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Subway riders were fuming after the MTA announced it was swapping the M and F routes between Manhattan and Queens — in a move that will affect about 1.2 million straphangers. The routes will be ...

The MTA rolls out the New York Transit Museum’s Holiday Nostalgia trains along two New York City subway lines on Sundays in December. The eight Independent Subway System cars remained on the MTA’s ...

CANARSIE — L-LINE SUBWAY TRAINS have gone months without exterior cleaning, after a key washing station in the MTA’s Canarsie Yard broke during a summer storm, the MTA has confirmed. With no ...

This festive train, covered in lights and holiday-themed messages, will run from Friday, November 28 and operate through New Year’s across the MTA system. It will operate on a random rotation of ...

The subway trains on the L line have been covered in grime for months, and the MTA has no way to clean them. A crucial car-washing station at the agency’s train yard in Canarsie, Brooklyn, broke down ...

REDDING — A Metro-North train headed to Danbury struck an unoccupied vehicle Tuesday, forcing about 175 passengers to disembark, officials said. The crash took place around 7:10 p.m. in an area north ...

The MTA is celebrating the opening of its new railcar testing facility. Arkansas to become first state to cut ties with PBS: 'Not feasible' Lady Gaga abruptly stops Mayhem Ball show mid-performance ...

On three separate days in one week in early October as the evening rush was getting underway, service on the 2 and the 5 trains was upended by a suspected copper thief. Riders were shocked.

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — Why did the chicken hop on the subway train? That’s what some MTA officials want to know. A train crew member got a wake-up call when he found a live chicken wandering around ...

A loose chicken took a “free range” ride, scoring a gratis subway trip to Coney Island on the N train Thursday morning after it was discovered fouling a subway car in storage. An MTA train operator ...

The MTA’s board voted to purchase a batch of replacement subway wheels on Wednesday, after supplies were depleted by a mysterious wheel-wear issue on the E, F and R lines. The $7.4 million purchase ...