Let's board the ship and go back in time.
A vintage New York City subway train will begin weaving through Manhattan starting Sunday and return every Sunday through December, carrying 120-year-old straphangers.
The annual Holiday Nostalgia Ride program is a “fascinating reminder of New York City's transportation history,” officials said.
“There is no place in this country more magical than New York in December,” Concetta Bencivenga, director of the New York Transit Museum, recently told the Post.
“It's just magic, it's just an add-on to do something a little different, but we only do it at this time of year. It's so much fun and it gets you in the holiday spirit. Yo.”
This year's Holiday Nostalgia Train will run between the 2nd Avenue Houston Street Station and the 96th Station on the Uptown F Line platform.th Street 2nd Avenue Station on the Downtown Q Line. Ping pong is played every hour between each direction.
You can ride every Sunday in December from 10am to 5pm.cent8th15th,twenty twon.d. and 29th.
The eight-car vintage R-1/9 trains began running along the Eighth Avenue Line (now the A, C, and E lines) during the days of the Independent Subway System.
Trains dominated the railroads from their introduction in the 1930s until their retirement 40 years later, when the last train was removed from the tracks in 1977.
During its operation, it operated more than 1,700 trains and was affectionately known as the 'Earnine' and 'City Car'.
The museum's website states: “With wicker seats, paddle ceiling fans, incandescent light bulbs, destination signs and period advertising, R1/9 features Billy Strayhorn's iconic 'Take the A Train' This is the vehicle that inspired the.
The New York Transit Museum has been running the Holiday Nostalgia Ride for 20 years, as part of its long-standing mission to provide a glimpse into the past and brief history for just the cost of a MetroCard on a straphanger, and the program expanded during the pandemic. I have only canceled it twice. Please swipe.
Apparently inspired by the popularity of this tradition, Metro-North decided to offer the company's first-ever Holiday Light Train ride this year, a version that will decorate the exterior of modern vehicles with lights and decorate the entire interior with holiday lights. It was limited to broadcasting messages with the theme.
“Diwali, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah and Christmas, all the holidays around this time of year are about life and add a little bit of sparkle. So this is also a little bit of sparkle for the Transportation Museum,” Bencivenga said. He reiterated the Transport Museum's original mission: “You can not only travel through the city, but also travel back in time.''
The subway stations served by special retro trains are:
Uptown F Stop
- 2nd Avenue – Houston Street
- Broadway Lafayette Street — Barrier-Free Station
- West 4th Street – Washington Square – Accessible Station
- 34th Street – Herald Square — Accessible Station
- 42nd Street – Bryant Park
- 47th-50th Streets – Rockefeller Center — Accessible Station
- 57th Street – 6th Avenue
- Lexington Avenue – 63rd Street — Accessible Station
- 72nd Street – 2nd Avenue — Accessible Station
- 86th Street – 2nd Avenue (Q) — Accessible Station
- 96th Street – 2nd Avenue (Q) — Accessible Station
Downtown Q stop:
- 96th Street – 2nd Avenue — Accessible Station
- 86th Street – 2nd Avenue — Accessible Station
- 72nd Street – 2nd Avenue — Accessible Station
- Lexington Avenue – 63rd Street — Accessible Station
- 57th Street – 6th Avenue
- 47th – 50th Streets – Rockefeller Center — Barrier-free Station
- 42nd Street – Bryant Park
- 34th Street – Herald Square — Accessible Station
- West 4th Street – Washington Square – Accessible Station
- Broadway – Lafayette Street — Accessible Station
- 2nd Avenue – Houston Street
