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7 train switches

Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 15 18:28:00 2026

So the switches on the 7 line between 82 and 74 are useful.

One connects M track to 1 track (Manhattan-bound or "southbound").

It's a "facing point" switch on M track which means it's "trailing point" on 1 track.

One day a Manhattan-bound 7 train went out of service at 74 and supervision had to turn the train back to Main Street or Corona Yard.

The train operator switched ends in the station (74th Street) and went back to the Flushing-bound or "northbound" operating position and operated the train against traffic, then over the switch to M track and away he went.

The move, of taking the train out of service, had to be done this way at 74 due to the current GO where 7 trains are operating on the middle track from Woodside to Queens Plaza.

Obviously it delayed Manhattan-bound 7 trains for a few minutes while the train was taken out of service and the train operator switched from the Manhattan-bound to the Flushing-bound operating position.

For the most part, 7 trains are just so slow middays because construction flaggers are everywhere.

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Re: 7 train switches

Posted by gbs on Sun Mar 15 20:33:14 2026, in response to 7 train switches, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 15 18:28:00 2026.


The move ... had to be done this way

They could have done it like this: the out-of-service train could have proceeded Manhattan-bound over the switch to M track (as all the trains do now because of the GO), then have the t/o change ends, then proceed to Flushing.

Advantages:

1) while the t/o is changing ends, the following train could platform at 74 and its passengers could make their transfers, instead of waiting at 82 for the OOS train to reverse.

2) once the t/o has changed ends, it's straight forward, no need to go slowly over the switch.

I was actually surprised to hear that they did it the way you described.

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Re: 7 train switches - woodside construction

Posted by JRR4 on Sun Mar 15 21:25:16 2026, in response to 7 train switches, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 15 18:28:00 2026.

Any idea when all the construction around Woodside will be done so we can go back to using all 3 tracks there?

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Re: 7 train switches - woodside construction

Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Mon Mar 16 17:56:43 2026, in response to Re: 7 train switches - woodside construction, posted by JRR4 on Sun Mar 15 21:25:16 2026.

When the Mayor gets to do a tiktoc announcing it is done.

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