34th Street – Hudson Yards (IRT Flushing Line)

34th Street – Hudson Yards
future
New York City Subway rapid transit station

Former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg at a ceremony in December 2013
Station statistics
Address 34th Street & 11th Avenue (actual exits at Hudson Boulevard)
New York, NY 10001
Borough Manhattan
Locale Hell's Kitchen, Hudson Yards, and Chelsea
Coordinates 40°45′21.02″N 74°0′7.06″W / 40.7558389°N 74.0019611°WCoordinates: 40°45′21.02″N 74°0′7.06″W / 40.7558389°N 74.0019611°W
Division A (IRT)
Line       IRT Flushing Line
Services future
Connection
  • NYCT Bus: M34 SBS, M12
Structure Underground
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened Summer 2015 (planned)[1][2]
Accessible
Station succession
Next north Times Square: future
Next south (Terminal): no regular service

34th Street – Hudson Yards[3] (also 34th Street, and in the past, 34th Street – Jacob Javits Convention Center[4]) is a station in Manhattan's West Side, 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 <7> trains.[5] It has two tracks and one island platform with a large 3-block-long mezzanine, stretching between 33rd and 36th Streets,[6] overhead. The station, originally part of the city's bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics, was supposed to first open in summer 2012.[note 1] 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,[15] then to November 2014,[7][8][16] due to multiple escalator and elevator failures.[17] In December 2014, the opening date was delayed yet again to between April and July 2015 due to issues with the fire alarm and security systems.[18] As of March 2015, the opening date had been delayed five times; the most recent delay pushes the opening date back to summer 2015.[1]

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.[19] 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 as part of the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project, and subway service would be an essential part of that effort.[20] The extension, which sparked development in the Hudson Yards area,[21] will also serve the newly expanded Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, just half a block away from the station entrances.[22] It is a vital part of the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project, and is expected to be used heavily by residents of that development once the station is opened.[19]

The station was funded by the city, former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and by taxpayers;[23] it is the first city-funded subway station since the Jamaica – 179th Street station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line opened in 1950,[24] and the first new unique station in the New York City Subway since the three stations on the IND 63rd Street Line opened in October 1989.[3][note 2]

History

Construction

During 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.[7] 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.[25][26][27] Richard Dattner and Partners, Architects, designed the 34th Street station.[28] 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.[12][28]

In September 2007, it was announced that the new station would feature platform screen doors,[29] 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.[30][31]

Former 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.[32] 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.[33]

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.[34] Both tunnel-boring machines were scheduled to finish the required tunneling in the spring of 2010.[35]

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.[36] In May 2012, the MTA announced that the extension, now 65% complete, had received the installation of the first set of rails.[37]

On August 21, 2013, the MTA announced that the 7 subway extension was 90% complete.[38]

On December 20, 2013, Former 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.[4][39][40][41][42][43]

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.[44] 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.[45] However, in June 2012, the station's opening was delayed to June 2014 for completion of the station's fitting-out.[17]

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.[46] 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.[46] 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,[15] or to November 2014.[7][8][47] As of March 2014, the station's tentative opening date was still November 2014.[9]

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.[46]

Then-mayor Michael Bloomberg stands to the left of the speaker at a ceremony at the station in December 2013

The station was expected to open for service in late 2014,[note 1][48][49] but due to further elevator delays as well as problems with the extension's ventilation systems, it was delayed to February 2015.[50][51] The opening date was supposed to be before 10 Hudson Yards, the first Hudson Yards building, opens in July 2015,[52] but as of December 14, 2014, the opening date was delayed to between April and July 2015 due to issues with the fire alarm and security systems.[18] 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;[45] the test trains did not run, but on December 20, 2013, Former 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,[4][39][40][41][53] and as of June 1, 2014, the only passenger train to go to 34th Street.[54]

By October 2014, the project was so far delayed that the MTA was offered US$4.75 million in "incentive" money if the station opened by February 24, 2015.[14] Software changes were made to solve the elevators’ problems, and the elevators were installed. Testing would be complete by November. Three ventilation systems were already installed by October 1, 2014, with two more systems to be installed by the end of the month.[14] On November 17, it was confirmed that February 24 would be the opening date for the station; new signs and the southern entrance's canopy have been erected.[55]

On December 16, 2014, the MTA stated that it was unable to open the subway extension for service until April to July 2015, due to the failure to get the inclined elevators to work properly.[56][18] Problems with the security and fire alarm systems were also blamed for the delays.[57] Hudson Yards' developer, The Related Companies, also needed to dig caissons for the foundations of 55 Hudson Yards, just above the subway station, and the foundation work needed to be complete before the MTA could proceed with opening the station.[58]

On March 24, 2015, the MTA announced that the station's opening would be delayed again, to summer 2015, due to more problems with the fire and security systems. The MTA also needed to test third rails, public service announcement systems, ventilation fans, escalators, and elevators.[1]

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
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
NYCS 7 NYCS 7d (future) toward Flushing – Main Street (Times Square) →
Island platform, not in service
Track 2 No regular service
NYCS 7 NYCS 7d (future) toward Flushing – Main Street (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,[19] 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.[59]

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.[60] They are pre-fabricated porcelain panels, in three-by-five slabs, to allow easy replacement.[19]

The layout of the station is such that due to the station's extreme depth at over 80 feet (24 m),[note 3] 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.[61] 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".[19]

The station's architecture was inspired by that of the Canary Wharf tube station in London.[44]

Entrances and exits

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

The station has two entrances and exits:

The main entrance, located east of the intersection of 34th Street and 11th Avenue at Hudson Boulevard, will have a turtle shell-shaped glass canopy—based on a design by architect Toshiko Mori[16]—above it that will allow light to shine on the upper mezzanine;[19] 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 in the boulevard. The ventilation building will be built over by developers at a future date.[62] Both entrances will feature the glass canopy design, the first of their kind in the subway system. They are intended to stand out aesthetically.[20] 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.[48] There was provisionally an entrance inside the 3 Hudson Boulevard building, near where the secondary station building will be.[63] 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. At both of the exits, the staircases and four escalators each go down 40 feet (12 m) to a fare control area, then another 80 feet (24 m) to the common lower mezzanine; the main entrance was completed by summer 2014, while the secondary entrance is still under construction.[64]

Incline elevators

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).[65][66] 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;[67] as a result, four escalators will also be installed at the station.[68] 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)[46] incline elevators was installed in the station.[10]

The 80-foot (24 m) high incline elevators,[12][69] which move at 100 feet (30 m) per minute (making an entire trip between the mezzanine levels in less than two minutes)[46] 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;[10] they are being installed within the large escalator shaft at 34th Street.[10] 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,[46] then to mid-2015.[18]

The use of inclined elevators was intended to provide wheelchair-bound patrons with a shorter, easier path to the train platform as well as to reduce tunneling costs.[46] The two elevators were manufactured by Maspero Elevatori, in Appiano Gentile, Italy, using a controller made on Long Island, speed governors made in Ohio, and buttons and other parts in Queens.[46] The software for the elevator was written in the United States. Maspero Elevatori assembled the elevators in Italy, and they failed an operational test there, prior to being shipped to the United States.[46] The MTA said the manufacturer chose to use American subcontractors in place of local Italian suppliers after reading the specifications the transit agency submitted. The MTA has been working with the manufacturer to try to resolve the problems caused by a very high level of customization.[46]

Track layout

The tracks of this station continue south of the station, down to 26th Street,[12] 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.[6] There are also two diamond crossovers, one north and one south of the station.[70] 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.[71]

Projected ridership

Station finishes being installed
Station platform progress in June 2013

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.[72] 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.[19] This will make it the busiest subway station in New York City that is not a transfer station.[4][12] The station, however, is built to handle an even higher capacity of 40,000 passengers per hour during peak times and events at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.[3]

The high projected ridership is 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.[23]

Features

In September 2007, it was announced that the new station would feature platform screen doors,[73] However, plans for screen doors in New York City Subway stations were dropped in 2012,[74] and as of December 21, 2013, the station has not had platform screen doors installed.[note 4]

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.[30][31]

Unlike most stations in the system, which do not have open public restrooms,[75][76] there will be public restrooms in the station.[19]

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.[19]

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.[19]

As part of the MTA's "Arts for Transit" program, three mosaics by Xenobia Bailey, which total approximately 2,788 square feet (259.0 m2), have been installed in three locations within the station.[77] One of the artworks will be located in an oval-shaped recession in the ceiling at the 34th Street entrance.[78] The other two mosaics, which have already been completed, are located in the station entrances. The Hudson Park and Boulevard project is also included with the construction of the station.[79]

Effects

The subway extension to 34th Street spurred 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". Described by the MTA as the centerpiece of the Hudson Park and Boulevard,[20] it is also the centerpiece of the Hudson Yards project, which developers say could not have been started without the 7 subway extension. The completion of the High Line and the Hudson Boulevard, as well as the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center renovation, are bolstering development in the area as well.[80] Kenneth T. Jackson, editor of the Encyclopedia of New York City, describes the extension as a "very important" one, as it will gain a projected 200,000 daily riders by 2025, more than Times Square station, the station with the most ridership as of 2013, with 197,696 riders a day in 2013.[81]

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.[82][83]

Since the station started construction, land prices in the surrounding area have nearly doubled. Interest in the surrounding area has also grown, as many development companies are going to Hudson Yards to buy air rights; for instance Related Companies, already the developer of Hudson Yards, entered a contract to buy a $75 million-plus parcel of land between 35th and 36th Streets and between Eleventh Avenue and Hudson Boulevard, as well as land over a McDonald's to build 50 Hudson Yards. Also as a result of the subway extension, three tenants have already been found for 10 Hudson Yards, and Citigroup is considering moving to the area. Most importantly, however, the $750 million platform supporting much of Hudson Yards was built starting in January 2013; subway construction for a station that could potentially carry up to 27,000 daily passengers necessitated the construction of more buildings, as 70% of tenants are expected to come to Hudson Yards via the 7 subway extension.[80] Additionally, new restaurants, luxury condominiums, and stores have appeared near the station and along the extension's route, and residential prices along the extension have also increased.[84]

Gallery

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The tentative opening date was alternatively given as November 2014,[7][8][9] fall or winter 2014,[10] fall 2014,[11] or simply "2014".[12][13] A financial incentive of about US$4.75 million has been provided for the station to open on February 24, 2015.[14]
  2. ↑ The new South Ferry station platform opened in March 2009, but is not an entirely new station; in fact, it connects to an existing station, Whitehall Street.
  3. ↑ The depth is so that there is minimal disruption to the structures above the station, such as the Lincoln Tunnel.
  4. ↑ In pictures released on December 21, 2013, platform screen doors are not present within the station.

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