CENTER NEW HYDE PARK WILL KEEP
THE NAMES THE SAME.
THE COMPANY EMPLOYS MORE THAN
70,000 PEOPLE.
A COMMUTER ALERT.
IT IS THE FIRST EVENING RUSH AT
A BRAND-NEW SUBWAY STATION ON
MANHATTAN'S WEST SIDE AND
RIDERS
HAVE WAITED A LONG TIME FOR THE
7 LINE EXTENSION TO OPEN AT
HUDSON YARDS.
CBS'S ALICE GAINER LIVEN AT
34th AND 11th.
ARE THINGS GOING SMOOTHLY,
ALICE?
Reporter: YOU COULD SAY
THAT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE.
WE ARE AMAZED HOW MANY PEOPLE
HAVE STOPPED TO TAKE PICTURES.
HERE IS A LOOK OUTSIDE OF THE
BRAND-NEW HUDSON YARDS SUBWAY
STATION.
SMALL BLIMP.
ONE OF THE ESCALATORS BROKE.
THEY ARE WORKING TO REPAIR IT.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHER
ESCALATORS AND ELEVATIONERS.
RIDERS ARE EXCITED THEY CAN
CATCH A TRAIN TO THE FAR WEST
SIDE.
IT'S SHINY AND NEW.
NO GARBAGE ON THE TRACKS AND NO
GUM ON THE GROUND.
MUCH CLEANER.
NICER.
IT DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT.
Reporter: AND IT'S MODERN
WITH TWO COLORFUL TILE MOSAIC
UP
ABOVE PROVING TO BE A POPULAR
PHOTO TO CAPTURE.
AIR-CONDITIONING AND WIDER
PLATFORMS.
IT SEEMS LIKE AN AIRPORT.
Reporter: IT EVEN HAS THAT
NEW SUBWAY STATION SMELL.
WHAT DO YOU SMELL?
FRESH AIR.
NOTHING.
AND THAT'S THE BEAUTIFUL THING
IN THE NEW YORK SUBWAY SYSTEM.
Reporter: IT'S LOCATED AT
34th STREET AND 11th AVENUE.
THE ONLY STOP SOUTH OF 59th
STREET THAT GOES WEST OF 9th
AVENUE.
WITH THE 7 TRAINS RUN A MILE
AND
A HALF WEST PAST TIMES SQUARE
STRAPHANGERS SAY COMMUTING LIFE
GOT A WHOLE LOT EASIER.
I CAN'T COMPLAIN.
Reporter: THERE WERE A
COUPLE
OF MINOR COMPLAINTS.
WE NOTICED A SMALL LEAK.
AND ONE OF THE ESCALATORS BROKE
DOWN.
THE MTA SAYS BECAUSE OF A
HANDRAIL.
BUT THERE WAS APPARENTLY
ANOTHER
ISSUE WITH IT.
IT'S VERY BUSY.
WE HAVE BEEN ON THE
ESCALATORS.
IT SCRAPPED THE [BLEEP]
OUT OF
ME.
IT WAS STEEP AND LONG.
IT WAS LIKE THIS ANGLE.
IT'S LIKE IT'S DEEP AS
LONDON'S.
AND IT'S ALSO LIKE -- IT'S LIKE
IT'S CLEAR --
THE BIGGER KIDS SEEMED TO
LIKE IT.
IT'S LIKE GOING UP TO THE
TOP
OF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING.
IT IS ALMOST VERTICAL.
Reporter: YOU COULD ALWAYS
TAKE THE ELEVATOR.
THEY GO DIE AGONY INSTEAD OF
VERTICALLY.
THE CITY SPENT $2.4 BILLION TO
BUILD THE STATION.
WHILE MOST SEEM TO ENJOY IT,
SOME SAY IT'S A WASTE OF MONEY.
THEY COULD HAVE USED THE
MONEY TO UPGRADE THE STATIONS
IN
BROOKLYN AND THE BRONX.
THOSE STATIONS ARE CRUMBLING.
Reporter: YEAH, THAT
ESCALATOR WAS PRETTY STEEP.
NOW, THIS IS THE FIRST SUBWAY
EXTENSION IN NEW YORK CITY IN
25
YEARS.
