New York City Subway

If you are considering visiting New York City you may be want to think about how you are going to get around. Cabs in New York are amongst the cheapest in the world, but because few people have their cars in New York it came start to become quite expense if you catch cabs everywhere. Although whether you are visiting or living in New York you can save a lot of money and time by catching the subway.


The New York City subway started operating in 1904 and is considered one of the best train systems in the world. The New York City subway has more people boarding than many of the biggest cities in the world, like London, Paris and Moscow. The New York City Subway is generally considered as an underground system, although almost half of the system is above ground. Although the subway in Manhattan is almost entirely underground.

New York City Subway routes are distinguished by letters and numbers, there are 26 train lines that are also distinguished by colours. The subway operates 24 hours a day, every day of the year, after all New York City is the city that never sleeps. Subway stations are generally found by walk downs with lamp posts, that generally illuminate the color of the line that the subway train, around the walk down. Although some of the major stations can be found as walk down shop fronts, these stations normally have neon signs alerting users to the stations. Before going through the metal turn styles patrons can purchase a MetroCard from a vending machines. You can however purchase MetroCard in extended time periods like monthly and weekly tickets. Tickets can also be reused and topped up.

New York City Subway platforms will often cater to more than one service in order to save space (New York City is the Queen of saving space), so make sure you watch out for the colours and numbers. Get yourself a map and you will be able to get around New York City for just over $2 a day.





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