No 7 Secaucus Extension Final Report - NYCEDC

No. 7 Secaucus ExtensionFeasibility Analysis Final ReportTable 2:Improvements for 2035 Build Volumes: No. 7 Secaucus ExtensionStation/Issue AddressedTimes Square StationInsufficient escalator capacity from No.7 platform to upper mezzanineProposed ImprovementBuild new 40" escalator from lower mezzanine toupper mezzanine along south wall of station, next toexisting stairs ML13-ML16.5 th Avenue/Bryant Park StationPassageway to 6 th Avenue isovercrowdedRe-open free-zone passageway to north side of 42 ndStreet. Build two new 5-foot-wide stairs to street leveloriented (top end) towards 6 th Avenue west ofexisting corridor. Locate stairs on sidewalk close tocurb and placed to minimize effects on access tobuildings. Seal off eastward passage and leaveentrance in Grace Building closed.Grand CentralInsufficient vertical capacity for transferflows between No. 7 platform and 456platforms, and street levelBuild new vertical core from eastern half of No. 7platform to connect with both Mobil Passagewayand Chrysler Building basement corridors. New coreto include a pair of 7-foot-wide splayed platformstairs, a landing through cavern roof, two 40-inchescalators and 5-foot-wide stair up to level of MobilPassageway and Chrysler Building basement. Buildtwo new fare control arrays, one each onconnections to Mobil Passageway and ChryslerBuilding. From Mobil passageway, build two new 5-foot-wide street stairs close to curb southeast ofLexington Avenue. East end of Mobil Passagewayand existing stair to street within building line toremain closed.Source: MTA-NYCT Operations Planning and Parsons Brinckerhoff, 201113