7 Subway Extension

The 7 Subway Extension is a <a href="/facts/Rapid_transit/bbhkQbAW">subway</a> extension of the <a href="/facts/New_York_City_Subway/1NKtIgLr">New York City Subway</a>'s <a href="/facts/IRT_Flushing_Line/2nekRX0e">IRT Flushing Line</a>, which is served by the <a href="/facts/7_(New_York_City_Subway_service)/2MY9Dtp7">7</a> local and <a href="/facts/7d_(New_York_City_Subway_service)/2MY9Dtp7"><7></a> express services. The extension stretches 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest from its previous terminus at <a href="/facts/Times_Square_(IRT_Flushing_Line)/QbferS8D">Times Square</a>, at Seventh Avenue and 41st Street, to <a href="/facts/34th_Street%E2%80%93Hudson_Yards_(IRT_Flushing_Line)/yFfRF0wv">one new station</a> at 34th Street and Eleventh Avenue. A second station at <a href="/facts/10th_Avenue_(IRT_Flushing_Line)/CksLaQX5">10th Avenue and 41st Street</a> was dropped from the plans in October 2007. The entirety of the extension is located within the <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a> borough of <a href="/facts/Manhattan/fF9JeXjh">Manhattan</a>. The extension, a key part of the <a href="/facts/Hudson_Yards_Redevelopment_Project/YhlVr9WC">Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project</a>, is expected to bring business and entertainment into the area, as well as aid redevelopment of nearby <a href="/facts/Chelsea,_Manhattan/l37ECnu1">Chelsea</a> and <a href="/facts/Hell%27s_Kitchen,_Manhattan/Io4Iqphb">Hell's Kitchen</a>, located around the <a href="/facts/Long_Island_Rail_Road/NvtkcfWk">Long Island Rail Road</a>'s <a href="/facts/West_Side_Yard/XsAwFa91">West Side Yard</a>. The extension also serves the nearby <a href="/facts/Jacob_K._Javits_Convention_Center/0lS9sMsW">Jacob K. Javits Convention Center</a>.
The project was originally proposed in 2005 as part of the Hudson Yards project, which included the failed attempt to build the <a href="/facts/West_Side_Stadium/csHoGcsE">West Side Stadium</a> for the <a href="/facts/New_York_Jets/rJq6jtCj">New York Jets</a> and <a href="/facts/New_York_City_2012_Olympic_bid/lCAumokm">the city's bid</a> for the <a href="/facts/2012_Summer_Olympics/mF4apCwl">2012 Summer Olympics</a>. Although the stadium plan was rejected by the state legislature, the rest of the <a href="/facts/Hudson_Yards_(development)/Hw6H0E21">Hudson Yards</a> rail yard development, including the 7 Subway Extension, went forward. Construction on the extension started in 2007.
The extension's opening was postponed multiple times from its original target of December 2013. The delays were attributed to a variety of problems, mostly involving the 170-foot-long (52 m) <a href="/facts/Incline_elevator/jm70JXrh">incline elevators</a> that were custom-designed for the new station. The extension finally opened to the public on September 13, 2015.

7 Subway Extension open-in-new

7 Subway Extension