7 Train

MTA Releases App With Real-Time Subway Countdown Clocks

You can now find out when the next subway train will arrive simply by looking at your smartphone.

2012/12/28

Major Service Changes Coming To 7-Train For 13 Weekends

There will be no service on the 7 line between Queensboro Plaza and Times Square from 11:45 p.m. on Friday through 5 a.m. Monday.

2012/12/28

Police presence outside the 40th Street – Lowery Street Station. (credit: Eileen Lehpamer, 1010 WINS)

Police: Man Struck And Killed By 7 Train After Being Pushed Off Platform

Investigators were looking for a woman who is believed to have pushed the victim, who was struck by a Queens-bound “7″ train at the 40th Street-Lowery Street station.

2012/12/27

A pigeon (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

Queens Councilman Take Aim At Pooping Pigeons Along Sidewalks Under 7 Train

In response to constituents complaining about droppings scattered about on the sidewalks under 7 Train stations, City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer has spearheaded an effort combat the problem.

2012/07/11

Police are looking for these teen suspects in connection with an act of public lewdness. (credit: DCPI)

Police: Teen Exposed Himself, Simulated Sex Act In Front Of Female Victim On Train

A 24-year-old woman was riding on a southbound 7 Train when one of the teens sitting across from her exposed himself and simulated a sex act to get her attention, authorities said.

2012/05/21

Crane Inspector May Have Been At Fault In 2008 Accident

The building inspector who didn’t check a cable involved in a crane collapse last week was the same one who performed the inspection on a crane involved in a fatal accident in 2008.

2012/04/07

Subway tracks are seen in New York, NY (file / credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Straphangers Campaign, Transportation Alternatives Denounce MTA Capital Plan

Albany leaders have agreed to fund the last three years of the MTA’s current five-year capital plan, but it could mean fare hikes down the line.

2012/03/27

Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (credit: CBS 2)

MTA Rebuffs Queens Councilman’s Plan To Ease Burden For 7 Line Commuters

Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer said he got approval to use $250,000 in city funds to pay for a shuttle bus from Vernon Boulevard Station to Grand Central. However, the MTA said no thanks.

2012/01/23

Planned Work On 7 Line To Affect Commuters For Several Weekends

No 7 trains will run between Times Square and Queensboro Plaza for the next 11 weekends, starting this Saturday, because of track and signal work.

2012/01/20

Senate Approves $15 Million For New Hudson Rail Tunnel

It would essentially be the same route of the ARC Tunnel – the controversial plan that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie canceled because of funding concerns.

2011/11/02

Bloomberg, Christie On Board With Extending No. 7 Subway Train To Secaucus

Mayor Michael Bloomberg is pushing the throttle on the No. 7 train hoping to have it extending to New Jersey before he leaves office at the end of his third term.

2011/10/26

7 Train (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Rain-Damaged Signal Equipment Causes 7 Train Headaches

If you planned on taking the 7 train this weekend, you may want to tweak your plans and find another way to get around.

2011/03/12

7 Train (file/credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Christie Would Consider Helping Fund Subway Link

Gov. Christie said the plan had three points in its favor: it would be cheaper than the scrapped tunnel, it would connect to Penn Station and it would have funding from New York City and state.

2010/11/23

Could The 7 Train Be Extended To New Jersey?

NEW YORK (AP/WCBS 880) — Could New York’s subway be going suburban? A proposal to extend the No. 7 line across the Hudson River has straphangers atwitter, with some wondering how the new connection might […]

2010/11/20

NJ Commuters Like 7 Train Extension Plan

Following NJ Gov. Christie’s decision to put the brakes on a controversial Hudson River rail tunnel, administration officials said they’re considering extending the 7 train to Secaucus.

2010/11/17

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