Happy Subway Day!

The NYC Subway Turns 115 on October 27

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. Since it first opened in 1904, New York’s subway has been the fastest and most popular mode of personal transportation in the city. Today, it is 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 passenger cars.

Founded in 1976, the New York Transit Museum is dedicated to telling and preserving the stories of mass transportation – extraordinary engineering feats, workers who labored in the tunnels over 100 years ago, communities that were drastically transformed, and the ever-evolving technology, design, and ridership of a system that runs 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

Celebrate Subway Day with us on Sunday, October 27th:

Extended Hours! The New York Transit Museum in Downtown Brooklyn and our Grand Central Gallery & Store will open at 10am on October 27th! Plan your visit now.

Vintage Train Rides! Ride the New York Transit Museum’s 1917 Lo-V train cars on the 2/3 line between Times Square and 96th Street from 12:30pm to 4pm. The four-car Nostalgia Train will depart from the middle of the Times Square uptown 2 platform at 12:30, 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30pm, making stops at 72 St and 96 St, where straphangers must exit the train and head to the downtown platform if they want to make the return trip. Departures from 96th Street will be at 1, 2, 3 and 4 pm, stopping at 72 St and terminating at Times Square.