{"id":27738,"date":"2024-12-19T15:46:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T14:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/?p=27738"},"modified":"2024-12-19T15:46:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T14:46:56","slug":"new-york-reintroduces-its-vintage-train-for-the-festive-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/en\/new-york-reintroduces-its-vintage-train-for-the-festive-season\/","title":{"rendered":"New York reintroduces its vintage train for the festive season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"initial-letter\"><p>For the festive season, New York is bringing back its historic \u2018R1-9\u2019 trains, which were in service between the 1930s and 1970s. With its ceiling fans, light bulb lighting and period advertisements, this vintage train inspires locals to dress up in their finest old costumes.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For a few weeks, the Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA) is putting its \u2018R1-9\u2019 carriages back into service. Thanks to a collaboration between the MTA and the Transit Museum, the cultural entity linked to the city&#8217;s transport system, including the metro, everything has been preserved to (re)immerse you in a few decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>A journey back in time<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Back to the past. <strong>New York is taking locals and tourists on a journey with its \u2018R1-9\u2019 trains.<\/strong> These carriages were introduced in the 1930s and withdrawn in 1977 in favour of more modern cars. With a touch of nostalgia, the metal-coloured train now back in service is still in its original state. There are ceiling fans, incandescent lighting and period advertisements, including one from the 1960s paying tribute to \u2018the late President\u2019 John F. Kennedy. And as these old trains are not equipped with a public address system, volunteers announce stops when the train is about to arrive.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DChqeHEySsc\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Voir cette publication sur Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DChqeHEySsc\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Une publication partag\u00e9e par John Friia | All About NYC (@here_in_ny)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some New Yorkers were so delighted to learn of this periodic reintroduction that they dressed up in <strong>period costumes<\/strong>, rubbing shoulders with modern passengers. This was an opportunity for the older passengers to recount their memories and perpetuate this history, which is part of the city&#8217;s heritage. The \u2018R1-9\u2019 train is set to become a key attraction in the tourist programme for travellers over the festive season. According to the New York Tourist Board, around <strong>7 million visitors are expected to visit the city between Thanksgiving and New Year&#8217;s Day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>An underground that bears witness to New York&#8217;s history<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These trains were <em>\u2018the first public transport system that allowed the city to develop\u2019<\/em>, explains Todd Glickman, a volunteer at the New York Museum of Transportation. <em>\u2018In the early 1900s, people had to live very close to where they worked or went to school. With the advent of the underground in 1904, people were able to get around in no time, and that&#8217;s what allowed the city to grow\u2019<\/em> he continues.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today, the Big Apple&#8217;s metro system is one of the largest in the world, with almost <strong>500 stops, 36 lines and over 1,300 kilometres of track.<\/strong> It links four of the city&#8217;s five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx, but not Staten Island. Although some stations are not open at night, the unique feature of the New York metro is that it runs 24 hours a day, with less frequent service between midnight and 6.30am.<strong> Before the health crisis, more than 5 million people travelled around the city on the metro.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DDPczaUxcOb\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Voir cette publication sur Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DDPczaUxcOb\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Une publication partag\u00e9e par Metro-North Railroad \ud83d\ude89 (@mtametronorth)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This underground station has inspired many artists, as evidenced by the legendary song \u2018Take the A train\u2019 made famous by jazz pianist and composer Duke Ellington. The video for Michael Jackson&#8217;s song Bad, directed by Martin Scorsese, was filmed in the disused Hoyt-Schermerhorn station in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>But its history is not always cause for celebration.<\/strong> In the 70s and 80s, getting into the tube late at night could be dangerous. So in 1979, good Samaritan Curtis Sliwa decided to set up an ultra-secret association of protectors of metropolitan society, known as the Guardian Angels. Identifiable by their red berets, they ensured the safety of passengers and the smooth running of journeys. Several other cities around the world have copied this system. Today, safety conditions are still not optimal. Shootings regularly hit the headlines, as did the attacks in 2022 and more recently in March 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read also: Broths: <a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/en\/broths-a-french-restaurant-that-never-ceases-to-seduce\/\">a French restaurant that never ceases to seduce<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Featured photo: \u00a9 Marc A. Hermann \/ MTA<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the festive season, New York is bringing back its historic \u2018R1-9\u2019 trains, which were in service between the 1930s and 1970s. 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