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New subway cars were also purchased: the R62 and R62A fleets for the A Division and the R68 and R68A fleets for the B Division. The R62 in particular was the first New York City Subway car class built by a foreign manufacturer. [240] These were all delivered between 1983 and 1989.
The transit map showed both New York and New Jersey, and was the first time that an MTA-produced subway map had done that. [77] Besides showing the New York City Subway, the map also includes the MTA's Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road, New Jersey Transit lines, and Amtrak lines in the consistent visual language of the Vignelli map.
The cars are needed to rejuvenate the aging New York City subway fleet as the MTA works to rescue the system from an infrastructure crisis. The new cars will be designed to go 150,000 miles ...
[b] The opening of the first line on October 27, 1904, is commonly cited as the opening of the modern New York City Subway, although some elevated lines of the IRT and BMT that were initially incorporated into the New York City Subway system but then demolished predate this. The oldest sections of elevated lines still in operation were built in ...
The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, the TA, [2] or simply Transit, [3] and branded as MTA New York City Transit) is a public-benefit corporation in the U.S. state of New York that operates public transportation in New York City.
"Fare Collection" explains different methods New Yorkers have used to pay subway fare over the years, and displays authentic subway turnstiles which visitors can traverse. [ 2 ] : 1 [ 32 ] In addition, there is a small display of the various token designs that were used in the past before they were completely discontinued.
In July 2017, Subway unveiled redesigned restaurants, dubbed 'Fresh Forward', [34] with new company branding. [35] The company installed self-order kiosks, USB charging ports at tables, and added new menu items. In 2017, Subway closed more than 800 U.S. locations. In April 2018, it announced it would close about 500 more that year.
The New York City Transit Police Department was a law enforcement agency in New York City that existed from 1953 (with the creation of the New York City Transit Authority) to 1995, and is currently part of the NYPD.