👋 Goodbye #MetroCard! After 32 years, MetroCard sales will end on December 31. The swipe-to-ride system familiar to all will be fully replaced by OMNY's contactless tap-and-go payment system. This 1997 #NYTMCollection television ad, narrated by Mandy Patinkin, introduced MetroCard Gold, which allowed transfers between buses and subways. Before then, MetroCards were blue — not yellow — and transfers were not available. This post begins our MetroCard countdown! Each Wednesday through the end of 2

Meet Anthony Losito, a Train Operator for Metropolitan Transportation Authority - MTA New York City Transit. A transit enthusiast from a young age, Anthony volunteered at the Transit Museum growing up and has been riding the Holiday Nostalgia Train since he was 14. He now operates the very Museum trains he once rode as a teenager. You still have three more chances to hop aboard the Holiday Nostalgia Rides! Made up of vintage 1930s R1/9 cars, the Holiday Nostalgia Train runs every Sunday in Decem

🎂 Happy birthday, #NYCSubway! The subway turns 121 today. 🎈 #TodayInHistory: #OnThisDay in 1904, New York City’s first rapid transit subway, the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) subway opened. NYC's first subway line ran along a 9.1 mile route extending from City Hall to 145 Street, and had 28 stations. The line ran under Park Avenue South to Grand Central, across 42 Street to Times Square, and up Broadway to 145 Street. This #NYTMCollection silent film, shot just months after the subway opene

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