Timetable Test

Long wait · New York · Sat Oct 10

30 min with no 7 train

At Hunters Point Av, toward 34 St-Hudson Yards, between 7:28 pm and 7:58 pm. The schedule called for a train every 8 min.

Line
7 train
Station
Hunters Point Av (station 720)
Direction
toward 34 St-Hudson Yards
Train before
train 07 1854 MST/34H, passed 7:28:38 pm
Train after
train 07 1926 MST/34H, passed 7:58:38 pm
Gap
30 min (1800 s)
Scheduled gap
8 min
Collector
missed some minutes nearby, see the record

Scheduled against seen

Each tick is a train at Hunters Point Av toward 34 St-Hudson Yards. The two trains either side of the gap are labeled.

ScheduledSeen07 1854 MS07 1926 MS7:00 pm7:15 pm7:30 pm7:45 pm8:00 pm8:15 pm8:30 pm30 min gap

What the MTA feed said

The MTA feed reports each train's next stop. A train has passed Hunters Point Av when its next stop moves past it.

SnapshotTrain 07 1854 MST/34H (before)Train 07 1926 MST/34H (after)
7:27:08 pmnext stop Hunters Point Avnext stop Mets-Willets Point
7:29:08 pmnext stop Vernon Blvd-Jackson Avnext stop 111 St
7:31:08 pmnext stop Grand Central-42 Stnext stop 111 St
7:33:08 pmnext stop Grand Central-42 Stnext stop 103 St-Corona Plaza
7:35:08 pmnext stop Grand Central-42 Stnext stop Junction Blvd
7:37:08 pmnext stop Grand Central-42 Stnext stop 90 St-Elmhurst Av
7:39:08 pmnext stop Grand Central-42 Stnext stop 82 St-Jackson Hts
7:41:08 pmnext stop Grand Central-42 Stnext stop 74 St-Broadway
7:43:08 pmnext stop 5 Avnext stop 69 St
7:45:08 pmnext stop Times Sq-42 Stnext stop 61 St-Woodside
7:47:08 pmnext stop Times Sq-42 Stnext stop 61 St-Woodside
7:49:08 pmnext stop 34 St-Hudson Yardsnext stop 46 St-Bliss St
7:51:08 pmtrip finishednext stop Queensboro Plaza
7:53:08 pmtrip finishednext stop Court Sq
7:55:08 pmtrip finishednext stop Court Sq
7:57:08 pmtrip finishednext stop Hunters Point Av

Showing 16 of 34 snapshots in the gap. The full record, every train on the line minute by minute, is in 2026-10-10-7-gap-71918.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.