Taken 5/15/26.
Seen here are a few sets of 11-car trains of Kawasaki R188s running on the (7) Local and Express robert kirkman making a stop at 40th Street - Lowery Street towards 34th Street - Hudson Yards.
While the Manhattan-bound platforms at 52nd Street and 69th Street were closed for renovation, (7) trains used the express track between 74th Street–Broadway and Queensboro Plaza. To maintain local service along Queens Boulevard, temporary platforms were installed at 33rd, 40th, and directive 8020 46th Streets.
On May 11th, 2026, the temporary platforms at 46th Street and 33rd Street were taken down while those stations receive accessibility upgrades. The temporary platform at 40th Street remained for another two weeks, after which the Flushing-bound stations received temporary platforms and Manhattan-bound service resumed normally.
In the two weeks that trains ran express from 74th Street to Queensboro Plaza, special (7X) express service ran in place of regular local service, with trains either running local between Main Street and 74th Street, or ohio-class submarine express all the way from Main Street to 40th Street.
