NEW YORK — The New York Transit Museum has set its annual Holiday Nostalgia Train operation with vintage subway equipment for every Saturday in December.
Trains will operate Dec. 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., and are available for the cost of a regular subway fare. They will operate between 2nd Avenue on the uptown F line platform and 145th street on the downtown D line platform. (On Dec. 2 only, the train will use the uptown D platform at 145th Street.
Trains depart 2nd Avenue at 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m., and 4 p.m., and 145th Street at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m., and 5 p.m. A full list of intermediate stops, including those that are accessible stations, is available at the Transit Museum website.
The train will use an eight-car set of R1/9 equipment from the 1930s, featuring rattan seats, paddle ceiling fans, roll signs, and period advertising. The cars entered service in 1932 on the IND Eighth Avenue line (today’s A/C/E) and operated until 1977.
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