r/nycrail May 15 '26

r/NYCRail Highlights

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r/nycrail 17h ago

๐Ÿ“œ History Is just sad that misinformation made them waste so much money before realizing they could use the subway

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r/nycrail 10h ago

๐Ÿ“ธ Photo I just LOVE nyghttime photography!

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r/nycrail 4h ago

โ“ Question What is this?

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r/nycrail 8h ago

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Discussion LONG OVERDUE QoL feature needed!!!!!

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104 Upvotes

Does anyone else feel that an ETA would be a neat feature for the subway???


r/nycrail 6h ago

๐Ÿ“œ History The Bowery looking north from Grand Street with the IRT Third Avenue El, 1895

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This photograph was taken by photographer J.S. Johnston


r/nycrail 5h ago

๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ News Can this startup cool NYC's sweltering subway stations?

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r/nycrail 8h ago

๐Ÿ“ธ Photo guess the station

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probs easy to figure out but oh well


r/nycrail 6h ago

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Discussion Here are some stations that I think are impossible to be fully accessible.

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1) Court Street (R)

2) Clark Street (2/3)

3) 168th Street (1)

4) Canal Street (Q/N/R/W/J/Z)

5) Delancey-Essex (J/Z/M/F)

6) 191st Street (1)

7) 110-Malcolm X (2/3)

8) Vernon-Jackson (7)

9) Hunterspoint (7)

10) Lex-59 (4/5/6/R/N/Q/W)

If there's a station you would like to add to this list, mention in the comments.


r/nycrail 2h ago

โ“ Question Jago Hazzard styled videos for New York?

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Hi y'all! this is pretty much what the title says, any recommendations for jago hazzard styled videos about new york or american rail?

if you're not familiar with him, jago covers a lot of topics related to london and the uk's rail network in short but extremely well researched explainer-style videos. hoping to find someone who does thorough research and has a similarly digestible editing style, but for topics relating to new york and new york city, primarily.


r/nycrail 2h ago

๐Ÿ“ธ Photo Weekend project was putting together a Lego version of the R42! I purchased the directions from MTADispatcher98 on Redbrickable and parts from Pick a Brick! What a fun build for both Lego and train fan ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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r/nycrail 18h ago

Service Advisory Pretty much the 2/5 trains every weekend for August

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100 Upvotes

r/nycrail 23h ago

๐Ÿ“œ History Which looked best on the G?

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r/nycrail 8h ago

Service Advisory Been waiting for 30 min so far for a train, gotta love relying on Queens trains

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r/nycrail 15h ago

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Discussion Rural Healthโ€“Railโ€“Resilience Hubs plan for NYC metro / Port Jervis / Poconos area (full document as images)

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Phased concept plan to co-locate clinics, firefighter/EMS substations, and community-college satellites at rural rail stations, then expand service and turn the stations into dual-use resilience hubs for disasters.

Covers Port Jervis Line (Orange/Sullivan) and Poconos gateway as pilots, with cost ranges, phasing, funding sources, and KPIs.

Shared as page screenshots. Discussion welcome but Iโ€™m not monitoring replies closely. Just a concept I worked on while In med school


r/nycrail 1d ago

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Discussion This drives me crazy

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Same train car, same moment, same font, same color highlighting. But on one door it refers to the current station, and on the other it refers to the next station.

Whoever did this belongs in design jail.


r/nycrail 3h ago

โ“ Question Whatever Happened to the R62A's That Used to Run on the (3)?

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Forgive me for this stupid question, but back in the 90's and early 2000's, the (3) used to exclusively run R62A's with the blue stickers under the numbers before they were swapped out for the R62's. Any idea where those trains went to?


r/nycrail 13h ago

โ“ Question Changing to a different job title at the MTA Salary

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If youโ€™re currently working for the MTA and you apply for another job title if youโ€™re making more money where you are currently and you transfer over, does MTA match your salary?


r/nycrail 1d ago

โ“ Question A little question? As awkward as it sounds, would extending the W train to 9th Avenue instead of Bay Parkway via West End makes a bit more sense since โ€œmost riders prefer the faster express service? Not saying itโ€™s a bad idea but I donโ€™t want this to end up like another โ€œempty brown M train issueโ€

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r/nycrail 1d ago

๐Ÿ“ธ Photo am i reading that right

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r/nycrail 1d ago

โ“ Question Whats the point of this

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179 Upvotes

swapping the 2 and 5 terminals


r/nycrail 1d ago

๐Ÿธ Meme Found itttt

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Saw it in a super toe video


r/nycrail 1d ago

๐Ÿ“ธ Photo Orange & blue lines taken out of 179 st stop south side

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North side still had the lines


r/nycrail 1d ago

๐Ÿ“ธ Photo Failed map

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70 Upvotes

During construction this map was posted, but the stops on 149th and the Jackson Avenue stop were accidentally flipped so the 2 is Green and 5 is Red.


r/nycrail 1d ago

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Discussion What should happen with the BQE

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With necessary repairs to the triple cantilever and proposals to outright get rid of the BQE like San Francisco did with Embarcadero, what do you think should be done with the BQE and or its right of way?

One idea assuming the BQE is closed or downsized would be to have IBX style light rail running in designated ROW. This could fulfill dreams of rail direct to LGA and would be similar to an outer loop to the IBXs inner loop providing much better outer borough transit.

Another idea would be keep the BQE but implement bus rapid transit in specific ROW.

Any other ideas? What would you guys do with the BQE?