I thoroughly enjoyed the ride and I'm all the way in Kingston, Jamaica. Nothing beats the sights and sounds of NYC subway system

@PikalaxALT

Ай бұрын

yo in da wrong jamaica mon

@BottomLin3Op

Ай бұрын

Wah gwan brother

Looking forward to your Bronx to Brookyln 5 train video!

No better start to the weekend than a WTAE video! Wishing everyone a safe and enjoyable Memorial Day Weekend🇺🇸

@langstonreese7077

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

Great as always!!! You always do a great job on these videos. Keep them coming.

Another wonderful video. It brought back so many memories. Love your work and look forward to next one. Keep it going

If you don’t mind here are some suggestions for future videos -7 Super Express -E to/from Jamaica-179th Street (fully express from 179 St to Queens Plaza) -F Culver Express -J / Z Skip-Stop Maybe some late night services as well -3 -5 Shuttle -A Lefferts Shuttle -M Shuttle -R

@wtaenyc

Ай бұрын

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Those abandon tracks that led to the manhattan bridge south tracks should be re connected to increase capacity since the broadway line is at capacity due to the curve at city hall

Love it! Thanks!

Back when I lived in NY I used to get off at Brooklyn bridge city hall on the Lexington Ave line, and with my family sometimes, we used to wait for a j train to come around the corner and I would listen to the train turn into the station. This brings back memories of when I used to ride the j line, it was the first train line in NYC that I rode when I was 2. It was that line that I fell in love with the NYC Metro system. Thx so much for the videos that u make.

@Elevatorguy8462

Ай бұрын

Mine too

@wtaenyc

Ай бұрын

🫡♾️

Keep these videos coming! The J Line is not even my line, but I love this video as I do all of your videos.

Thanks!

@wtaenyc

Ай бұрын

🫡♾️

Phenomenal video

Already know it will be awesome!

I Used To Ride The J Train When I Was Little. Thank You For The Full Ride.

Again, helping out with my simulation project! ❤ salute

I LOVE the clock you added that tells when the train is going to depart, and an awesome video to start off the Memorial weekend, I have a request WTAE, could you possible do the November (N) train from Astoria blvd to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue, would love to see the sea beach line and the Coney Island yard.

Another great ride. like the "Train Leaves" countdown. Remember those who gave their all this Memorial Day so we could ride the NYC Subways and our other freedoms.

@wtaenyc

Ай бұрын

🏆🫡♾️

J & L lines are the two lines I travel the most whenever I'm in New York. The J to Chauncey Street from the L line. (East 104 Street) transferring @ Broadway Junction

@TailsMilesFox147

Ай бұрын

105

@langstonreese7077

Ай бұрын

*East 105 Street

@TailsMilesFox147

Ай бұрын

@@langstonreese7077 I corrected it

I also travel to Jamaica Centre Occasionally too I just love the NY subway system it's a pleasure for me to ride it

M Train, E Train, 2 Train, N Train and G Train are the only ones left now

@zinhoooo

Ай бұрын

It has and already has it for Jamaica center

@markholmes3592

Ай бұрын

2 to Flatbush, 5 to Flatbush, M to Met remain

@robroy6374

7 күн бұрын

Nope, there are more. Also you (just like everyone else here) forgot about the Times Square-grand central shuttle

@nodog1961

6 күн бұрын

@@robroy6374 yea I just looked at the playlist may have read one more than once or skipped one, you’re right about S42 💀

Keep Up The Great Video NYC Subways Lines 💯

Thank u nice video America has beautiful railway infrastructure

I'm from Melbourne Australia and I may never get to New York, but at least now I know where to go to catch just about any train :)

@wtaenyc

2 күн бұрын

🇦🇺🔜🗽🫡

I remember stopping on the abandoned queens bound canal st and Bowery prior to 2004 on a R42 Z train , also the brown M used to run here

Great vid. I wish you could mount the camera higher on the train so that we could see me more of the city.

@geb-08

17 күн бұрын

wäre auch mein Wunsch. aber Video absolut spitze. danke

This was really unexpected, I mean seriously!

Beautiful trip =)

Amazing abandoned tracks

The section from Chambers St to Essex St could be converted to a 4-track line with the “express” tracks terminating at the former. Essex St could construct a new eastbound platform and have the same layout as both Penn Stations and Atlantic Ave-Barclays Ctr. Then, the section from Essex St to Myrtle Ave could be upgraded to a 4-track line and convert Myrtle Ave’s upper level to make it a bi-level express station like 86th St or Nostrand Ave. That way, J and M trains could run like they did in the past but on their own tracks, thus de-interlining them. However, this is unfeasible as there’s the Williamsburg Bridge and the buildings near the elevated section to deal with. So for now, we’re stuck with the Nassau St Line’s abandoned platforms at Canal St and Bowery and the bottleneck with the M due to historical reasons.

@urbantransitdevelopers

Ай бұрын

Also, train traffic in the financial district doesn’t necessitate more than the current service patterns, thus eliminating the need for the track complexities in that area. Once trolleys were eliminated above ground and across bridges, it was only a matter of time; IMO the opening of the Chrystie St cut was the beginning of the end, because trains could now go from the BMT East to Midtown in one seat. Curiously, several service patterns tried this and failed and that connection sat unused for almost 30 years until the brown M and orange V were eliminated and the 6 Av (M) debuted. Brooklynites from that side of the borough will not give up their one seat ride to Manhattan, and because of that, the Nassau St line will probably never be more than the two track line it is today.

@anonymous3738

Ай бұрын

@@urbantransitdevelopers Perhaps this is why all 4-track lines either diverge the local and express tracks from each other or get reduced to 2-track lines before entering the financial district. If you look at Vanshnookenraggen’s track map, you’ll see what I mean.

@urbantransitdevelopers

Ай бұрын

I’m familiar with his track maps, and I’m a friend of Peter Dougherty, who publishes the track book. Basically the Chrystie St. cut and the reconfiguration of the Manhattan Bridge tracks spelled doom for the express lanes of the Nassau St line. It made more sense when downtown Brooklyn to the financial district was a “loop” in that the south side tracks of the Manhattan Bridge went to downtown Brooklyn and down through the BMT Southern territory (tons and tons of train traffic). Once that line got cut off, as you see in the track maps near Canal St, those became extra and the sole traffic from the Eastern Division wasn’t cost effective anymore. And you are partially right about local/express configs in Manhattan. The old practice of the IRT was to have the locals terminate in Manhattan (1,6) and have the express lines continue into Brooklyn (2,3,4,5). The BMT model was a bit more nuanced since they looked at Brooklyn as the hub and Queens/Manhattan as the “outer boroughs” if that makes sense.

@anonymous3738

Ай бұрын

@@urbantransitdevelopers Speaking of the BMT, you’re actually right, even I didn’t spot them. The BMT Broadway Line’s express tracks ended at City Hall’s lower level which is evident by the now-storage tracks in place of where the express tracks would be but have since diverted at Canal St towards the Manhattan Bridge and serves the lower level. As for the BMT Nassau St Line, judging by the track layout, it appears that after disconnecting the Manhattan Bridge connection, the line was to be converted to a 4-track local/express line with the express tracks ending at Chambers St as they do now. The northbound tracks don’t connect to the rest of the line, which is proven by the wall as shown before the train enters Canal St, but getting rid of them would allow such a connection. Although, like you said, it may never happen due to the lack of demand, let alone the lack of space on the Williamsburg Bridge which I pointed out. Also, on the IND Eighth Ave Line, while A express and C local trains both run to Brooklyn, only the express tracks continue; the local tracks end at Chambers St and the platform is named WTC so it’s not a separate station despite being marked on the map as if it was such and is currently used only by E local trains. So C trains switch to the express tracks and are shared with the A in the Cranberry St Tunnel. But regardless of service patterns, the track layout is still express-only before Lower Manhattan.

A suggestion Can you do the m train to metropolitan avenue next?

Yyyeeesssss about time J train

Nice

I miss my hometown

When will we get a video from a R211 train set?

We need the (A) Train experience video back from Inwood/207th Street to Lefferts Boulevard but this time a R211A

The letter J and today being my birthday OMG

@wtaenyc

Ай бұрын

🎂🫡

Cool

Sooner or later I was wondering when we was going to get a j train video

YES ❤❤❤

Hey ya’ll, great video. I write from Palermo, Sicily, Italy. a.D. 25.V.2024

Okay okay I see u ur new editing video 🎉🎉

A couple of nice features I may have noticed for the first time: Your "cell phone" screen goes light to dark when the train goes underground, and you tell when the train enters Queens.

@wtaenyc

Ай бұрын

Thanks for noticing. What are your thoughts?

When did you record this? 75th St, and Woodhaven Blvd have been undergoing station improvements since early 2023.

Hoping you can do the B train to Brighton from Bedford!!

@robroy6374

7 күн бұрын

Exactly! I already mentioned that, and it wasn’t done

I miss riding the j

Someday those "N TRAIN" videos WILL MAGICALLY RE-APPEAR!!! I don't like LOST videos.....

@robroy6374

7 күн бұрын

Exactly

@therealmr.christian4876

7 күн бұрын

@@robroy6374 That speed in the tunnel approaching Queensboro Plaza. I could watch over and over and over...

When did the old Chase Manhattan Bank sign get taken down??

“Direct fixation” track on the Archer Avenue Line, R32/42 conductor boards still in place: this footage is at least 2 years old.

@nybone24

28 күн бұрын

What does direct fixation track mean?

@metropod

18 күн бұрын

@@nybone24 It means exactly what it says it means, track directly fixed to the floor.

7:46 you can see a R32 or R42 in Bowery abandon. Also what time was this recorded at.

@nybone24

15 күн бұрын

Where?

This is some good stuff like a Vr game I’m the conductor

Why do i find these videos actually entertaining for some reason? 😂

@TailsMilesFox147

Ай бұрын

It’s fine, it’s not weird, it’s relaxing and entertaining for everyone. It’s rlly awesome content.

@TuneStunnaMusic

Ай бұрын

Because it takes the mystery out of what the tunnels look like. I used to press my forehead against the glass when i was younger to see this. The engineering of these tunnels and layouts is fascinating. The fact that most of these tunnels were constructed over 100 YEARS ago with steam shovels still blows my mind.

Late night 4 from New Lots to Woodlawn next?

LOOOOOOOOOL THE M9 AT 50:07

This is Fulton Street, Transfer is avalible to the 2 3 4 5 A & C trains, Connection is avalible to PATH. I think maybe putting the Z is a bad idea because the Z and J run together. But, I still love Fulton Street station more

WTAE is Always in top of Things yay💪🏻💪🏼💪🏿😎

Can you do 5 Train to Nereid Avenue please

why did the j train switch tracks after chambers street?

I don't understand, why this road has three routes - J, J express and Z? They all travel on the same route.

@wtaenyc

22 күн бұрын

📝🤔

I use to live in NYC and traveled all the subway system, I even road the system for a living at one point as a foot messenger, I love watching these videos, the one and only thing I find disappointing is that NYC & the MTA still haven't licked the graffiti problem. The penalty should be stiffened.

@wtaenyc

Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing and looking forward to a cleaner system in the future. 🫡

are you going to make a new video ?

I read this is the oldest Subway line, what would be the oldest station in the city?

@wtaenyc

Ай бұрын

Great question. That would be on the 6 line, “City Hall.” Experience it during the 6 train video on the channel. 🫡

@Mrbeahz1

Ай бұрын

What you read might have meant the J/Z was the oldest elevated in the city, now a part of the subway system. The first practical underground NYC subway ran from City Hall up to 42nd Street, turned west to Broadway and headed north to upper Manhattan.

@poseidon116

25 күн бұрын

@@wtaenyc Thanks for the reply.

does ST GT and D followed by a number mean Station timer (mph) grade timer (mph) and diversion (mph)?

@wtaenyc

Ай бұрын

🏆

@urbantransitdevelopers

Ай бұрын

Correct. They are speed limits for those timer signals. D means the speed limit for a diverging move across tracks (typically much slower to avoid a derail)

@nybone24

28 күн бұрын

Thanks

I noticed reading the comments that some have picked up on the visual clues that this video was recorded about 2 years ago. Another clue: people on the platforms are still wearing masks.

Do the 7 again

How on earth did you get permission to strap a camera to the front of the train 😱

@robroy6374

7 күн бұрын

He’s obviously the motorman

When is the next video?

@wtaenyc

7 күн бұрын

🔜🫡

I’m curious to see what’s beyond Jamaica center…

@urbantransitdevelopers

Ай бұрын

The tracks extend for about 700 feet for storage of spare trains. The upper level for the E however extends more than a half mile and curves southeast before dead-ending. There were plans to go further on both levels. Curiously, there is a center bell mouth that could be used for a connecting track between the two levels, but I about that’ll ever come to be.

Nice but Fulton Street needs a little TLC.

J super express

Wtae 😃

R160 j train

M train to middle village

I will geT a F train video

what a lot of squeaky wheels!!

@wtaenyc

Ай бұрын

🙃🫡

W W W W W W W W W W W W

J Skip Stop train

The Z doesn’t exist. Never has, never will.

@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2

Ай бұрын

I vote for the eradication of the z train or going express in nonpeak direction from the byway junction to Marcy Avenue and the same with J Express but during the pm rush the j train would need to switch tracks to let the Zed terminate and get into the yard.

@wtaenyc

Ай бұрын

🙃🫡

Thanks!

@wtaenyc

28 күн бұрын

Your consistent support continues to be appreciated 🫡♾️