Every year, the museum collaborates with the MTA to roll out vintage trains for an old-timey commute in celebration of the holiday magic in NYC. The longstanding tradition however stopped in recent years, yet it will return after a two year hiatus on Sunday, November 27th—just after Thanksgiving.
The museum will roll out their vintage Train of Many Colors featuring 1960s R-33, R-33WF and R-36 cars in varying paint schemes including “Tartar Red,” “Gunn Red,” “Platinum Mist,” “Bluebird” and more to represent different eras in subway history.
It will operate every Sunday between Thanksgiving and Christmas: November 27, December 4, 11 & 18. The vintage train will run on the 1 line from 10am to 5:30pm, stopping between Chambers St and 137th St – City College St stations. And it’ll only cost the $2.75 of a MetroCard swipe or OMNY tap.
This year all trains will depart from Chambers St. Station on the 1 line in lower Manhattan from 10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm and from the 137th St. Station on the 1 line from 11am, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, all with plenty of stops in between for straphangers to hop on.
It will be making stops at these stations as it goes uptown:
- Chambers St
- Franklin St
- Canal St
- Houston St
- Christopher St-Sheridan Sq
- 14 St
- 18 St
- 23 St
- 28 St
- 34 St-Penn Station
- Times Sq-42 St
- 50 St
- 59 St-Columbus Circle
- 66 St-Lincoln Center
- 72 St
- 79 St
- 86 St
- 96 St
- 103 St
- Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)
- 116 St-Columbia University
- 125 St (For uptown trains – last opportunity to return downtown or transfer)
- 137 St-City College (No in system transfer at this station)
As noted on the New York Transit Museum website, passengers must get off the train at 137th Street and Chambers Street Stations before the next trip. For more specifics on this year’s schedule, check out their website here.
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