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Old Posted Aug 31, 2015, 1:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Eidolon View Post
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The closest example to somehting of that magnitude would be the rebuilding of Cortlandt Str. station and that's been steadily heading towards a 2018 opening, so something like this is definitely doable when the money and willpower are found. I wouldn't count this station out even if there's no talk about it for the next 10 years because the population of both residents and workers is on track for a boom.
Not really the same situation. Cortlandt St station was surrounded by the WTC excavations and it could be accessed easily.

The 7 extension is far deeper in a bored tunnel, up to 110' below ground in solid rock. I'm not saying it's strictly impossible, just that it will be so expensive it will never happen. It would certainly be possible if they closed the line during construction, but good luck telling that to all the new Hudson Yards commuters.
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