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Originally Posted by ardecila
Probably for operational reasons. The 7 is the only IRT line that serves Queens, and it looks like the IRT/'A' division is running on a really skeletal basis. I think Corona Yard may have gotten flooded as well, since Flushing Meadows is so low-lying.
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Remember that the 7 has
no connection to any other IRT line; in fact, its only track connection is to the BMT, which means its rolling stock is stored separately.
So it sounds to me that the most likely reason the 7 has yet to resume service is that Corona Yard has been washed out, resulting in equipment damage. Sounds about right.
The other totally absent lines are Dyre Avenue and Sea Beach, both of which run in trenches, and Brighton (equipment washout at Stillwell Ave. Yard, maybe?) and the 3--which, as you mentioned, is due to skeletal IRT A-Division service...