maintenance offices
B3
Platform level 		Track 1 No regular service
Template:NYCS-bull-small Template:NYCS-bull-small (future) toward Template:NYCS stations (Times Square) →
Island platform, not in service
Track 2 No regular service
Template:NYCS-bull-small Template:NYCS-bull-small (future) toward Template:S-line/NYCS right/Flushing (Times Square) →

The station has a single wide island platform serving two tracks, as well as multiple staircases between the lower mezzanine and the platform. The platform itself is 35 feet (11 m) wide,[10] much wider than many other island platforms in the subway system; by comparison, the Chambers Street station in Lower Manhattan has platforms that are 18.5 feet (5.6 m) wide.[46]

The walls adjacent to the tracks have white tiles arranged in sets of three columns of 3 tiles each. There are two-tile-high gray squares containing white "34"'s in the middle of each set of columns.[47] They are pre-fabricated porcelain panels, in three-by-five slabs, to allow easy replacement.[10]

The layout of the station is such that due to the station's extreme depth at over 80 feet (24 m),[note 1] there is an upper mezzanine and a lower mezzanine. A fare mezzanine will be located under the basements of Hudson Yards buildings, and escalators and an incline elevator will lead to a mezzanine down to the tracks. The Empire Connection and North River Tunnels are both above the station.[48] Above the lower mezzanine is a curved, oval-shaped ceiling indentation that will help to cover the ventilation tubes in the station ceiling, and will also act as a skylight. The curved, cavernous ceiling of the lower mezzanine will help the station be energy-efficient via the use of "indirect lighting".[10]

The station's architecture was inspired by that of the Canary Wharf tube station in London.[36]

Entrances and exits

The station has two entrances and exits:

  • Disabled access Site J (Main Station Entrance / Ventilation Building) – escalators and elevator on the west side of Hudson Park and Boulevard between 33rd and 34th Streets[20]
  • Site P (Secondary Station Entrance) – escalators on the SW corner of Hudson Park and Boulevard and 35th Street;[20] to open December 2015[37]

The main entrance, located east of the intersection of 34th Street and 11th Avenue at the Hudson Park and Boulevard, will have a turtle shell-shaped glass canopy above it that will allow light to shine on the upper mezzanine.[10] The elevator is located east of the northeast corner of 11th Avenue and 33rd Street, while the escalator entrance is located between 33rd and 34th Streets, in the middle of the block within the future Hudson Park and Boulevard. The ventilation building will be built over by developers at a future date.[49] Both entrances will feature the glass canopy design, the first of their kind in the subway system. They are intended to stand out aesthetically.[11] The entrances are interweaved with the Hudson Yards developments, with the main entrance wedged between 50 Hudson Yards to the east and 55 Hudson Yards to the west. The rest of the Hudson Yards development is located very close to the south of the station.[41] There was provisionally an entrance inside the 3 Hudson Boulevard building, near where the secondary station building will be.[50] However, since 3 Hudson Boulevard has not been built as of June 2014, and as both entrances will use a glass canopy cover independent of any Hudson Yards structures, the 3 Hudson Boulevard entrance will be shelved in lieu of a subway entrance directly to the east of 3 Hudson Boulevard.[51]

The station is more than 10 stories deep, placing the station among one of the system's deepest—so deep, in fact, that the North River Tunnels and the planned Gateway Project tunnels pass over it by approximately 35 feet (11 m).[52][53] The station, which is 108 feet (33 m) below street level in total, is the third deepest subway station in the entire system, behind 190th Street and 191st Street stations;[54] as a result, four escalators will also be installed at the station.[55] In addition, passenger access to the station will include a pair of custom-made incline elevators. In April 2014, the first of two 172-foot-long (52 m)[38] incline elevators was installed in the station.[56] The 80-foot (24 m) high incline elevators,[20][57] which move at 100 feet (30 m) per minute (making an entire trip between the mezzanine levels in less than two minutes)[38] and are sloped at a 27-degree angle, will be the first of their kind in the system. Each elevator will eventually hold up to 15 standing passengers or five wheelchair passengers. The elevators were inclined, since they were less expensive than vertically-traveling elevators;[56] they are being installed within the large escalator shaft at 34th Street.[56] However, as the incline elevators had originally failed a factory test by its manufacturer Maspero Elevatori, there were multiple delays in opening the station, and the opening date was eventually delayed from December 2013 to late 2014.[38]

Track layout

The tracks of this station continue south of the station, down to 26th Street,[20] to allow trains to be stored south of the station during peak hours; the tail tracks are seven blocks long since the extension will add 66 more cars to the train fleet of the 7 service.[5] There are also two diamond crossovers, one north and one south of the station.[58] The storage tracks at this location are being constructed because the Corona Yard in Queens does not have any space to hold any more trains, and expanding the yard is very difficult due to its location next to the Flushing River. A new storage yard elsewhere would be prohibitively expensive, as they would cost hundreds of millions of dollars.[59]

Projected ridership

The station is projected to serve 27,000 passengers per day, or about 9.855 million passengers per year, when it first opens. After the Hudson Yards is complete, ridership will grow very heavily, with an average of 35,000 people per hour using the station at its peak by 2020.[60] Projections predict that during the morning rush hour alone, 26,000 passengers will be leaving the station, while 15,000 will be simultaneously entering the station.[10] This will make it the busiest subway station in New York City that is not a transfer station.[3][20]

Features

Main station entrance at 34th Street and 11th Avenue under construction
Another view of main station entrance under construction

In September 2007, it was announced that the new station would feature platform screen doors,[61] However, plans for screen doors in New York City Subway stations were dropped in 2012,[62] and as of December 21, 2013, the station has not had platform screen doors installed.[note 2]

It will include special air-cooling systems, like those at the Grand Central – 42nd Street station, the temporarily closed 2009 South Ferry station, and the future Second Avenue Subway stations on the Upper East Side; the systems will reduce the temperature along platforms. The installation of air-cooling systems mean that the station, as well as the Second Avenue Subway stations and South Ferry, will have ventilation towers instead of the sidewalk grates seen in most New York City subway stations.[22][23]

Unlike most stations in the system, which do not have open public restrooms,[63][64] there will be public restrooms in the station.[10]

Three mosaics by Xenobia Bailey, which total approximately 2,788 square feet (259.0 m2), will be located in three locations within the station.[65] Materials used in the station are expected to last at least 100 years; include granite tile, ceramic tile, stainless steel panels, and mesh; and are supposed to conform to New York City Transit criteria, including slip-resistance.[10]

The station is compliant with National Fire Protection Association standards, despite its extreme depth, as it can be evacuated in six minutes in case of fire, and the platform can be cleared within four minutes.[10]

Effects

The station is meant to spur development in the Hudson Yards area by providing transit access for future tenants of the Hudson Yards development, and by keeping up with the MTA's goal to "ensure that all new residential and commercial growth in the MTA region between 2008 and 2030 is concentrated within a half-mile of an MTA station". It is described by the MTA as the centerpiece of the Hudson Park and Boulevard.[11] The warehouse district west of Eighth Avenue and north of 34th Street was rezoned in 2005 into a commercial and residential area, and the station is part of an effort to accelerate development in the area.[66][67]

  • Bloomberg speaking at the December 2013 ceremony
    Bloomberg speaking at the December 2013 ceremony
  • View of the tracks of 34th Street station
    View of the tracks of 34th Street station
  • Escalators in 34th Street station
    Escalators in 34th Street station
  • Station entrance under construction
    Station entrance under construction
  • Part of the station mezzanine
    Part of the station mezzanine
  • Another part of the mezzanine
    Another part of the mezzanine
  • Staircases under construction
    Staircases under construction

Notes

  1. ^ The depth is so that there is minimal disruption to the structures above the station, such as the Lincoln Tunnel.
  2. ^ In pictures released on December 21, 2013, platform screen doors are not present within the station.
  • a b The tentative opening date is alternatively given as November 2014,[8][7][40] fall or winter 2014,[56] fall 2014,[68] or simply "2014".[20][69]

References

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  2. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "Mayor Bloomberg gets ride on No. 7 subway line extension he championed". NY Daily News. December 21, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  4. ^ "Work to Begin Under Last Major Contract Needed to Extend the 7". MTA.info. September 14, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
  5. ^ a b Photos: Inside the 7 line extension
  6. ^ a b "More Delays and Rising Cost for Project Connecting L.I.R.R. to Grand Central Terminal". New York Times. January 27, 2014.
  7. ^ a b c Kabak, Benjamin (February 27, 2014). "7 line extension opening now projected for November". Second Avenue Sagas. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
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