Flushing Line

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New York City Subway line rapid transit line

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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Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New York City Subway line → rapid transit line →
boroughsServed	Manhattan → Queens →
colorOnMap	purple →
connectsNeighborhood	Corona → 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 → 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 →
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 →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
42nd Street Shuttle ("Flushing Line at Grand Central–42nd Street") → BMT Broadway Line ("IRT Flushing Line") →	connectsWith
Court Square–23rd Street ("IRT Flushing Line") → Times Square–42nd Street subway station ("IRT Flushing Line") →	servedByLine
R11 ("IRT Flushing Line") →	associatedWithLines
Queensboro Bridge ("IRT Flushing Line (7 train) historically") →	carriesSubwayLine
Grand Central Terminal ("IRT Flushing Line") →	hasConnection
IRT Division →	hasMainTrunkLine
IND Sixth Avenue Line ("IRT Flushing Line at 42nd Street–Times Square") →	nearbyConnectionViaPassageways
Interborough Rapid Transit Company ("IRT Flushing Line") →	openedLine
Grand Central–42nd Street station ("IRT Flushing Line") →	servesLine