Timetable Test

Long wait · New York · Sat Oct 10

22 min with no 7 train

At Times Sq-42 St, toward 34 St-Hudson Yards, between 7:25 pm and 7:47 pm. The schedule called for a train every 8 min.

Line
7 train
Station
Times Sq-42 St (station 725)
Direction
toward 34 St-Hudson Yards
Train before
train 07 1846 MST/34H, passed 7:25:38 pm
Train after
train 07 1854 MST/34H, passed 7:47:38 pm
Gap
22 min (1320 s)
Scheduled gap
8 min
Collector
missed some minutes nearby, see the record

Scheduled against seen

Each tick is a train at Times Sq-42 St toward 34 St-Hudson Yards. The two trains either side of the gap are labeled.

ScheduledSeen07 1846 MS07 1854 MS7:00 pm7:15 pm7:30 pm7:45 pm8:00 pm8:15 pm22 min gap

What the MTA feed said

The MTA feed reports each train's next stop. A train has passed Times Sq-42 St when its next stop moves past it.

SnapshotTrain 07 1846 MST/34H (before)Train 07 1854 MST/34H (after)
7:24:08 pmnext stop Times Sq-42 Stnext stop Queensboro Plaza
7:25:08 pmnext stop Times Sq-42 Stnext stop Court Sq
7:26:08 pmnext stop 34 St-Hudson Yardsnext stop Court Sq
7:27:08 pmnext stop 34 St-Hudson Yardsnext stop Hunters Point Av
7:28:08 pmnext stop 34 St-Hudson Yardsnext stop Hunters Point Av
7:29:08 pmnext stop 34 St-Hudson Yardsnext stop Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av
7:30:08 pmtrip finishednext stop Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av
7:31:08 pmtrip finishednext stop Grand Central-42 St
7:32:08 pmtrip finishednext stop Grand Central-42 St
7:33:08 pmtrip finishednext stop Grand Central-42 St
7:34:08 pmtrip finishednext stop Grand Central-42 St
7:35:08 pmtrip finishednext stop Grand Central-42 St
7:36:08 pmtrip finishednext stop Grand Central-42 St
7:37:08 pmtrip finishednext stop Grand Central-42 St
7:38:08 pmtrip finishednext stop Grand Central-42 St
7:39:08 pmtrip finishednext stop Grand Central-42 St

Showing 16 of 26 snapshots in the gap. The full record, every train on the line minute by minute, is in 2026-10-10-7-gap-71258.json.

Check it yourself

Scheduled times come from the MTA's supplemented GTFS schedule for Sat Oct 10. Positions come from the MTA feed, polled once a minute. The raw records above are exactly what MTA's servers returned. How the numbers are worked out.