New York Trains Roll on a New Subway Line Envisioned in the 1920’s
NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers’ long wait to take a subway under Manhattan’s far Upper East Side ended Sunday when three new stations on the Second Avenue line opened to the public.
The first train left the station at East 96th Street at noon after a speech by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who pushed to meet a New Year’s Day deadline for the long-delayed project.
“I hope when you go down there you really feel how much hard work and time and patience it’s taken to get to this point,” Cuomo said. “It’s incredible. This is not your grandfather’s station.”