7 Train Marks 100 Years Of Taking People To Queens

QUEENS — The 7 train has been carrying commuters from Times Square to Queens for a century.

A celebration of the train, which was first board on April 21 1917, will be held at Grand Central at 1 p.m. Friday. The event will be on the Flushing-bound 7 train platform.

A special centennial ride to Queens will pull out of the station at 2 p.m., just as it did at the same time 100 years ago. The ride will end at the 103rd St-Corona Plaza stop around 2.30 p.m.

Back in 1917, the trains were designed to carry 15,000 straphangers to 11 stations in Queens each day. Now, the Flushing line carries about 105,000 commuters to 22 stops every day.

In addition to the celebration, the New York Transit Museum will open an exhibit, called "Minutes To Midtown," at the Grand Central Terminal Gallery on July 29 to honor the train's 100 years.

To learn more, visit the event page.

Lead image from Patch file