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Due a generous donation, effective Friday, November 24th, the New York Transit Museum’s Holiday Train Show will be free for all visitors! We are incredibly thankful to have received this support and are glad to be able to pay it forward. Happy Holidays, New York!
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Today’s the day! The new R-211 #NYCsubway cars are entering passenger service. These photos by @MTA photographer Marc A. Hermann show the interior and exterior of an R-211T subway.
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It's our birthday, too! On July 4th, 1976, a group of @MTA New York City Transit employees opened the New York City Transit Exhibition. The exhibit was only intended to last a few months, but proved to be so popular that its run was continually extended - and here we are 47 years…
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Today is the Yankees’ home opener, and our 1917 low-voltage #subway cars will take you there! Departing from 42 St-Grand Central at 11:30am.
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Happy #InternationalCatDay from our favorite cat out there: Etti-Cat! In 1962, the Transit Authority introduced Etti-Cat to scold and cajole commuters into more courteous behavior. Posters featuring the superbly polite feline were ubiquitous in the subway cars of the 1960s.
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Happy #Hanukkah to all who celebrate! Created in 2008 by Brooklyn-based artist Cheryl Berkowitz, this design transforms the Downtown Brooklyn area of Vignelli’s classic #NYCSubway diagram into an image of the #menorah . Now available at .
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The JFK Express, known to many locally at its time as “The Train to The Plane,” ran from 1978 to 1990 with the goal of making it fast and easy to reach JFK Airport from Manhattan, and, later, Queens. Do you remember "The Train to The Plane?"
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What a view!
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Nowadays, we are used to seeing ads on the #NYCsubway for medical services, but when Dr. Zizmor began advertising his dermatology practice in subway cars in the early 1980s, he was the first. Indeed, he became the most famous doctor in #NYC . Do you remember Dr. Zizmor?
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Take me out to the ballgame - on a vintage train! Our 1917 Lo-Vs and the Train of Many Colors are headed to @YankeeStadium for the @Yankees #HomeOpener on 3/30! Vintage trains depart from the uptown 4 train platform at @GrandCentralNYC at 11am. Info at .
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Show off your pinstripe pride in subway style with a ride on our 1917 Lo-V train to the @Yankees #HomeOpener this Friday, 4/8! Catch the #TrainToTheGame on the uptown 4 train platform at @GrandCentralNYC at 11am on Friday for a non-stop ride to 161st Street – @YankeeStadium .
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This holiday season, we continue the tradition of Holiday Nostalgia Rides on our 1930s R1/9 cars! Departing from the F line’s 2nd Avenue station in Lower Manhattan, our vintage train will transport straphangers back in time every Saturday in December. Learn more at…
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#BlackHistoryMonth : 100 years before #RosaParks refused to give up her seat, Elizabeth Jennings Graham, a 24-year-old black New Yorker, stood her ground. With perseverance, she fought for equal rights on public transportation in #NYC . Hear her story at .
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Happy #Caturday ! In 1962, Etti-Cat was introduced to scold and cajole commuters into more courteous behavior. Posters featuring the superbly polite feline’s admonitions were placed in almost 3,000 #NYCsubway cars. Learn more on Tuesday: .
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Happy #SubwayDay ! The #NYCSubway turns 116 today! New York City’s first rapid transit subway, the Interborough Rapid Transit subway opened on October 27, 1904 with 28 stations along a 9.1-mile line extending from City Hall to 145th Street.
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Luke, I am your train operator. #MayTheFourthBeWithYou , @NYCTSubway !
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This is the last stop on this train! Today, R-42 cars made their final trip, ending more than 50 years of service in the #NYCsubway . Thank you to @NYCTSubway and everyone who joined us for the final run of this beloved fleet. Farewell, R-42s! Photos: Marc A. Hermann / MTA NYCT
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After a three-year hiatus, our members-only “Jewel in the Crown: Old City Hall Station” tours are back! Tickets will go on sale in March. Join, renew, or gift a membership today to receive information about upcoming tour dates and purchase tickets: .
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Happy #SubwayDay ! The #NYCSubway turns 118 today! New York City’s first rapid transit subway, the Interborough Rapid Transit subway opened on October 27, 1904 with 28 stations along a 9.1-mile line extending from City Hall to 145th Street.
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#TodayinHistory : #OnThisDay in 1904, NYC's first subway, the Interborough Rapid Transit subway opened. This #NYTMCollection archival video, shot just months after the subway opened, shows a train pulling into 14 St Station and continuing uptown. Happy Birthday, #NYCsubway !
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Happy #Hanukkah ! We love this clever card by #Brooklyn -based artist #CherylBerkowitz . Created in 2008, the design transforms the Downtown Brooklyn area of #Vignelli ’s classic subway diagram into an image of the #menorah . Shop greeting cards now at .
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"Luke, I am your train operator." ✨ Happy #StarWarsDay , straphangers. #MayThe4thBeWithYou
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End of the Year, End of an Era. R-32 subway cars are making their final trip, ending 58 years of service in New York City. Please join us to say farewell to the beloved Brightliners. To learn more and see routes and schedules, visit .
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The Museum in Downtown Brooklyn is reopening on Saturday, August 14th! After over a year of closure, we are thrilled to welcome old and new friends to explore our vintage train cars and exhibits. Come back and catch all the trains you missed! Learn more: .
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Our 1904 Brooklyn Union Elevated car is ready to roll! Tune in and don’t miss our oldest vintage train car in today’s #HometownHeroes parade!
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We're celebrating the 188th birthday of the @LIRR today! This 1972 drawing depicts the 63rd St tunnel. In 1968, the newly created @MTA proposed expanding a planned #NYCsubway tunnel to create the joint-use tunnel shown here, with @NYCTSubway on the upper tracks and #LIRR below.
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Happy #PiDay ! It's 3/14, which means geometry fans everywhere are celebrating the mathematical constant π. We were able to get 9 digits into π before we couldn't continue with #NYCsubway route designations. Not bad, #NYC ! Do you celebrate Pi Day?
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#DidYouKnow that Britain’s first all-electric main line was completed in 1955? In honor of @icomofficiel 's #InternationalMuseumDay , today we’re celebrating our friends at the @railwaymuseum in the UK! Follow them to learn more about the global history of railways.
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Featured in the #NYTMCollection , this 1972 drawing depicts the 63rd Street tunnel. In 1968, the newly created @MTA proposed expanding a planned #NYCsubway tunnel under the East River to create the joint-use tunnel shown here, with subways on the upper tracks and the LIRR below.
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The Franklin Avenue Shuttle, which opened in 1878, is a two car train that runs in Brooklyn from the Franklin Avenue station to the Prospect Park station and provides key transfers to the B, C, Q, 2/3, and 4/5 lines. Over 20,000 people ride the shuttle daily.
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#TodayinHistory : #OnThisDay in 1973, the #WorldTradeCenter opened. This #NYTMCollection shows the progress of construction in July of 1971.
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All aboard! Our Nostalgia Train is headed to the Rockaways for a summertime vintage train excursion!
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Happy #Hanukkah ! In this card by @berkoWho , the heart of #DowntownBrooklyn is transformed into the menorah.
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All aboard! #GrandCentralMadison opens tomorrow! Allowing @LIRR trains to provide service directly to Manhattan’s east side, the new terminal is one of the most seismic shifts in New York transportation history. Learn more at .
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Are you ready for PARADE OF TRAINS? We sure are! Ride the rails in historic style from 11am to 4pm on Saturday, September 9th and Sunday, September 10th, by hopping on and off a selection of the Transit Museum’s vintage fleet at the Brighton Beach station B/Q platforms and Kings…
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In the 1960s, PSA posters featuring this superbly polite feline’s admonitions were placed in almost 3,000 of the Transit Authority’s #NYCsubway cars! Learn more about the history of PSAs on NYC's subways and buses TONIGHT at 6:30pm. RSVP now at .
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Get ready to step back in time with our newest Nostalgia Ride: Redbirds and Bluebirds Take Flight! Join us on Saturday, November 4th as we celebrate the iconic cars that once ruled the NYC Subway system. To mark 20 years since the Redbird’s retirement and 60 years since the…
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Happy birthday, @GrandCentralNYC ! One of the splendors of Grand Central is that its vast, majestic spaces reveal extraordinary attention to the smallest design detail. These photos depict some of our favorite features of the historic terminal. Learn more: .
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This is the last stop on this train! Yesterday, R-32 subway cars made their final trip, ending 58 years of service in New York City. Thank you to the @MTA and everyone who joined us for the final run of the beloved Brightliners. Farewell, R-32s. Photo: @RiverRailPhoto
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Holiday Nostalgia Rides begin this Saturday! Making stops between 2nd Avenue on the F line and 145th Street on the D line, our 1930s R1/9 cars will transport straphangers back in time every Saturday in December. View full route and schedule at .
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#BehindTheScenes : Taken by @MTA photographer Marc Hermann, these photos capture the R-32 Retirement Train's return to Coney Island Yard after its final trip in revenue service. Happy retirement, Brightliners! You will be missed by many. Did you attend the R-32 Retirement Runs?
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Featured in the #NYTMCollection , this 1972 drawing depicts the 63rd Street tunnel. In 1968, the newly created @MTA proposed expanding a planned #NYCsubway tunnel under the East River to create the joint-use tunnel shown here, with @NYCTSubway on the upper tracks and @LIRR below.
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Holiday Nostalgia Rides are back! In honor of the exhibit Reign of the Redbirds, the Holiday Nostalgia Train will feature the Train of Many Colors and travel along a new route this year! View route and schedule at .
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@BdoubleO100 @YouTube @BdoubleO100 Very fine #subway station on @Foolcraft ! Here's some images from our archive for reference, hope they help! Much love from NYC
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We are at Old South Ferry Station, ready to embark on today’s special Nostalgia Ride: “Redbirds & Bluebirds Take Flight!”
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It's TIIIIME! Holiday Nostalgia Rides begin TODAY! Making stops between 2nd Avenue on the F line and 145th Street on the D line, our 1930s R1/9 cars will transport straphangers back in time every Saturday in December. View full route and schedule at .
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#TodayinHistory : Happy birthday, Brooklyn Bridge! When the #BrooklynBridge opened on #OnThisDay in 1883, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world, and the first link between #Manhattan and #Brooklyn .
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#DidYouKnow that IRT cars are able to run on BMT/IND tracks? All NYC subway tracks are standard gauge. However, BMT/IND cars are too wide and long for some IRT curves and tunnels.
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The New York Central completed the first phase of electrification in 1906. Here, the line’s first electric train stands outside the Grand Central train shed after its first test run from High Bridge on the Harlem River in Northern Manhattan.
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These #NYTMCollection station schematics from the 1930s showcase the extraordinary detail used in creating the coloring for #NYCsubway station mosaics. Did you know that there’s a color-coded navigation system that exists outside of the main map’s colored lines? THREAD 👇
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#DidYouKnow that before 1985 many routes of the #NYCsubway system used two letters in their service designation? This 1979 #NYTMCollection photograph shows the Atlantic Avenue/Pacific Street station IRT platform where signage points to several trains, including the RR and the QB.
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All aboard! Our Nostalgia Train is headed to Coney Island for a beach-bound vintage train excursion!
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It’s our birthday! #OnThisDay in 1976, a group of NYCT employees opened the New York City Transit Exhibition. The exhibit was only intended to last a few months, but proved to be so popular that its run was continually extended - and here we are 43 years later!
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Taken in 1916, this #NYTMCollection photo shows the entrance to the 77th Street Station in #BayRidge , Brooklyn. The debut of the station, served by what is now the R line, sparked housing and development booms, transforming Bay Ridge into the vibrant neighborhood we know today.
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#TodayinHistory : #OnThisDay in 1972, the first R-44 cars entered #NYCSubway service. Originally designed for high speeds to allow for swift travel along the Second Avenue Subway, an R-44 broke the world speed record for a train car on January 31st, 1972 with a speed of 87.75 mph.
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Parade of Trains is THIS WEEKEND at Brighton Beach! Check out this year's anticipated featured guests. -
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Happy birthday, #subway ! The first #IRT line opened #onthisday in 1904 between #CityHall and #145thStreet .
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Color-coding of entrance globes began in the early 1980s to help customers determine which entrances were open and had a manned booth. Entrance globes remain an icon of the #NYCsubway . Today, most are green, but you can still spot red globes in a few rare places.
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Featured in the #NYTMCollection , this 1972 drawing depicts the 63rd Street tunnel. In 1968, the newly created @MTA proposed expanding a planned #NYCsubway tunnel under the East River to create the joint-use tunnel shown here, with subways on the upper tracks and the LIRR below.
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The #NYCSubway turns 115 today! Opened #OnThisDay in 1904, the NYC subway is now the largest 24-hour operating subway system in the world, with 472 stations, over 800 track miles and a fleet of more than 6,000 cars. #SubwayDay
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#TodayinHistory : #OnThisDay in 1904, the #NYCSubway opened. It is now the largest 24-hour operating subway system in the world, with 472 stations, over 800 track miles and a fleet of more than 6,000 cars. Happy #SubwayDay , @MTA !
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Don't forget! Tomorrow & Sunday it's #ParadeofTrains , a beloved opportunity to ride on multiple vintage trains in our collection. Go back in time on R1/9, BMT Standard, and BU Gate cars! Free with a MetroCard swipe or OMNY tap! Learn more at
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Today’s the day we've all been waiting for – #ParadeofTrains is HERE! Ride the rails in historic style today and tomorrow, September 9th and 10th from 11am to 4m. Straphangers can step aboard different vintage trains at the Brighton Beach B/Q platforms AND the Kings Highway…
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It's our birthday! On July 4th, 1976, a group of NYCT employees opened the New York City Transit Exhibition. The exhibit was only intended to last a few months, but proved to be so popular that its run was continually extended - and here we are 46 years later!
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#TodayinHistory : #OnThisDay in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge opened to the public, quite literally bridging the gap between Manhattan and the City of Brooklyn! At the time, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world.
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In 1902, Grand Central Station featured 11 cast-iron eagles, with 14ft wingspans, mounted on the building. Removed during the building’s demolition in 1910, the eagles were relocated to other places. However, two were later returned to @GrandCentralNYC , where they remain today.
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#DidYouKnow that “Æ” was once used as a route designation in the #NYCsubway ? For a few brief months in 1968, some trains on the Eighth Avenue Line sported an Æ bullet during rush hours. Similar to today’s A line, but providing service only in Manhattan, the Æ instead terminated…
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Featured in the #NYTMCollection , this 1972 drawing depicts the 63rd Street tunnel. In 1968, the newly created @MTA proposed expanding a planned #NYCsubway tunnel under the East River to create the joint-use tunnel shown here, with subways on the upper tracks and the LIRR below.
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Get into the spirit of baseball season with a ride to Yankee Stadium aboard a 1917 IRT Lo-V train! Leaving Grand Central at 11am on April 5th, the Yankees Nostalgia Train will run non-stop to 161st Street – Yankee Stadium. More info at . @yankees
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Due to mechanical difficulties, the remaining Holiday Nostalgia Rides have been cancelled. Thank you to all who joined us for this season's rides. We look forward to seeing you again in 2024.
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Tomorrow, Sunday, January 9th, R-32 subway cars are making their final trip. To commemorate its final run, the R-32 train will run on the Q line, its original debut route in 1964. Please join us to bid the Brightliners farewell: . Photo: Marc Glucksman
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#DidYouKnow a tunnel was proposed in 1923 to connect Staten Island and Brooklyn? Due to the financial crash of 1929, it was never built, but this #NYTMCollection #map by Ohman Map Company captured the proposed plan.
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Our pet peeve is seeing the wrong subway stations in the wrong places! Ask us, and get it right!
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Friday film question: what's a tiny little detail from a movie, or trend in movies, that bugs the hell out of you? Not anything major, just specific.
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You all made it clear - one ride just wasn't enough! We've added a second "Redbirds and Bluebirds Take Flight" fan trip on November 4th! Tickets for the 2pm ride are now on sale at .
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#TodayinHistory : #OnThisDay in 1995, the Five Boroughs Token debuted. A special ferrous metal made them slightly magnetic, making slugs unusable. It was the only token issued by NYCTA that was never successfully counterfeited. What’s your favorite #NYCsubway token design?
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Happy #Hanukkah to all who celebrate! Created in 2008 by Brooklyn-based artist Cheryl Berkowitz, this design transforms the Downtown Brooklyn area of Vignelli’s classic #NYCSubway diagram into an image of the #menorah .
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Today’s the day! Take a vintage train ride with us to the @Yankees #HomeOpener game. Departing from the uptown 4 train platform at @GrandCentralNYC at 11am, our #Yankees Nostalgia Trains will run non-stop to 161st Street – @YankeeStadium . More info at .
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Holiday Nostalgia Rides run every Saturday in December! Take a ride back in time on our vintage R-9s cars! Celebrate the magic of #NYC during the holidays for just the cost of a MetroCard swipe or OMNY tap. View route and schedule at .
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#DidYouKnow that the 207th Street Yard, located in Upper #Manhattan near the 207th St stations on the A and 1 lines, services both A and B division cars? Visible from the University Heights Bridge over the Harlem River, the yard provides maintenance to both IRT and IND/BMT cars.
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#DidYouKnow the Third Ave El had a Canal Street station on the Bowery, right near the base of the Manhattan Bridge? This #NYTMCollection photograph shows the unique view passengers once had from this vantage point. Do you remember this station?
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It’s a #ParadeofTrains ! Meet us on the #BrightonBeach B/Q platform today & tomorrow from 11am - 4pm to ride the rails in vintage style on our Brooklyn Union elevated gate cars, B-Type standards, D-Type triplex cars, and our Train of Many Metals! Free with the swipe of a MetroCard
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The 34th Street – Hudson Yards station turns eight today! The station connects 7 line #NYCsubway service to Times Square and features stainless steel tile wall panels, granite floor tiling, energy-efficient lighting and mosaic artwork installations commissioned by @MTAArtsDesign
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Joining us for tomorrow's Nostalgia Ride? We have exciting news! To accommodate more railfans, a configuration of 6 IRT SMEE cars from the #TrainOfManyColors will arrive immediately following the Lo-V Nostalgia Train, operating between Grand Central and Yankee Stadium on Friday.
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Happy #SubwayDay ! The #NYCSubway turns 115 today! #NYC ’s first subway, the Interborough Rapid Transit subway opened #OnThisDay in 1904 with 28 stations along a 9.1-mile line extending from City Hall to 145th Street. Celebrate with special events all day:
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Part of Unimark's #NYCsubway wayfinding redesign plan was to use only the typeface across all signage, called Standard (or Akzidenz Grotesk). Standard originated in the late 19th century and was a good choice for easily readable information.
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Happy #SubwayDay ! The #NYCSubway turns 117 today! New York City’s first rapid transit subway, the Interborough Rapid Transit subway opened on October 27, 1904 with 28 stations along a 9.1-mile line extending from City Hall to 145th Street.
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#TodayinHistory : Taken #OnThisDay in 1975, this #NYTMCollection photo from the NYCTA Photo Unit collection shows transport of R-46 #NYCsubway cars through Sunset Park, Brooklyn. When the fleet arrived, it was the largest single order of passenger train cars in US rail history.
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#DidYouKnow that @MetroNorth has begun introducing a heritage series of locomotives? So far three locomotives have been rebranded with historic railroad looks. More are coming soon. Have you spotted one of Metro-North's new heritage locomotives yet?
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Do you know what the R in subway car names means? It stands for Rolling Stock, which refers to a transportation vehicle and is most often used to describe rail cars. This system was established when the first car order for the IND subway was built under contract R1. 📷 Hermann
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#TodayinHistory : #OnThisDay in 1995, the Five Boroughs Token debuted. Featuring a pentagonal hole at the center to symbolize the five boroughs of #NYC , sixty million were minted in a two-part process; the solid token was struck first, then the pentagonal center was punched out.
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#TransitTrivia : #DidYouKnow the #NYTMcollection doesn’t only contain objects and photographs pertaining to transit in New York? This photo by Harold I. Wright from 1971 was taken in a different country! Can you tell which overseas city this is?
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Taken by @MTA photographer Marc A. Hermann, this photograph shows two trains stationed at the Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue Terminal in January of 2018. What’s your favorite #NYCsubway station view during snowy winter weather?
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#TransitTrivia : This #NYTMCollection photo shows an R-40 car on the Brighton Line in March of 2005. Which #NYCSubway station is shown in the background?
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#TodayinHistory : #OnThisDay in 1972, the first R-44 cars entered #NYCSubway service. Originally designed for high speeds to allow for swift travel along the Second Avenue Subway, an R-44 broke the world speed record for a train car on January 31st, 1972 with a speed of 87.75 mph.
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Incoming! We've welcomed two R-10s and one R-16 car, escorted by an R-11, at our Downtown Brooklyn location. You can come tour them at The New York Transit Museum, currently open Thursday – Sunday, 10am to 4pm! Advance tickets and masks are encouraged but not required.
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#TodayinHistory : #OnThisDay in 1988, the K train was discontinued. Never heard of the K? That’s likely because it only ran for 3 years. The local Eighth Avenue route, AA, was renamed K in 1985 and these #NYTMCollection roll signs show the designation. Do you remember the K train?
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In 1963, Old Penn Station was demolished. Public outrage at the station’s demise was a major catalyst for the historic preservation movement and the 1965 New York Landmarks Law that helped save the iconic @GrandCentralNYC and more than 30,000 other buildings from similar fates.
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When subway unification took place in 1940, few steps were taken to streamline the jumble of signs that occurred when three separate operating companies combined into one. To address the growing confusion, the design firm Unimark was hired in 1967 to redesign #NYCTA ’s wayfinding.
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One year ago today, R-42 #NYCsubway cars made their final trip on the A line, after more than 50 years of service in New York City. Did you attend the final run of the R-42s? Tweet your best photos today and don't forget to tag @nytransitmuseum so we can share our favorites!
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