If you’re feeling festive and nostalgic this holiday season, then taking a ride on a vintage train or bus is right up your alley. Celebrate New York City and vintage flair this month at the New York Transit Museum and explore a ride or two. And, if you have folks in town this holiday, this is also a fun little adventure for you all to experience.
For the cost of a MetroCard swipe, you can take a whirl on the Nostalgia Train. If you’re looking to leaving our bad ass borough, this is the excursion for you.
Where does the vintage train go? Nostalgia Train departs “from 2nd Avenue on the F line in Lower Manhattan and run along 6th Avenue in Manhattan to 47th-50th/Rockefeller Center before heading up the Central Park West line, where the train will stop at 59th St – Columbus Circle before making its way up to 125th St on the A/C/D lines in Harlem.”
Want to hop on a few stops? Or all of them? Check them out:
- 2nd Avenue (F line)
- Broadway – Lafayette Street / Bleecker Street
- West 4th Street – Washington Square
- 34th Street – Herald Square
- 42nd Street – Bryant Park
- 47th-50th Streets – Rockefeller Center
- 7th Avenue
- 59th Street – Columbus Circle
- 125th Street (A/C/D lines)
When does it all go down? Sundays and the remaining dates are December 23 and 30. Depart at 2nd Avenue on the F line at 10 am, 12 pm, 2 pm, and 4 pm. Or, if you’re at 125th Street on the A/C/D line, the train leaves at 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm, and 5 pm.
But, don’t miss the bus!
After a train ride, vintages buses will be in service on the M42 route, and the buses will travel East Bound and West Bound along 42nd Street.
When does the bus run? Monday through Friday, 9-5 pm, now until December 21.