7 Train (Flushing Local and Express) Line Map (2024)

FAQs

How do you tell if a train is express or local? ›

There are signs above the platform face that inform riders about the routes of the train using that track. The text on the signs tells whether the train that normally uses that track is an express or a local. Generally, in a station with platform access to three or four tracks, the inner track is the express track.

The 7 Flushing Local and <7> Flushing Express are two rapid transit services in the A Division of the New York City Subway, providing local and express services along the full length of the IRT Flushing Line. Their route emblems, or "bullets", are colored purple, since they serve the Flushing Line.

Local service: A train which always operates and stops at every station on the line. Express service: A train that does not always operate or sometimes skips a station. ADA accessible stations: Stations that have features to accommodate customers with disabilities.

The NYC Subway 7 train- Flushing Local serves 22 subway stops in New York City departing from Flushing-Main St and ending at 34 St-Hudson Yards.

An express train is a type of passenger train that makes few or no stops between its origin and destination stations, usually major destinations, providing faster service than local trains that stop at many or all of the stations along their route.

Many subway stations just have one track for each direction (one track for Uptown, one for Downtown). You can call these stations “Local”, in the sense that only trains making every stop will stop at that station.

Local trains stop at many more stations (better yet, all stations) en route from their origin to their terminating destination. Express trains are more direct, with much fewer stops in between. Express trains focus merely on major cities and/or streets.

Express trains run on separate tracks from the local trains, so they can skip multiple stations. Local trains stop at every station on that particular line. For instance, let's take the trains running under Broadway from midtown to Inwood at the top of Manhattan along the Upper West Side.

Does the 7 train go to Grand Central? ›

Grand Central Terminal's main entrance is 89 E. 42nd Street (at Park Avenue), New York, NY 10017. It is accessible via the 4, 5, 6, 7, and S subway lines, the the M101, M102, M103, M1, M2, M3, M4, Q32 and M42 buses, and the Hudson, Harlem, and New Haven lines on Metro North.

The complex is served by the 1, 2, 3, 7, N and Q trains at all times, the W train during weekdays; the R and 42nd Street Shuttle (S) trains at all times except late nights; and <7> trains during rush hours in the peak direction.

According to the Ministry of Railways, express trains travel faster and have limited stops than ordinary passenger trains. Any passenger train with an average speed higher than 55 km/h (34 mph) is considered super-fast. As of 2023, India does not have any operational high-speed trains.

Finding your carriage

All trains with reserved seating will have the carriage letter either on the door or by the door.

Local trains run on rail tracks that pass-through villages and small towns. Thus, they offer more access. The issuance of tickets is also different in the case of local trains where the passengers are given printed passes compared to the digitally coded tokens that are used in metro railway transportation.