Flushing Line

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The Flushing Line is a New York City Subway service in Queens and Manhattan, best known today as the 7 train running between Flushing–Main Street and Hudson Yards.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New York City Subway line
rapid transit line
boroughsServed Manhattan
Queens
colorOnMap purple
connectsNeighborhood Corona
linked to: Corona, Queens

Flushing
Jackson Heights
Long Island City
Midtown Manhattan
Sunnyside
Woodside
constructionStart early 1910s
culturalAssociation nicknamed International Express for ethnic diversity along route
serves Citi Field and USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Mets–Willets Point
division IRT Division
easternTerminalStation Flushing–Main Street
electrification 600 V DC third rail
extensionToHudsonYardsOpened 2015
formerWesternTerminal 34th Street–Pennsylvania Station (shuttle era)
Times Square–42nd Street
hasStation 34th Street–Hudson Yards
74th Street–Broadway
Court Square
Fifth Avenue–Bryant Park (via passage to 42nd Street–Bryant Park complex)
Flushing–Main Street
Grand Central–42nd Street
Junction Boulevard
Mets–Willets Point
Queensboro Plaza
linked to: Queens Plaza

Times Square–42nd Street
initialOpening 1915
lineDesignation 7
<7>
locatedIn Manhattan
New York City
Queens
notableFeature elevated for much of its length in Queens
only IRT line that does not enter the Bronx
only IRT line that serves Queens
underground in Manhattan
openedAsPartOf Dual Contracts
operator Metropolitan Transportation Authority
New York City Transit Authority
rollingStockType A Division subway cars
servedBy 7 train
<7> train
linked to: 7 train
servedByRollingStock R188 cars
R62A cars (formerly)
serviceFrequency 24-hour service
servicePattern express service
local service
system New York City Subway
terminusEast Flushing–Main Street
terminusWest 34th Street–Hudson Yards
trackGauge standard gauge
westernTerminalStation 34th Street–Hudson Yards

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IRT Division hasMainTrunkLine Flushing Line
Grand Central–42nd Street station servesLine IRT Flushing Line
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Times Square–42nd Street subway station servedByLine IRT Flushing Line
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42nd Street Shuttle connectsWith Flushing Line at Grand Central–42nd Street
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Interborough Rapid Transit Company openedLine IRT Flushing Line
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Queensboro Bridge carriesSubwayLine IRT Flushing Line (7 train) historically
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Grand Central Terminal hasConnection IRT Flushing Line
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IND Sixth Avenue Line nearbyConnectionViaPassageways IRT Flushing Line at 42nd Street–Times Square
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Court Square–23rd Street servedByLine IRT Flushing Line
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R11 associatedWithLines IRT Flushing Line
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BMT Broadway Line connectsWith IRT Flushing Line
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7 train route Flushing Line
Astoria Line hasConnection IRT Flushing Line at Queensboro Plaza
subject linked to: Astoria Line in Queens
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Corona, Queens servedBy IRT Flushing Line
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Woodside connectedTo IRT Flushing Line
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IRT Lexington Avenue Line trunk in Manhattan connectsWith IRT Flushing Line at Grand Central–42nd Street
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R188 cars usedOnService Flushing Line
R188 cars usedOnRoute IRT Flushing Line
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R188 cars introducedFor Flushing Line CBTC project
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74th Street–Broadway servedByLine IRT Flushing Line
linked to: Flushing Line
74th Street–Broadway hasTracks 3 (IRT Flushing Line level)
linked to: Flushing Line
New York City Subway 7 train lineUsed IRT Flushing Line
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34th Street–Hudson Yards servedByLine IRT Flushing Line
linked to: Flushing Line
Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue servedByLine IRT Flushing Line
linked to: Flushing Line
42nd Street–Bryant Park station line IRT Flushing Line (via connected 5th Avenue station)
linked to: Flushing Line
Court Square (IRT Flushing Line) servedByLine IRT Flushing Line
linked to: Flushing Line
Queensboro Plaza servesLine IRT Flushing Line
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Queensboro Plaza lowerLevelServes IRT Flushing Line
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Flushing–Main Street servedByLine IRT Flushing Line
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Flushing–Main Street terminalFor IRT Flushing Line
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46th Street–Bliss Street line IRT Flushing Line
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Corona, Queens servedBySubwayLine IRT Flushing Line
subject linked to: Corona
linked to: Flushing Line
Junction Boulevard line IRT Flushing Line
linked to: Flushing Line
Times Square–42 Street servesService <7> Flushing Express
linked to: Flushing Line
Fifth Avenue–Bryant Park subway station servedByService IRT Flushing Line
linked to: Flushing Line
61st Street–Woodside servedByLine IRT Flushing Line
linked to: Flushing Line
61st Street–Woodside openedAsPartOf IRT Flushing Line extension
linked to: Flushing Line
Woodside, Queens servedBySubwayLine IRT Flushing Line
linked to: Flushing Line