Station Layout
Like most express stations on the subway, Queens Plaza has two island platforms and four tracks to facilitate cross-platform interchanges between local and express trains. Its tile band is of the darkest shade of the violet family (Black Grape), three tiles high and black-bordered - so dark, in fact, that even under bright light it appears black from a distance.
West of the station, the local tracks split to the BMT Broadway Line (R train) via the 60th Street Tunnel to Manhattan and IND Crosstown Line to Brooklyn. The connection to the Crosstown Line is not currently used in revenue service. The express tracks continue on the IND Queens Boulevard Line (E and M trains) serving Court Square – 23rd Street at Long Island City before traveling through the 53rd Street Tunnel to Manhattan.
East of the station, the tunnel widens to include a lay-up track that forms from the two express tracks and then merges with the northbound express track. The tunnel then widens again to allow the IND 63rd Street Line ramps to rise and lead trains to merge with either the local or express tracks.
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