7 (New York City Subway service)

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.

Flushing Local
Flushing Express
Manhattan-bound 7 local train of R188s leaving 52nd Street
Queens-bound 7 express train of R188s leaving Fifth Avenue
Western end34th Street–Hudson Yards
Eastern endFlushing–Main Street
Stations22 (local service)
18 (express service)
8 (super express service)
Rolling stockR188
(Rolling stock assignments subject to change)
DepotCorona Yard
Started service1915 (1915)
Route map

 7   <7> 
Flushing–Main Street
Mets–Willets Point
northbound local;
game days only
111th Street
103rd Street–Corona Plaza
Junction Boulevard
90th Street–Elmhurst Avenue
82nd Street–Jackson Heights
74th Street–Broadway
69th Street
61st Street–Woodside
52nd Street
46th Street–Bliss Street
40th Street–Lowery Street
33rd Street–Rawson Street
express service
during weekday peak
Queensboro Plaza
Downtown & Brooklyn via Broadway
Court Square
Hunters Point Avenue
Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue
Queens
Manhattan
Grand Central
Fifth Avenue
Times Square–42nd Street
34th Street–Hudson Yards
 7   <7> 
Legend

Lines used by the
Other services sharing tracks with the
Unused lines, connections, or service patterns
 7 
Termini of services

Cross-platform interchange

Platforms on different levels

7 trains operate at all times between Main Street in Flushing, Queens and 34th Street–Hudson Yards in Chelsea, Manhattan. Local service, denoted by a (7) in a circular bullet, operates at all times, while express service, denoted by a <7> in a diamond-shaped bullet, runs only during rush hours and early evenings in the peak direction and during special events.

The 7 route started running in 1915 when the Flushing Line opened. Since 1927, the 7 has held largely the same route, except for a one-stop western extension from Times Square to Hudson Yards on September 13, 2015.

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