Subway Line 7 (New York City)

Flushing Local Flushing Express
New York Geographical Map of Line 7
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Flushing -Main Street (Transition to LIRR and Q48 to LaGuardia Airport ) Flushing Creek Mets-Willets Point only open during events (Transition to Q48 after LaGuardia Airport) 111 Street (Transition to Q48 after LaGuardia Airport) Junction Boulevard (Transition to Q72 after LaGuardia Airport) 74 Street Broadway (Transition to Jackson Hts Roosevelt Av LaGuardia Link Q70 SBS and Q47 LaGuardia Airport (Q47 Marine Air Terminal only) 61 Street-Woodside Avenue (Transition to LIRR and LaGuardia Link Q70 SBS to LaGuardia Airport) Queensboro Plaza Court Square (Transition to Court Sq-23 St ) Hunters Point Avenue (transition to LIRR ) Steinway Tunnel ( East River) Grand Central- 42 Street (Transition to Grand Central Terminal Metro-North ) Fifth avenue (Transition to 42 St- Bryant Park ) Times Square - 42 Street (Transition to 8 Avenue and Penn Station ) Hudson Yards
Explanation
Not all stations shown.

Line 7 of the New York City Subway connects Flushing in Queens with Hudson Yards in Manhattan . It has an identifier in magenta .

course

A 7 train (Flushing Local) at 111 Street Station in Queens

The line uses the IRT Flushing route , the terminus of which is under Roosevelt Avenue one block north of Flushing Main Street station on Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). Two blocks west of the terminus, the route emerges into daylight, crosses Flushing Creek and the Van Wyck Expressway together with Roosevelt Avenue and runs as an elevated train first over Roosevelt Avenue, then over Queens Boulevard towards Sunnyside Yard and crosses it around the subway - To reach the Queensboro Plaza Junction . Then the route turns in a 90 ° curve to the south and still follows 23th Street in an elevated position . Before the LIRR tracks leading to Long Island City , the line turns right in another 90 ° bend, where it reaches Hunters Point Avenue - the first station to be lowered again. The Steinway Tunnel goes under the East River, followed by the subway at 42nd Street , where Grand Central Terminal and Times Square are located. The end of Line 7 is in Hudson Yards - the extension from Times Square to this new business district only opened in 2015.

The Mets-Willets Point stop is only open on New York Mets match days or special events.

The Flushing Local with a circular signet serves all stops, while the Flushing Express with a diamond-shaped signet only serves the Woodside-61Street , Junction Boulevard and Mets-Willets Point stops in Queens east of Queensboro Plaza , if they are open, as well as the terminus Flushing Main Street . The Flushing Express only runs during rush hour - in the morning towards Manhattan, in the afternoon towards Queens.

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The trains have been running in semi-automatic operation (ATO level 2) since June 2019 . After the departure is cleared, the train accelerates and brakes automatically without the driver having to do anything. Its task is limited to triggering the departure at the stops and monitoring the free route so that it can trigger rapid braking in the event of obstacles on the route . The line is the second line after the line that is operated in semi-automatic mode.

A few months before shooting the ATO, was on the track, the Communications-Based Train Control introduced (CBTC), an inserted especially in subways train control system that is similar to ETCS works, but also driving in wandering space distance allows (Moving Block) . The CBTC replaced the R-2 external signals from Union Switch & Signal .

In June 2019, 38 trains were used on Line 7 during rush hour in the morning. The trains consist of a five-part and a six-part multiple unit from the R188 series . The subway cars were built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries between 2011 and 2016 . You have a drive by Bombardier Transportation of using IGBT - inverter and AC induction motors operate.

Web links

Commons : 7 (New York City Subway service)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ New York City Subway with airport and railroad connections. (pdf) MTA, February 2020, accessed on March 28, 2020 . 
2. ↑ 7 Flushing Local. MTA (English). 
3. ↑ ^{a b} 7 Flushing Express. MTA (English). 
4. ^ David A. Arnott: Finally, the 7 subway extension has an opening date. New York Business Journal, August 28, 2015, accessed April 2, 2020 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} 7 train gets automatic train operation . In: The Bulletin . tape 62 , no. 6 , June 2019, p. 1 ( erausa.org [PDF]).
6. ^ Restoring a Union Switch and Signal R2. Retrieved April 10, 2020 (example of an R-2 signal).