The first train left Main Street at 6:30 a.m. Introduction of express service Įxpress trains began running on April 24, 1939, to serve the 1939 New York World's Fair. The 7 designation was assigned to trains with the introduction of the front rollsigns on the R12 in 1948. The service on the Flushing Line east of Queensboro Plaza was shared by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT) from 1912 to 1949 BMT trains were designated 9, while IRT services were designated 7 on maps only. The eastern extension to Flushing–Main Street opened on January 21, 1928. : 13 Though an eastward extension to Willets Point Boulevard opened on May 7 of the same year, : 13 service was provided by shuttle trains for the first week, until through service was inaugurated. : 4 The line was extended to Times Square almost exactly a year later, on March 14, 1927. On March 22, 1926, Flushing Line service was extended one stop westward from Grand Central to Fifth Avenue, when that portion of the Flushing Line was opened. Service to 111th Street was inaugurated on October 13, 1925, with shuttle service running between 111th Street, and the previous terminal at Alburtis Avenue on the Manhattan-bound track. The line was opened from Queensboro Plaza to Alburtis Avenue (now 103rd Street–Corona Plaza) on April 21, 1917. On November 5, 1916, the Flushing Line was extended two more stops east to the Queensboro Plaza station.
The Flushing Line was extended one stop from Vernon–Jackson Avenue to Hunters Point Avenue on February 15, 1916.
On June 13, 1915, the first test train on the IRT Flushing Line ran between Grand Central and Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue, followed by the start of revenue service on June 22. For the history of the trackage, see IRT Flushing Line § History.
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