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Monitors for the new MTA contactless fare payment system, known as OMNY, are seen on turnstiles at a subway station on March 3, 2021. (Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock)
Contactless trial on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, 2007. Subway tokens had been used as the MTA subway and bus systems' form of fare payment since the 1950s. MetroCards made by Cubic Transportation Systems started to replace the tokens in 1992; the MetroCards used magnetic stripes to encode the fare payment.
Planned West End Street Railway system, 1885; consolidation of these lines was complete by 1887. See also 1880 horse railway map.. Mass transportation in Boston was provided by private companies, often granted charters by the state legislature for limited monopolies, with powers of eminent domain to establish a right-of-way, until the creation of the MTA in 1947.
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system that serves four of the five boroughs of New York City, New York: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens.Its operator is the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA), which is controlled by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) of New York.
The Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA), doing business as MTA Bridges and Tunnels, is an affiliate agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that operates seven toll bridges and two tunnels in New York City.
MANHATTAN, NY — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced Tuesday that it has successfully installed contactless fare payment at all 151 Manhattan subway stations and all 800 ...
On January 4, 2024, a New York City Subway train derailed causing at least 26 people, mostly passengers, to suffer minor injuries. The incident happened when the first car of a 1 train collided with a disabled train that had been vandalized, both consisting of R62As, just north of the 96th Street station. [1]
MTA Accelerates Rollout of 'eTix' Mobile Device Ticket-Buying App - New Rochelle, NY - All customers of Metro-North and the Long Island Rail Road will be able to buy tickets anytime by the end of ...