I grew up in NYC.I started taking the subway alone since I was 12 years old whether it was to school or to my grandma's house (grandma lived in Queens and I lived in The Bronx) and taking the subway to grandmas house was a long subway ride. I had to take the 4 train from The Bronx all the way to 14th Street (this very station shown in this video) to transfer to the L train and finally at Wyckoff Ave, I would transfer to the M train to Queens to Fresh Pond Rd. I now live in Las Vegas, NV. I have been living here for 9 years now and one thing I miss the most about NYC is taking the subway to get to where I need to. For a while, living in Las Vegas, I was without a car and it killed me that in Las Vegas, their public transportation is extremely awful and outdated. I miss that whenever I wanted to go somewhere, I can just walk 3 min from my apartment and I'm already sliding ym metrocard to get into literally an underground city called the NYC subway. I like watching these videos because I can still hear the sounds I miss dearly of my previous life I had growing up in NYC. I hope you can come back one day and take more videos of the NYC subway. Perhaps you can visit some of the stops I have great memories of.
What a beautiful day. You can pick out all the buildings and know exactly where you were filming since there weren't any leaves on tbe trees. Gorgeous, tremendous. The city really did a nice job renovating Union Square Park as well as the surrounding roads. I remember when they started that around 2000.
I love so much the voice: There is, a, Downtown, Local, 6, train, to, Brooklyn Bridge, City Hall. Approaching the station. Please stand away from the platform edge
yes, SF on the (1) and TSQ on the (S) (platform being straightened) i heard that the gap can exceed 25 cm at certain stations on the underground lol, the ADA doesn't allow that in the US, but i heard that the piccadilly is getting them too!
@5:16 I wonder if there’s either a sensor on the gap filler....unless the conductor hits a button that’s somewhere on the wall for the gap filler to come in lol
A bit of trivia about the station: before they opened that passageway (the one with those freestanding sections of subway wall) just above the downtown local track, there used to be an open catwalk connecting the north and south ends of the downtown platform! Once they opened that passageway they removed that catwalk as it was no longer needed. Up until a few years ago when they redid the mezzanine floor a patch of concrete that replaced the north end of the catwalk was still visible.
Lots of memories. Thanks for the captions. I use to get off at that stop 60 years ago as a child with my father. The gap fillers really fascinated me, same with the ones at South Ferry. Are they original?
Just come home from NYC. Love the city and its subway. Watching your excellent videos to get some of that holiday feeling back! I changed trains at Union Square only a few days ago. :)
Those gap fillers are the reason I NEVER wore heels on that train line when I worked downtown! *sigh* And yet, in these crazy pandemic times, your video has me missing them... excellent footage and subtitles!
0:50/ Just a few paces west of that lovely canopied entrance stands a humble statue of Mahatma Ghandi. It's probably one of the few life-sized statues of him in the world, let alone one depicting him in motion. Check it out when you have a chance...
Many thanx for the videos. A question on the voltage. From what I have read the NY Subway is around 600Volts DC. In the videos you talk about the sound of AC control gear. Is the DC converted to AC for the traction motors or is the noise the DC chopper control gears starting the motors?? Vove you videos of the elevated lines..
Amazing Vid! They should really install automatic gates or doors on the moving platforms like the Jubilee Line have on the London Underground. Only problem is that is might be to cramped on the platform and the poles on the platform holding up the station roof. Liked this vid a lot! :)
R140 F train The local makes intermediate stops. From Union Square at 14th Street, the uptown express doesn't stop until 42nd St/Grand Central, skipping 23rd, 28th, and 33rd. The Downtown express makes its next stop at Chambers, skipping local stations at Astor, Bleecker, Spring, and Canal.
Nice post on NYC transit forums and for the R188 it has the same AC unit has the R142A which is annotated on 9:30 to 9:40 and i knew this for a fact since I have R142A (R188 convert) 7311 on January 20th around 2pm and its ac unit didn't emit the same AC unit sound as the R142 and for the IND/BMT lines the R142 can be compared to the R160A & R160B alstom due to the fact they share the same propulsion unit, but the R142A & R188 should almost be identical the R143 & new R179 cars due to their MITRAC propulsion units
The IRT platforms are the only platforms of this station to not be wheelchair-accessible. This is because the sections of the platforms that are directly below the mezzanine are too narrow to fit elevators. However, the MTA could install ramps instead. 42nd St-PABT’s platforms are more than wide enough for elevators and yet, have no elevators but ramps. So if there’s no room for elevators but ramps going in a spiral or similar can fit, they should be built instead.
@@guestuser1837 Really amazing since it was everywhere. By broken window, you mean if it’s broken, fix it right away so as not to invite more vandalism? I noticed in the video, the Brighton Line open cut walls were covered with graffiti. Is that left over from the ‘70s? Who risks their life with the third rail and other danger to do that?
@@jerry550 3 months late, lol, sorry but yes. The Brighton line graffiti is mostly from the 70s, though there are a few recent ones. Many people just dgaf about their lives.
I dont know if you have ever been to the Bay Area Near San Francisco, but they have a train system there called BART whicjh stands for Bay Area Rapid Transit, and I was just wondering If i may ask you, during the real commute times when everybody goes to work in the morning and when everybody gets off of work in the afternoon or evening, ours here actually added cars to the train to make them longer and add more seating for all of those people even though it never really matters anyway only because almost all of the seats will be usually taken and the other people willhave to stand and hold on to the overhead bars that the have that go the length of the cars, does the NYC Subway do the same thing as well, meaning do they add extra cars to the trains to make more available seating or whatever??????
Since I don't see a reply, let me give you what little information I know. Train lengths used to change according to anticipated demand as on BART, and CTA in Chicago, but I believe the labor costs of coupling and de-coupling were greater than the cost of simply running full length trains most of the time, even when nearly empty. Many of the train sets are of two semi-permanently coupled groupings of five cars each. I don't believe they're taken apart except for servicing. You may notice the cars are in numerical order within these sub groups. Variations among the three original systems [BMT, IRT, IND] exist for multiple reasons, some to do with dimensions of running space and platform length. I hope someone else corrects any errors I have made.
I used to use this station frequently for the BMT Broadway and IRT Lexington Avenue lines when I visited my cousins apartment during the summer who lived near Union square.
Why are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 the only lines with announcements and countdown clocks? I know that newer technology was used on the L and the MTA is working on the other lettered lines, but why did 1-6 have it first? Does it have to do with the IRT?
They still need to have the train positions read with certain signals and have them converted into approximate times. In addition, the trains themselves need to be represented by their routes rather than simply "express" or "local" in order to make any sense. ATS and ISIM are being used before CBTC, which takes these things into account while also allowing for improved operation that doesn't rely on block signals or humans.
g bridgman Look at video of the old South Ferry station, which was entirely on a sharp curve. The station dates to 1905 and was only big enough for five cars, so at Rector Street (last stop before South Ferry) they would hold the train a few minutes to allow passengers in the last five cars to move up to the front!
(4) Train To Woodlawn The Bronx (5) Train To Eastchester Dyre Ave The Bronx (6) And Train To Pelham Bay Park♿ Or Parkchester The Bronx Downtown (4) Train To Crown Heights Utica Ave Brooklyn ♿ (5) Train To Flatbush Ave Brooklyn College Brooklyn ♿ (6) Train To Brooklyn Bridge City Hall Manhattan ♿
Pete Smith Their have been changes The trains that would normally have graffiti Are retired And All trains have Stainless steel Trains which might have graffiti is the R32
You must've lost a bit of hearing after filming the station, it gets incredibly ear piercingly loud just standing on the platform as the train comes, especially when both uptown and downtown trains arrive at the same time.
The train can't move until the doors are closed. You'll often see people rushing up to a closing door and holding it. By having the gap fillers moved only by the closing train, this prevents someone rushing up to an open gap. At South Ferry there is a separate signal indicating when they have fully retracted so the motorman can accelerate.
Uptown The Bronx Platform Bronx Bound 4 And 5 Express Train Next Stop Is Grand Central 42nd St ♿ Bronx Bound 6 Train Next Stop Is 23rd St♿ Downtown Brooklyn Platform Brooklyn Bound 4 And 5 Express Train Next Stop Is Brooklyn Bridge City Hall ♿ Bowling Bound 5 Express Train Next Stop Is Brooklyn Bridge City Hall ♿ Brooklyn Bridge Bound 6 Train Next Stop Is Astor Place
Don't make that decision based on this video--Union Square is one of the worst stations in the system when it comes to noise, overcrowding, etc. because it sits on a tight curve and is a major transfer point between lines. It's not really a fair representation of what the NYC subway is like overall.
I grew up in NYC.I started taking the subway alone since I was 12 years old whether it was to school or to my grandma's house (grandma lived in Queens and I lived in The Bronx) and taking the subway to grandmas house was a long subway ride. I had to take the 4 train from The Bronx all the way to 14th Street (this very station shown in this video) to transfer to the L train and finally at Wyckoff Ave, I would transfer to the M train to Queens to Fresh Pond Rd. I now live in Las Vegas, NV. I have been living here for 9 years now and one thing I miss the most about NYC is taking the subway to get to where I need to. For a while, living in Las Vegas, I was without a car and it killed me that in Las Vegas, their public transportation is extremely awful and outdated. I miss that whenever I wanted to go somewhere, I can just walk 3 min from my apartment and I'm already sliding ym metrocard to get into literally an underground city called the NYC subway. I like watching these videos because I can still hear the sounds I miss dearly of my previous life I had growing up in NYC. I hope you can come back one day and take more videos of the NYC subway. Perhaps you can visit some of the stops I have great memories of.
I love the glass roof on one station, the beautiful antique tile work and i found the filler platform very interesting. Great video!😉
What a beautiful day. You can pick out all the buildings and know exactly where you were filming since there weren't any leaves on tbe trees. Gorgeous, tremendous. The city really did a nice job renovating Union Square Park as well as the surrounding roads. I remember when they started that around 2000.
Your videos are top notch! I had heard if the gap fillers, but never saw them. Fun to watch and lots to learn! Thanks!
Informative footnotes are most interesting. Excellent videos make watching almost as good as being there in person. Thanks!
Great video. A lot has changed for the better in the NYC Subway since I left New York in 1998. Looking forward to coming back home.
I love so much the voice: There is, a, Downtown, Local, 6, train, to, Brooklyn Bridge, City Hall. Approaching the station. Please stand away from the platform edge
Nice views of the subway. Thanks!
great video and awesome view
Love the beautiful station entrance. Gap fillers are unique.
Amazing Video! New subscriber and keep up the good work.
yep. when it says the train is coming in 2 min, its actually coming in 10 seconds
Thanks for upload. Useful video.
Really I ♥️ it
Gap fillers?! You guys are living in luxury! In London we'd be expected to simply fly over the gap ;-)
Great video btw
This the only station in the system that has it
There where 2 others but both are permanently closed
yes, SF on the (1) and TSQ on the (S) (platform being straightened)
i heard that the gap can exceed 25 cm at certain stations on the underground lol, the ADA doesn't allow that in the US, but i heard that the piccadilly is getting them too!
one isn't closed i think
@@theoffical_jaydenislityt501 only Union Sq 4 5 6 N Q R W L has gap fillers now.
Track 3 had some to
love your videos
Very nice documentary. I rode their predecessors on this line in the 1970s when working and going to school.
@5:16 I wonder if there’s either a sensor on the gap filler....unless the conductor hits a button that’s somewhere on the wall for the gap filler to come in lol
Put this on 20 minutes! I love it!!!!!!
A bit of trivia about the station: before they opened that passageway (the one with those freestanding sections of subway wall) just above the downtown local track, there used to be an open catwalk connecting the north and south ends of the downtown platform! Once they opened that passageway they removed that catwalk as it was no longer needed. Up until a few years ago when they redid the mezzanine floor a patch of concrete that replaced the north end of the catwalk was still visible.
like gap filters? there actually cool! someday I'll visit!
When I worked for the TA they were called moving platforms
The video of trains is great
Big thanks to you! I love your videos, and they are so detailed! Subscribed!
Thanks, I'm glad you like them!
What's he street Union Square
Ima fan
Lots of memories. Thanks for the captions. I use to get off at that stop 60 years ago as a child with my father. The gap fillers really fascinated me, same with the ones at South Ferry. Are they original?
Just come home from NYC. Love the city and its subway. Watching your excellent videos to get some of that holiday feeling back! I changed trains at Union Square only a few days ago. :)
That’s cool. :-) Glad you like my videos.
@@Luftschlange nice-7-on-there
I love the fact that the 4 train is half R142s and half R142As.
Love these videos! The NYC subway is my favourite subway.
...watch the black guy's head from 9:30 to 10:00...there isn't any music he's boppin' to lol
Thank you, gracia's...
Nice video!
I like your idea
Those gap fillers are the reason I NEVER wore heels on that train line when I worked downtown! *sigh* And yet, in these crazy pandemic times, your video has me missing them... excellent footage and subtitles!
NICE
0:50/ Just a few paces west of that lovely canopied entrance stands a humble statue of Mahatma Ghandi. It's probably one of the few life-sized statues of him in the world, let alone one depicting him in motion. Check it out when you have a chance...
Many thanx for the videos. A question on the voltage. From what I have read the NY Subway is around 600Volts DC. In the videos you talk about the sound of AC control gear. Is the DC converted to AC for the traction motors or is the noise the DC chopper control gears starting the motors?? Vove you videos of the elevated lines..
Paul Warner Yes, on the New Technology Trains (NTT) the DC is converted to AC.
Amazing Vid! They should really install automatic gates or doors on the moving platforms like the Jubilee Line have on the London Underground. Only problem is that is might be to cramped on the platform and the poles on the platform holding up the station roof. Liked this vid a lot! :)
Woodlock50 Yeah they should, This station is very busy in Rush Hour
Finrz150 6s5
HST Hub Sadly we can’t because the State Pulls our funding
nice video. Gives me the NYC holiday feeling by hearing the announcement. I love it. Cant wait to visit this great city again this year
Amazing vid as always!! its almost as if i was there :) I aint form US and 1 of my big wishes is to take a ride on a NY subway.
Thanks! Glad to hear you like the video. You should definitely visit someday, the subway is great.
+Luftschlange why is it more crowded in the local track instead of the express track???
When can you do a Marta Video
Kevjn Gaytan I don't think he'll be able to visit Atlanta anytime soon
R140 F train The local makes intermediate stops. From Union Square at 14th Street, the uptown express doesn't stop until 42nd St/Grand Central, skipping 23rd, 28th, and 33rd. The Downtown express makes its next stop at Chambers, skipping local stations at Astor, Bleecker, Spring, and Canal.
i love me some NY !!!
Nice post on NYC transit forums and for the R188 it has the same AC unit has the R142A which is annotated on 9:30 to 9:40 and i knew this for a fact since I have R142A (R188 convert) 7311 on January 20th around 2pm and its ac unit didn't emit the same AC unit sound as the R142 and for the IND/BMT lines the R142 can be compared to the R160A & R160B alstom due to the fact they share the same propulsion unit, but the R142A & R188 should almost be identical the R143 & new R179 cars due to their MITRAC propulsion units
R142A is music to my ears when ut accelerates
The IRT platforms are the only platforms of this station to not be wheelchair-accessible. This is because the sections of the platforms that are directly below the mezzanine are too narrow to fit elevators. However, the MTA could install ramps instead. 42nd St-PABT’s platforms are more than wide enough for elevators and yet, have no elevators but ramps. So if there’s no room for elevators but ramps going in a spiral or similar can fit, they should be built instead.
at 6:57 why it said that it suppose to say that line when it getting to the Bronx it suppose to say "This is an Bronx bound 6 Local train"
Notice that lady who looked mad in that train at 5:25? She was not really patient there.
NOW I hear the difference between the R142, R143, and the R188. Its a slight difference but you can still hear it
Very good reportage, high level!
But...So many words of admiration: beautiful, beautiful...
I wonder what you would say about the Moscow metro?
Wow! Clean stations and no graffiti on the trains.
graffiti was gone by 1990s
@@guestuser1837 What finally put an end to it? I haven’t been back in 30 years.
@@jerry550 nothing. Crime just dropped by itself. I think it has to do with the broken window terminoligy
@@guestuser1837 Really amazing since it was everywhere. By broken window, you mean if it’s broken, fix it right away so as not to invite more vandalism? I noticed in the video, the Brighton Line open cut walls were covered with graffiti. Is that left over from the ‘70s? Who risks their life with the third rail and other danger to do that?
@@jerry550 3 months late, lol, sorry but yes. The Brighton line graffiti is mostly from the 70s, though there are a few recent ones. Many people just dgaf about their lives.
R142A 6 train those were the days
I dont know if you have ever been to the Bay Area Near San Francisco, but they have a train system there called BART whicjh stands for Bay Area Rapid Transit, and I was just wondering If i may ask you, during the real commute times when everybody goes to work in the morning and when everybody gets off of work in the afternoon or evening, ours here actually added cars to the train to make them longer and add more seating for all of those people even though it never really matters anyway only because almost all of the seats will be usually taken and the other people willhave to stand and hold on to the overhead bars that the have that go the length of the cars, does the NYC Subway do the same thing as well, meaning do they add extra cars to the trains to make more available seating or whatever??????
Since I don't see a reply, let me give you what little information I know. Train lengths used to change according to anticipated demand as on BART, and CTA in Chicago, but I believe the labor costs of coupling and de-coupling were greater than the cost of simply running full length trains most of the time, even when nearly empty. Many of the train sets are of two semi-permanently coupled groupings of five cars each. I don't believe they're taken apart except for servicing. You may notice the cars are in numerical order within these sub groups. Variations among the three original systems [BMT, IRT, IND] exist for multiple reasons, some to do with dimensions of running space and platform length. I hope someone else corrects any errors I have made.
I used to use this station frequently for the BMT Broadway and IRT Lexington Avenue lines when I visited my cousins apartment during the summer who lived near Union square.
I wonder if they’d be able to add those gap fillers to the City Hall station and open it back up.
Supposedly they had them at one point. The station platform can only handle 5 cars though
Tbh it would pretty useless
Especially if their is a station Right before it that Serves 4,5 Trains as well
I miss the R142A on the 6
3:44 your reflection
*RUN MOM, RUN!*
Why are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 the only lines with announcements and countdown clocks? I know that newer technology was used on the L and the MTA is working on the other lettered lines, but why did 1-6 have it first? Does it have to do with the IRT?
They still need to have the train positions read with certain signals and have them converted into approximate times. In addition, the trains themselves need to be represented by their routes rather than simply "express" or "local" in order to make any sense. ATS and ISIM are being used before CBTC, which takes these things into account while also allowing for improved operation that doesn't rely on block signals or humans.
Can you do buher AVE 6 line
How do they know when the gap fillers are in
I live in brooklyn for my whole life and now i'm a Twenty and i'm by myself so now I live in Harlem 148st
Why don't the gap fillers retract before the train leaves?
aaleh 04 Because it’s not that automatic it’s a bit old so the train gives a slight budge then it closes
Dude that is a lot of people in a train look like a rush hour
It’s not
uu should try coming and recording in Washington DC
What train model makes that noise at around 4:00?
BlueRockEye R142
R142, and R160A
3:41 Was That A R142 4 Train?
SOS Owner The 4 train runs both the R142 and R142A subway cars, It used to run R62/As
Michael Morales exactly
How come I never seen the 6 train look like that?
R142a 6 train
I've never heard of gap fillers. People can't simply step over the gap onto the train? What will they think of next?
The gaps are too wide for safely doing that.
Unfortunately, they're a bitch to maintain, especially since they use parts that you'd be lucky to find.
g bridgman Look at video of the old South Ferry station, which was entirely on a sharp curve. The station dates to 1905 and was only big enough for five cars, so at Rector Street (last stop before South Ferry) they would hold the train a few minutes to allow passengers in the last five cars to move up to the front!
you know this video is old when you see 6 trains running r142As'
(4) Train To Woodlawn The Bronx
(5) Train To Eastchester Dyre Ave The Bronx
(6) And Train To Pelham Bay Park♿ Or Parkchester The Bronx
Downtown
(4) Train To Crown Heights Utica Ave Brooklyn ♿
(5) Train To Flatbush Ave Brooklyn College Brooklyn ♿
(6) Train To Brooklyn Bridge City Hall Manhattan ♿
1:20 lol
Ich möchte gerne diese nysubway als Modellbausatz kaufen wo bitteschön bekommt man das zu kaufen??? Danke im voraus.
You know how hard it is to get delivery in the subway??
Uh The 6 Train Is A Bronx Bound But The 4 And 5 Is Also Bronx But They Go Different Directions In Bronx Btw Like Your Video
. . . where the 'Luft' gets Schlonged!
BMT platforms are better the IRT ones are so tight and loud because of the exposed middle track
omg R188 6 train
O melhor metrô do mundo é o de São Paulo. como as linhas: 1 azul, 2 verde e 3 vermelha. Cada trens dessas linhas passa em 30 segundos
What happened to all of the graffiti that used to be on the subway trains??
You're like 30 years late, my friend.
I'm glad they cleaned up all the graffiti. I saw where one pig just threw a coffee cup down just two feet from a trash can. Some people!😠
Pete Smith Their have been changes
The trains that would normally have graffiti Are retired And All trains have Stainless steel Trains which might have graffiti is the R32
7:01 That driver was not in the wrong. Had I been a passenger I would've been like cool, cuz some drivers are slow as hell.
i love you USA
Mr 7 train boys where is N Q R platform
GET IN THE TRAIN
You must've lost a bit of hearing after filming the station, it gets incredibly ear piercingly loud just standing on the platform as the train comes, especially when both uptown and downtown trains arrive at the same time.
Eric Chan
Most New Yorkers are used to these sounds.
it's way louder than BMT trains, I agree and high pitched
Eric Chan Stand at the Intersection of Southern Blvd and Westchester Avenue And wait for a 2 or 5 train to Come by you might lose your hearing there
4:47
i'am 6!
Your stations need a good scrub down.
they still do and always will probably
Fr
Subway train every day
Subtitles are to fast
cup in 9:20
take that subway every day, definitely gets old lol
I learned my lesson to never wait at Union Square for a downtown express train because of the uptown express. They’re the most noisiest
Alive
doesn't make sense why the gap fillers wouldn't just be automatically retracted before train too off... so train acceleration would be unhindered?!
The train can't move until the doors are closed. You'll often see people rushing up to a closing door and holding it. By having the gap fillers moved only by the closing train, this prevents someone rushing up to an open gap. At South Ferry there is a separate signal indicating when they have fully retracted so the motorman can accelerate.
Uptown The Bronx Platform
Bronx Bound 4 And 5 Express Train Next Stop Is Grand Central 42nd St ♿
Bronx Bound 6 Train Next Stop Is 23rd St♿
Downtown Brooklyn Platform
Brooklyn Bound 4 And 5 Express
Train Next Stop Is Brooklyn Bridge City Hall ♿
Bowling Bound 5 Express Train Next Stop Is Brooklyn Bridge City Hall ♿
Brooklyn Bridge Bound 6 Train Next Stop Is Astor Place
1:09
2:44
4:28
THANK YOU
@@barfdragon582 yep, I have always loved these announcements.
@@EASsirenVids01 nostalgia
5:21 WTF
Glad I live in a small town. Never have ridden a subway, never will
Don't make that decision based on this video--Union Square is one of the worst stations in the system when it comes to noise, overcrowding, etc. because it sits on a tight curve and is a major transfer point between lines. It's not really a fair representation of what the NYC subway is like overall.
PhyllisJerry some people like me likes how the nosie fills the station
PhyllisJerry also the station is beautiful
6:45 it is not in the bronx yet
Ok then AHH 2:12
Почему так криво идут пути? и платформа.
Да , наше метро красивее, но многолюднее.
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