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Sundays between Thanksgiving and New Year’s (November 29, December 6, 13, 20, and 27) from 10AM-5PM
Operating between 2 Av–Houston St on the uptown F line and 96 St–2 Av on the Q line
Deets: This holiday season, the New York Transit Museum and MTA New York City Transit continue the annual tradition of Holiday Nostalgia Rides aboard vintage 1930s train cars. Operating between 2 Av–Houston St on the uptown F line and 96 St–2 Av on the Q line, the Holiday Nostalgia Train will transport straphangers back in time every Sunday between Thanksgiving and New Year’s from 10am to 5pm. Hop aboard and celebrate the magic of New York City during the holidays — rides are free with your subway fare!
The Holiday Nostalgia Train features eight cars from the 1930s that served on lettered lines through the late 1970s. These vintage Independent Subway System (IND) cars were built for the first subway company operated by the City of New York. Modern for their time, the R1/9s complemented the IND’s Depression-era Art Deco aesthetic. With rattan seats, paddle ceiling fans, incandescent light bulbs, roll signs, and period advertisements, these are the very cars that inspired Billy Strayhorn’s “Take the A Train.” Today, they’re lovingly preserved as part of the New York Transit Museum’s collection.
New this year, the Holiday Nostalgia Ride Scavenger Hunt in the free New York Transit Museum App invites passengers to uncover the stories behind the train’s historic details. Find and photograph vintage features, discover what they reveal about subway travel in the 1930s, and earn a prize when you find them all! Download the New York Transit Museum App in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store, or visit nytransitmuseum.org/app to learn more.
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