7 Subway Extension
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The 7 Subway Extension is a New York City transit project that extended the IRT Flushing Line (7 train) westward to serve the Hudson Yards redevelopment area on Manhattan’s Far West Side.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 7 Subway Extension canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7074895 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 7 Subway Extension Context triple: [34th Street–Hudson Yards, partOfProject, 7 Subway Extension]
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A.
Eidan Subway
Eidan Subway was the former name of Tokyo’s main rapid transit system, operated by the Teito Rapid Transit Authority before it became Tokyo Metro.
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B.
Second Avenue Subway
The Second Avenue Subway is a New York City Subway line on Manhattan’s East Side, built to relieve congestion on the Lexington Avenue Line and long envisioned as a major north–south transit corridor.
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C.
Union subway station
Union subway station is a major Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) rapid transit station in downtown Toronto that serves as a key interchange between subway lines and regional rail services.
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D.
Sheppard subway
Sheppard subway is a Toronto Transit Commission rapid transit line in North York that runs east–west along Sheppard Avenue.
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E.
IRT Nostrand Avenue Line extension
The IRT Nostrand Avenue Line extension was a New York City Subway expansion project that extended service deeper into Brooklyn along Nostrand Avenue beyond its original terminus.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 7 Subway Extension Target entity description: The 7 Subway Extension is a New York City transit project that extended the IRT Flushing Line (7 train) westward to serve the Hudson Yards redevelopment area on Manhattan’s Far West Side.
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A.
Eidan Subway
Eidan Subway was the former name of Tokyo’s main rapid transit system, operated by the Teito Rapid Transit Authority before it became Tokyo Metro.
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B.
Second Avenue Subway
The Second Avenue Subway is a New York City Subway line on Manhattan’s East Side, built to relieve congestion on the Lexington Avenue Line and long envisioned as a major north–south transit corridor.
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C.
Union subway station
Union subway station is a major Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) rapid transit station in downtown Toronto that serves as a key interchange between subway lines and regional rail services.
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D.
Sheppard subway
Sheppard subway is a Toronto Transit Commission rapid transit line in North York that runs east–west along Sheppard Avenue.
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E.
IRT Nostrand Avenue Line extension
The IRT Nostrand Avenue Line extension was a New York City Subway expansion project that extended service deeper into Brooklyn along Nostrand Avenue beyond its original terminus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New York City Subway infrastructure project
ⓘ
railway line extension ⓘ |
| associatedWithAdministration |
Michael R. Bloomberg administration
ⓘ
linked to:
Michael Bloomberg
|
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| connectsLine | 7 train ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
Times Square–42nd Street station
ⓘ
linked to:
Times Square–42nd Street subway station
|
| constructionMethod | tunnel boring machine ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 2007 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| depthCharacteristic | one of the deepest stations in the New York City Subway system ⓘ |
| electrification | 600 V DC third rail ⓘ |
| extends |
IRT Flushing Line
ⓘ
linked to:
Flushing Line
|
| fareSystem | Metropolitan Transportation Authority fare system ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
City of New York
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corporation ⓘ |
| includesFeature |
air-tempered station environment at 34th Street–Hudson Yards
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high-capacity elevators at 34th Street–Hudson Yards ⓘ |
| includesStructure |
deep-bore tunnel
ⓘ
emergency egress shafts ⓘ ventilation structures ⓘ |
| lineColor | purple ⓘ |
| lineDesignation | 7 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ |
| newStation | 34th Street–Hudson Yards ⓘ |
| numberOfNewStations | 1 ⓘ |
| opened | September 13, 2015 ⓘ |
| openingYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| operator |
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
ⓘ
New York City Transit Authority ⓘ |
| owner |
City of New York
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
|
| partOf |
IRT Flushing Line
ⓘ
linked to:
Flushing Line
|
| planningAgency |
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
ⓘ
New York City Department of City Planning ⓘ |
| platformTypeAtNewStation | island platform ⓘ |
| purpose |
to provide subway access to the Hudson Yards redevelopment area
ⓘ
to support economic development on Manhattan’s Far West Side ⓘ |
| relatedToProject |
Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project
ⓘ
linked to:
Hudson Yards
|
| serves | 7 train ⓘ |
| servesArea |
Hudson Yards
ⓘ
Manhattan’s Far West Side ⓘ
linked to:
West Side of Manhattan
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| serviceType | rapid transit ⓘ |
| system | New York City Subway ⓘ |
| terminus |
34th Street–Hudson Yards station
ⓘ
linked to:
34th Street–Hudson Yards
|
| trackGauge | 1,435 mm standard gauge ⓘ |
| usesRollingStock |
A Division subway cars
ⓘ
R188 subway cars ⓘ |
| westernTerminusOf |
IRT Flushing Line
ⓘ
linked to:
Flushing Line
|
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 7 Subway Extension Description of subject: The 7 Subway Extension is a New York City transit project that extended the IRT Flushing Line (7 train) westward to serve the Hudson Yards redevelopment area on Manhattan’s Far West Side.
Referenced by (2)
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