MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber announces extra trains on the 7 subway line and Long Island Rail Road will help handle the hundreds of thousands of tennis fans heading to the 2023 U.S. Open during the next three weeks.
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Officials from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) helped kickoff U.S. Open Fan Week on Aug. 21 at Corona Yard adjacent to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, where the main draw gets underway from Monday, Aug. 28, and will run through Sunday, Sept. 10.
The MTA will increase service on the 7 subway line and the Long Island Rail Road to provide transit options to the more than 880,000 who are expected to attend Fan Week and the 2023 U.S. Open over the next three weeks.
“Every year, hundreds of thousands of fans take public transit to get in on the action at the U.S. Open,” MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber said. “It’s the most cost-efficient way of getting out to the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center to watch the world’s best players battle it out on the courts. Whether you’re taking the bus, subway or railroad, the MTA is proud to support this iconic New York event.”
The Mets-Willets Point station serves the U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Fans can always take either the local or the express to reach the Mets-Willets Point station. After the last match at Arthur Ashe Stadium starting Friday, Aug. 25, New York City Transit will run five additional trains to supplement regularly scheduled service. Supplemental trains will run express from Mets-Willets Point to 74th St-Broadway and then make all local stops to 34 St-Hudson Yards.
“The 7 train is about as synonymous with the U.S. Open as a Carlos Alcaraz ace,” NYC Transit President Richard Davey said. “Mass transit makes this annual NYC tradition possible, carrying thousands of tennis fans to and from Mets-Willets Point throughout…
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