November 28, 2011
Vintage subways return for holidays; antique buses idled
The MTA’s vintage subway special has returned for the holidays and will run on the M line every Saturday through Christmas Eve.
However, the vintage buses will not return to the city streets this year due to financial reasons, an MTA spokesman today told NewYorkology. The vintage buses, which are normally housed in regular MTA depots, require costly maintenance around the year for them to be able to hit the streets in December, he said.
It’s unclear if the vintage buses will return for 2012, the MTA spokesman said.
Update as of Dec. 12: One vintage bus will run on 42nd Street from Dec. 12 through 16. Update: The vintage bus run has been extended to weekdays through Dec. 23.
This year’s Saturday “Nostalgia Shoppers’ Special Train” will be made up of R1/9 subway cars and run between the Queens Plaza and 2nd Avenue stations. The cost to ride is $2.25, the same as any other train. The Nostalgia Train will aim to stick to a schedule so it’s easier for antique-seekers to catch the train.
Departures from 2nd Avenue:
9:58 a.m.
11:27 a.m.
12:57 p.m.
2:27 p.m.
3:57 p.m.
Departures from Queens Plaza:
10:43 a.m.
12:13 p.m.
1:42 p.m.
3:13 p.m.
4:43 p.m.
Update: Passengers can board the train at these stations:
Queens Plaza
Court Square-23 St
Lexington Ave/53 St
5th Ave/53rd St
47-50 Sts/Rockefeller Center
42nd St Bryant Park
34th St Herald Sq
23rd St (6 Av)
14th St (6 Av)
W. 4th St Wash Sq
Broadway-Lafayette St
2nd Ave (F Line)
During the remainder of the year, the vintage trains are on public view at the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn. For nearly the past two decades, the antique buses have rolled out to the Bus Festival at the Atlantic Antic in the fall.
Update as of Dec. 3: The MTA’s list of station locations was added to this story.
Update as of Dec. 17: From noon on Dec. 17, expect to see the Vintage Tea & Swing Dancing Party Aboard Vintage Subway Train.
Picture credit: Amy Langfield/NewYorkology.
Earlier: Subway power stations, rail yards open for fall tours
1930s subway cars, 1950s buses in service for holidays
Vintage trains on V line every Sunday thru December
V line gets ’30s-to-’70s-era trains on Sundays in Dec.
November 28, 2011 4:11 PM in Cheap Stuff, Downtown, History, Kids, Midtown, Museums, Out of Manhattan, Transportology
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