⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ NYC Subway Front Window View - The 7 Express to Manhattan!
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- This video was taken from one of the last remaining R62A-type trains on the 7 line, which provided a passenger-accessible front window. We took the opportunity to get footage from the passenger-accessible front window, which provides some fantastic views. The R62As no longer run on this line, making this view impossible today. Enjoy!
Highlights:
00:00 Flushing - Main St
04:14 Mets - Willets Point
08:33 Junction Blvd
13:25 61st St - Woodside
21:10 Queensboro Plaza
24:19 Court Square - 23rd St
27:03 Hunters Point Ave
28:56 Vernon Blvd - Jackson Ave
33:13 Grand Central - 42nd St
35:15 5th Ave - Bryant Park
37:23 Times Square - 42nd St
40:48 34th St - Hudson Yards
Note: This footage was taken from a publicly accessible part of the train. No footage shown in this video was recorded from a non-public viewpoint. Please do not trespass and/or place cameras in non-publicly accessible areas.
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Taken on February 8th, 2018. - Věda a technologie
So you were the 2 gentleman that used your GoPro while I operated.
Haha, neat! Excellent operation sir. Thank you for the great ride.
Wait, seriously? Wow, what a coincidence. Great video!
I want to work for the MTA. Oh and i will never get a high school dyploma
Me too
Omar Velez Wait you operated the train?
13:34 “Connection is available to the blah blah blah blah blah blah.”
LMAO
To Long Island Railroad on the lower level
Lmao
Literally every time they talk it's like that
"Long island Railroad to the lower level" If your from New York you understand. You obviously aren't.
Took this train 2x per day for 10 years to work. Was like a small club; same people in same cars in same seats doing the same thing every day. Brings back old memories
I can so relate to that.
LOL !! Same here riding the #6 to the city for almost 10 years!
@@sarge6870so sorry . I wouldn’t want to live in a huge city .
You can have the exact same experience in some local train in southern Germany 😅
That approach to Queensboro Plaza was the coolest thing I've ever seen. With all the lines converging over Queens Plaza into the double decked station, and with the brand new skyline... WOW!
You should have seen the track layout 70+ years ago. Four platforms, double the connections between the lines.
> 19:39 < into Queensboro Plaza
@@295g295 thank you
My old high school used to be there. It was the old LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL. I would get off the train at Queensboro Plaza and walk to my school. When I lived in Brooklyn New York I would take the G train to Queens Plaza and walk to my school.
do they actually sell gyros there?
Much respect to the engineers and workers that built the underground systems. Amazing feat that doesn't seem to get much cred.
Some of us give that respect every day. 🤘🙂
London had the 1st subway or underground system in the world with help from various people such as American Charles Tyson Yerkes.
Lol, I don't know what you were all looking at, but this subway looked trashy from 0:00 on, all the reminiscing have been uncalled for lol
@@aaabbb-py5xd Who said anything about how it looks?
@@SnappingTurtle801 You did, sweetie, when you looked at the video and thought that what you saw wasn't trashy enough. And yes, I just unspun your pathetic attempt to go literal
After living in NYC for so long, the garbled announcements are actually somewhat intelligible... my brain has acclimated.
TanukiDigital Lol..... truth!
Being born and raised in NYC I had no trouble-listen faster
Glad you understood them....i thought it was double dutch
Amazing! All I could get is the word avenue at first. Obviously I don’t live in the City. But, as I listen more I could hear later parts well. Thanks for the ny experience.
I road that particular line for several years working in Flushing. Never had trouble understanding the conductor, but I knew the ride long enough that It didn't matter what he said, I knew where I was going. Those trains aren't that old, buy the way.
As a New Yorker, I understood every single word the conductor said.
Lmao me too!(and I am a new yorker too)
ME 2
Same here! It’s how you can tell you’re a true New Yorker. I remember the days when all the subway cars were older and didn’t have automated announcements. The looks on peoples faces during the announcements was hilarious with them trying to figure out what the conductor was saying
Same 😂😂 the 7 train is literally my childhood
I always take this train to junction blvd
I took this train for over 20 years from Main Street Flushing to Gran Central. I worked at Park and 51st Street. Good memories…
If you play this video at 2x speed, you get to see what America would be like with reasonable speed subways.
IIAOPSW I was literally about to comment on how slow this feels
IIAOPSW This line is over 100 years old. They are about to install CBTC, though.
Baiet Simpson the rails looked like they're also in bad condition, like most of the network
Nicolas Blume Again, the line is over 100 years old.
Baiet Simpson doesn't count, of course you have to rebuild tracks several times in 100 years. Look at the London underground, it's even older and in better condition, because they have more funding and use it more efficiently
To anyone thinking that this train goes slow: this is supposed to be an Express service. Imagine the stopper trains.
Express lines skip stations and local lines don’t, so the express lines should run faster
Honestly I take this train I swear it's not as slow as you think. It goes way faster some times. Sometimes it just goes slow
But if you skip stations, you do not have to wait for at least 30 seconds
it's not that slow (about 30 mph I think. I rode it all the time to get to Shea in the late afternoons. Saves about 20-30 minutes.
Нутелла :3 Did I ever say it wasn’t?
“Next stop, BappaLappaShammaLlamaDingDong”
My buddy grew up in East BappaLappaShammaLamaDingDong. Place was trash
@@mikefm4 xD
@@mikefm4 I hear that's a bad neighborhood
@@mikefm4 That name was mentioned in an old episode of Suite Life of Zack and Cody.
i live there too
It's so unfortunate that the passenger accessible windows are disappearing. Looking out of them was my favorite thing to do when I was a kid in the 1970s. And honestly, it's still my favorite thing to do when I get the chance to at age 49.
for me, a person that lives in Europe ( Germany) and never was to the USA, this is very interesting ! watching it on a big TV screen, feels like i am there, riding in the train. thanks for the upolad !
I agree, very interesting
I am another European and also love this video. But considering my experiences when trying to photograph anything like this (In NY or Chicago), I am rather amazed that the person who took this footage was not locked in a prison for life...
I live around here and have never had any problems on the subway. The PATH is pretty much impossible to film on though -- same goes for anything owned by the Port Authority.
@Bobby Brady Germany
@@VortexUniverseProduction .....My most favorite way to travel around the world.....someone on CZcams mounting a camera in the windshield of a vehicle or train. Best view to soak in all the local points of interest, scenery and everyday people and life. I've discovered that we're more alike than we'll ever be different and a specific video I enjoyed was the tram through Dusseldorf.
"Blah Blah Blah Garble Garble Garble Blah clear of the closing doors."
...please
Hahaha.........grew up on this train, you are correct!
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I like 13:35 . It sounds like he gave up and just started saying "ramma lamma ramma lamma ramma lamma ramma lamma" 🤣
He sounds like the "apparently" kid all grown up.
For those who don't know, @3:35 the emergency stop trip is visible right next to the track just to the right of the right rail, between the track and the signal. It is marked yellow and can be seen lowering as soon as the signal goes green. That little lever mechanically trips the emergency brake on the cars if the operator overruns the signal. A safety feature discussed in the original and most excellent Pelham 123 movie starring Walter Matthau.
In the movie "The French Connection" near the end of the film during the subway chase, when the operator faints, the train has it's breaks activated by the emergency trip
pelham 123?
@@noway9880 Yeah, the movie Pelham 123. The original, not the one with John Travolta which was bad.
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5:17 muhuvishishmuchisndnnfrijnceijfbceiurhfhfueiriiieiisusiwiehdhdnfeirjnfeirjbfsibfeijbrfihebgbtuhgrhr
No one asked
I'm Japanese who likes railroads. There are many subways in Japan, they run like this intricately. I was surprised to find such an interesting subway in New York. There are some railroads in Japan that have railroad tracks for express trains, but this is the first time I've seen a dedicated railroad track on the subway. It was a really interesting video.
Almost all core subway lines have both express tracks (in both directions) in addition to the local tracks in Manhattan. Perhaps the best example is the A train, which skips 7 stops between 59th St and 125th St stations. A few more peripheral sections (like the 7 in Queens, in this video) have a single express track that alternates direction depending on the time of day. In addition to saving time and adding passenger capacity, this also allows for 24 hour train service since this gives track redundancy when repairs and maintenance is needed.
No one asked
Thanks for sharing that as it brings a little more insight to the genius that is the Japanese subway system(s). Thanks to those genius behind this video, you are able to get a further insight, like you stated, into NYC subway system as this is one of the more intriguing lines. Feel free to check out all the other videos on this channel and ours, and share more of the differences you notice with the two systems; we're manifesting seeing such system in the future.
I work at a University. I went to my colleagues in the Computer Science department, and obtained the latest, most-advanced voice recognition technology currently available.
I took the audio from this video and fed it into the program, with instructions to take as much time as it needs to figure out exactly what the announcements were saying.
Two hours later, my computer exploded.
Thanks, New York.
Every american train's PA
If you think this is bad you should hear the announcements in DC on the pre-7000 series trains. Sometimes the speaker will just crackle or die out in the middle of a message, making it nearly impossible to know the next station.
DC has stations where if you're from out of town and know french, you'll NEVER know you were there.
Len Fant is a name, not a station to anyone who knows French, LOL!
Karl Kornel I feel bad R.I.P. computer.
As a frequent 7 train rider, I can say that this announcer is one of the best on the 7 line, there are many that's way worse.
the grinding noise on curves is so relaxing to me.
That noise has put me to sleep multiple times lol
People don't understand how beautiful the NYC train is
Wdym? I see it
0:05 Flushing - Main St
4:14 Mets - Willets Point
8:33 Junction Blvd
13:25 61st St - Woodside
21:10 Queensboro Plaza
24:19 Court Square - 23rd St
27:03 Hunters Point Ave
28:56 Vernon Blvd - Jackson Ave
33:13 42nd St - Grand Central
35:15 42nd St - 5th Ave - Bryant Park
37:23 Times Square - 42nd St - Port Authority Bus Terminal
40:48 34th St - Hudson Yards
Thank you Sammy. For years I boarded this train at Bliss Street and road on to Grand Central Station. Life was good.
Thanks for the free ride. :-)
Ahaha :p yes , best comment ^^ really :)
Sorry but you have to pay for electricity when you charged it so you can watch this video.
I can tell that the guy saying the announcements likes his job
OK, what is he saying?
Christopher Crepon • I wonder what happened. Someone fell off the platform again..?😩
I always thought the same thing. This guy must have been my conductor a thousand times riding to high school between 2010-2014. I figure he must have requested to stay on the R62A type train for as long as it was on the 7 line just so he could manually make the announcements LOL.
@@VoteWithABullet "I'm angry, I'n furious" dude...
As soon as I saw this, I smelled it. I used to ride this train every week, M-F, Woodside to Flushing, for 26 years.
Is anyone watching this feeling nostalgic for the times when we went outside and did things?
yes
Nope cuz I still do. You just LARPing a delusion that only exists in you head.
no i never was an extrovert
The train and track might be old comparing to the modern one.
But it has a lot of charm and characters.
Thank you!
You don't ride the subway for charm, you ride it to get somewhere. This speed is slow compared to many if not most other systems.
When I was a kid (a LONG, LONG time ago) I used to love standing in the window of the first car of the downtown 4 train, which probably was not even called that at the time, it was simply the IRT Line/Division.
I especially loved it as Yankee Stadium came into view.
Yankee Stadium! I knew it
I grew up on the 7 train. I remember going to Jets, Mets and Yankees games at Shea. Miss those days.
@@pedma23416 Yankee games at Shea?
Used to take the #6 from 177th Street south to 125th, then change to a northbound # 4 to get to the real Yankee Stadium, not the current imitation.
Shea for the Mets and Jets was a little more complicated. A bus from 177th across the Whitestone Bridge. (? # 44?) And then the IRT #7 to within walking distance of Shea. Back then Jets tickets were available, bot Giants were impossible to come by.
Wahoo Mc Daniel was a hoot.
@@jimmclaughlin8195 In 1974-75 The Yankees played their HOME games at Shea, while the Stadium was being refurbished.
visited NYC for the first time a couple years ago, and as a typical Midwestern tourist, I was blown away by the subway system. I enjoy this perspective because apparently I'm a nerd
I'm a native New Yorker and I'm still blown away.
Living now in Florida for the past 20 years, this brings back so many memories riding the 7 train, I miss it!
Took my first subway ride in 1966, much the same route. Glad to hear the conductors still speak the same language! They may be slow, noisy or not up to some people's standards, but they're all ours!
Regardless, the 7 train is thee worst line in the city. It stalls if it's raining, it's delayed if it's snowing, hell it stops if the sun is shining too hard.
🤣😆
"L" and "7" lines ....theeeeee busiest ones in the city, too!
At least it’s largely above ground when it stops working, so you don’t get 110 degree tunnel stagnant air
I would say the L or the Z
@@AFNacapella I was about to make that comment :D and if none of these are to blame, it might as well be someone who jumped in front of the train.
This is fascinating, thank you for getting this footage before it was too late! The view is amazing and it’s so cool to see an El network still running today. I hope they run new trains with front windows someday so we can see this awesome view once again. I really hope I get to go to NYC someday and ride this part of the subway network!
One aspect I really appreciate is that, while I've ridden the 7 train before, I've never ridden the express. It's so cool seeing the view when passing near the 111th St station, where the track is elevated higher up. Also neat seeing the fast running sections!
Fr
Brings back memories 49 years when I commuted to high school every day from Flushing to Manhattan. I was always in the front car (to make a quick transfer at Grand Central via escalator. Now the view is blocked by the motorman’s cab, then, this view was available to anyone. In those days, the Express switched to the center track right after leaving the Main Street platform while still underground. Nice to see the junkyards before Citi Field are being cleared away. Fastest part of the ride was always coming down from the elevated stretch passing 103rd Street station. Amazing to see all of the new skyscrapers in Long Island City; looks like a different place. Seems like just yesterday. Thanks for posting.
YESSS! That was my daily commute for a while too. I just moved back and it's incredible how much things have changed around LIC and going into Woodside.
it would have been a good place for Amazon to set up shop. More room and not like Manhattan. But a certain politician ended that all. Yet a lot of people seem to like her, for some reason.
Kenneth Taub my memories are almost the same. so hard to admit it was such a long time ago...and so far away since i moved uotbof the US
@@iworkout6912 The thing is, Citibank is moving out of their LIC tower too. Poor landlord.
Yes, born and raised in Woodside. @@gilliebeann
Man. that was fascinating from an engineering perspective and also a view of your awesome city from a unique perspective. Thank you so much!
I lived in Astoria from 2007 to 2009 and moved from NYC, used to take the N train everyday, the Queensboro Plaza surroundings changed a lot this past decade wtth these high buildings. Great to see how things change over the years.
I really like your videos, keep it up!!
I used to love looking out the window of the 1st car, always felt soothing to see what the car operator saw.
I grew up in Flushing and as a child I loved riding the 7 line with my mom. This brings back a lot of memories. Thanks for the video.
13:35 Transfer is available to Ramma lamma ramma lamma ramma lamma ramma lamma railroad
AndyPlayz - Roblox and more Connection is available to the Long Island railroad on the lower level
@@Weeniehutnurse yes! but no.
Drew MacDonald stop being so butthurt. New Yorkers are so toxic about being New Yorkers.
This is bringing a tear to my eye,what beautiful memories this is bringing me
I was on holiday in New York 2 years ago riding on the 7 train and it was a great experience! I picked up the announcement pretty quickly and worked out the MTA route after a few trips! It's like our London Underground but we have name lines instead of numbers! Times Square is always popular stop and I love the entertainment with busking bands!
I have been taking this train for most of my life, and still take it every week. I have never seen it from this point of view, this is amazing to see things differently, yet still very recognizable. Thank you!
Reminds me of the days of growing up in Jackson Heights, Queens. Taking the 7 to Flushing Meadow Park and Shea Stadium. Junction Blvd was my station. Good times!!
"There's a light at the end of the tunnel," literally, for you everyday! 😄
This brings back so many memories... good, bad, serious, funny...thanks for bringing all those moments back to me!! My 7 train.
Great sequence of trains at Queensboro Plaza with a well timed cross-platform transfer! Well done.
I love all your POV videos but the open cut ones driving towards Manhattan are incredible! I've grown up idolizing NYC and to see that Manhattan skyline getting bigger and bigger as the train gets nearer and nearer is a glorious sight to me. Thanks so much for these videos!
Those buildings you're seeing from far away are mostly in Queens, not Manhattan. (There's a few in Manhattan off in the distance, like the Empire State Building, but they're mostly downtown Queens buildings. The train eventually passes right by them in the video.)
Great video, thanks for not adding music...the natural sounds are so much more like being there.
20:18 is so cool, 4 large trains going by eachother.
The View in the distance is pure satisfaction to me.
Thanks for uploading this video, it brings good memories of my time in NYC. I used to leave near 61st woodside, 82nd Jackson heights, and 46st the 7Th line was big part of my young years
Nice footage. I love the sway of the train as it hits the curve right before Hunters Point station.
Is anyone just watching these videos under quarantine because you miss riding the subway?
Nah I got to go to ny for the weekend 5 months ago and I’m still holding on
@@dame5079 this comment was posted in like April 2020…
I know my thing don’t gotta do with the pandemic I just haven’t been there in a while
an excellent video with excellent quality - thanks!
Superb quality and very stable pictures. A fascinating look at part of the NYC Subway.
I am a former Train Operator from the Market/Frankford Sub/El Line in Philly. We only operate with [6] cars. Definitely a difference. Signals & switches are basically the same. Wonderful view and much respect to the Operator for informing the passengers of the investigation at the stations. Kudos!
Wow. I as a teenager would be on this train often while playing hooky with my friend Billy. We would go to Times Square. What great memories this brought back. Was early 70s so Shea Stadium stood strong and housed the amazing Mets that had just won the series. NYC was and still s the best place on our planet. If you didn’t grow up here, you wouldn’t understand. And btw the NY Jets used to play at Shea for a while. Great stuff baby!!
Wow, when the sunlight hit the train coming out: absolutely stunning. This is an amazing video with amazing quality, thank you for sharing.
Excellent video. Great quality. Conductor was very professional. He needed an employee of the month plaque with a bonus check!! Thanks for the video.
I spent a week in NYC, even watching this video is GREAT
Whoever filmed this, thank you. Please film more.
Well at least now I know what Charlie Brown's parents did for a living.
USMCArchAngel03 Underrated response. Semper Fi, brother.
@@danielwatts7375 Thanks brother, it's nice to know they're not all wasted. Semper Fi!!
Semper fi
@@cplus.marines6664 Semper Fi brother
USMCArchAngel03 Clever haha
Slapping the American flag on every single subway car just in case someone forgets where they live for a brief moment.
Some folks SHOULD be reminded once in a while.
Same thing happened here in Philly with a fair few AdTranz M4s.
They put flags on the trains after the 9/11 attacks.
That started since 2001,,people patriotic while government screws you
The American flags were added in the wake of 9/11.
As a kid and teenager I used to LOVE being at the front of this train. I used to have to take the whole line from Main St to Times Square to get to and from school, so I'd enjoy this view pretty often. Thanks for uploading this.
Thanks for this ride! It's beautiful to see the 7 from this view. : )
This is somehow pretty satisfying. Thanks!
Incredible infrastructure !! The upkeep must be non-stop
Great video man, bring back some memories from 12 years ago when i used to live over there. Thanks for sharing
!!
This is dope. You cover the background with boombap and enjoy the scenery
I gotta say, the audio of the conductor became a lot more clearer around the 20:28 mark when it was heading into Queensboro Station. No uptown 4, 5, and 6 train service past 86th St. due to the police investigation at 125th and Lexington Ave.
A very pleasant ride, Thanks from the UK.
Thank you for the video. It is so wonderful to experience this rid from a cab position. I did pay attention to the tunnel after Times Square as the extended tunnel was built afterwards. You notice a dip in the ceiling. Than a plan 10th Avenue Station that was left unfinished. I also like how the Astoria was approaching the Queens Plaza Station as the "7" was getting closer.
There are concerns when the express tracks merge with the local tracks. You have a bunch of locals (somewhat empty) who have to wait for an express 7. From my perspective the 7 takes a long route into that station. The idea would be the Express 7 take a shorter route to the closer point to getting into Manhattan. This will move the merger further down and will cut the time for passengers using the express service. It will also balance the riders who want to transfer to the "N/W" lines into Manhattan, since that is a very popular transfer point.
DJ Hammers- amazing video as usual. I lived in the area from 1997-1999. Really miss NYC. Thanks for sharing.
I'm from London, England, and I have no idea how I stumbled across this video but I found it absolutely fascinating, I've never even been to the US but I felt like I was there and seeing New York from an ordinary person's point of view, thanks for posting it.
You are living same caliber city
Watched this for the first time today and found it fascinating. I’m from Scotland, have not been in New York for years but understood everything that was made on the public announcements.
Thank you for sharing this great moment in time
Thank you for uploading this - just so relaxing!
Enjoyed that 41 minute ride from Queens to Manhattan, reminded me of when I was a kid I always wanted to look out the front window of the train...I now live and work in Westchester County so I don't ride the trains much, thanks for the memories.
I love every kind of trains...so cool. tx for this video bro!! :-)
This brings back memories for me since I lived in flushing queens and took this line to get LaGuardia community college and of course going into Manhattan many times
Thank you that was awesome, I can't believe the people that live there look out their window and see a Subway go by.
I took this train from 61st Street & Woodside Ave to Manhattan every work day to go to work. That was 34 years!
This is awesome! I live in NYC - love the 7 train!
I am not American but used to watch subway trains in movies and series. So when I was visiting Connecticut, I made a point to visit NYC and board subway for a short duration to experience it☺️I know most newyorkers hate it, but it such an icon due to movies and series. I loved the experience.
When I am on trains I always wanted to see the train drivers view, Awesome video!
Great video, thank you. Reading some comments about playing 2x speed, or slow train as an express, they don't understand driving the same route would have taken forever. I remember going to Shea to watch the Mets with my brother in the 70's. I remember taking the 4,5 and 6 lines in the 90's. They were in my opinion the best cars operating. The Kawasaki. Looks like that's what is used now for the 7. I enjoyed this video very much. Brought me back to NYC and my youth.
"Stand clear off the closing doors, please"
Well, I mean... He said please..
Don’t forget the great sounding
C#, A
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My dad took the 7 train everyday for almost 20 years to get to his office in lower Manhattan, I remember if I was lucky to have a day off from school, I would ride the train with him and he was kind enough to hold me up so I could look out the window of the first car so I could enjoy the view, from the 111th Street Station to the East River tunnel. Thanks Dad, I miss you.
This is such a great video!! It brings me back to my old neighborhood!!
Wow I miss nyc trains please do more videos I love it (stand clear of the closing doors)
I would love to see this journey after a heavy snowfall.... purely from a scenic point of view....
The really good snow scene was the old Dyre Avenue Line , IRT #5, I think, on old New York Centrall Railroad branch line which The then NYCTA bought way back when. It was not elevated, bur built in a cut by NYC
East Queens is looking rough man, didn't expect that. Interesting video, cheers :)
I’ve taken the 7 train for various reasons over the years but this was my first ride to Hudson Yards. Thx
Hey Velez, that stop you made at Junction Blvd. After coming down the hill was perfect. They should show that in School Car as an instructional video.
The only down side, was hearing about the death of the Track Worker at 125.
I used to live in Flushing, Queens and worked by LaGuardia. The view brought back memories. Glad to have moved to Texas 😄
hy , great video quality , superb and relaxing ride , thank you for sharing with us , keep up this great work.
I used to ride the "Diamond 7" to Shea all the time. Loved the view.
Thank you for this great video, as a Brit who was looking forward to a trip to New York this year I can experience it while qurantined. We will meet again New York
There was a time when all passengers could have this view as Flushing Line train cars had small operator compartments off to the right and an unobstructed view out the window of the door for riders. From 1969-72, I had the window view every day going to High School in Manhattan.
My very first virtual subway ride. Thank you.
I love the views. thank you very much for sharing!