New York City Subway: IRT Lexington Avenue Line at 14th Street-Union Square

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9 жыл бұрын

Today we take a look at the next express station along the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, which is 14th Street-Union Square.
This station lies below the Union Square Park and originally opened in 1904 as part of the first IRT subway line. It is an express station and is served by (4), (5) and (6) trains. The BMT Canarsie and Broadway Lines also have a station here, but they are not shown in this film.
We first take a look above ground at the beautiful neighborhood and park. We then move underground. The station has a few interesting aspects. It lies in a pretty tight curve and its downtown and uptown platforms are shifted significantly. Also because of the curve, the downtown platform is equipped with moving platforms that extend to the subway car in order to bridge the gap between the train and the platform edge. Finally, the station's mezzanine is located over the platform from which one can observe the platforms and trains.
If you are a fan of the station announcements at the IRT lines, you will enjoy this film, as there are a lot of them!
Enjoy!
Filmed on 8 March 2015.

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@richardturner6981 5 жыл бұрын

I love the glass roof on one station, the beautiful antique tile work and i found the filler platform very interesting. Great video!😉

@wendytorres5711 3 жыл бұрын

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Las Vegas, I was without a car and it killed me that in Las Vegas, their public transportation is extremely awful and outdated.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.

@rudolphguarnacci197 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@jimmy6223 9 жыл бұрын

Your videos are top notch! I had heard if the gap fillers, but never saw them. Fun to watch and lots to learn! Thanks!

@Organgrinder1010 8 жыл бұрын

Informative footnotes are most interesting. Excellent videos make watching almost as good as being there in person. Thanks!

@joshs4594 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@ricardoo9978 5 жыл бұрын

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

@admidwest 5 жыл бұрын

Nice views of the subway. Thanks!

@scottyerkes1867 2 жыл бұрын

Love the beautiful station entrance. Gap fillers are unique.

@jacobcrespo60 8 жыл бұрын

great video and awesome view

@justinm.1 2 жыл бұрын

@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

@eligirl100 8 жыл бұрын

yep. when it says the train is coming in 2 min, its actually coming in 10 seconds

@claudiahansen4938 Жыл бұрын

Very nice documentary. I rode their predecessors on this line in the 1970s when working and going to school.

@visionist7 5 жыл бұрын

Gap fillers?! You guys are living in luxury! In London we'd be expected to simply fly over the gap ;-) Great video btw

@K1_Trains 4 жыл бұрын

This the only station in the system that has it There where 2 others but both are permanently closed

@guestuser1837 3 жыл бұрын

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!

@theoffical_jaydenislityt501 3 жыл бұрын

one isn't closed i think

@guestuser1837 3 жыл бұрын

@@theoffical_jaydenislityt501 only Union Sq 4 5 6 N Q R W L has gap fillers now.

@deadass_deezy0727 3 жыл бұрын

Track 3 had some to

@jerry550 3 жыл бұрын

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?

@thehubproductions5744 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing Video! New subscriber and keep up the good work.

@lexifillems 9 жыл бұрын

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. :)

@Luftschlange 9 жыл бұрын

That’s cool. :-) Glad you like my videos.

@TinaMoore-cg5zb 5 ай бұрын

@@Luftschlange nice-7-on-there

@TravelToTheWorldAaliyahtravel 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for upload. Useful video. Really I ♥️ it

@matthewgasparin7000 6 жыл бұрын

Love these videos! The NYC subway is my favourite subway.

@joestrike8537 11 ай бұрын

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.

@Chris060889 8 жыл бұрын

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

@AlejandroMorales-ju9dy 6 жыл бұрын

Put this on 20 minutes! I love it!!!!!!

@ceiveable 8 жыл бұрын

like gap filters? there actually cool! someday I'll visit!

@mikeezak2443 3 жыл бұрын

When I worked for the TA they were called moving platforms

@OGR-42 9 жыл бұрын

Big thanks to you! I love your videos, and they are so detailed! Subscribed!

@Luftschlange 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'm glad you like them!

@ikeyb5385 8 жыл бұрын

What's he street Union Square

@teslamodels2283 4 жыл бұрын

Ima fan

@gabrielpeterson4231 8 жыл бұрын

love your videos

@kikivonmoonshine8406 8 жыл бұрын

The video of trains is great

@angrycartrains5667 9 жыл бұрын

I love the fact that the 4 train is half R142s and half R142As.

@offtask1734 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@j.m.r.f6286 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, gracia's...

@kashvillian0S 7 жыл бұрын

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"

@sandrafrempong8768 Жыл бұрын

I like your idea

@robertallen5686 8 жыл бұрын

...watch the black guy's head from 9:30 to 10:00...there isn't any music he's boppin' to lol

@paulwarner5395 6 жыл бұрын

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..

@charlescrowell915 6 жыл бұрын

Paul Warner Yes, on the New Technology Trains (NTT) the DC is converted to AC.

@blueloop3155 5 жыл бұрын

Nice video!

@kaffeice7 8 жыл бұрын

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.

@Luftschlange 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad to hear you like the video. You should definitely visit someday, the subway is great.

@r140ftrain5 8 жыл бұрын

+Luftschlange why is it more crowded in the local track instead of the express track???

@kevjngaytan7333 7 жыл бұрын

When can you do a Marta Video

@nicodo123 6 жыл бұрын

Kevjn Gaytan I don't think he'll be able to visit Atlanta anytime soon

@larrybrennan1463 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@kotman7454 2 жыл бұрын

Very good reportage, high level! But...So many words of admiration: beautiful, beautiful... I wonder what you would say about the Moscow metro?

@StephinOut 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@scottishrailwayhub6271 7 жыл бұрын

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! :)

@michaelmorales1475 7 жыл бұрын

Woodlock50 Yeah they should, This station is very busy in Rush Hour

@cesarivan7176 7 жыл бұрын

Finrz150 6s5

@ninofromkitchennightmares1497 4 жыл бұрын

HST Hub Sadly we can’t because the State Pulls our funding

@redphone1438 7 жыл бұрын

Notice that lady who looked mad in that train at 5:25? She was not really patient there.

@JoseMorales-lw5nt 2 жыл бұрын

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...

@anonymous3738 Ай бұрын

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.

@EpicThe112 9 жыл бұрын

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

@TrickyPchester0948 6 жыл бұрын

NICE

@player23723 5 жыл бұрын

R142A is music to my ears when ut accelerates

@pizzasubs 8 жыл бұрын

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??????

@Organgrinder1010 8 жыл бұрын

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.

@ericgallahan3856 5 жыл бұрын

I wonder if they’d be able to add those gap fillers to the City Hall station and open it back up.

@visionist7 5 жыл бұрын

Supposedly they had them at one point. The station platform can only handle 5 cars though

@ninofromkitchennightmares1497 3 жыл бұрын

Tbh it would pretty useless Especially if their is a station Right before it that Serves 4,5 Trains as well

@zacha.z7595 5 жыл бұрын

NOW I hear the difference between the R142, R143, and the R188. Its a slight difference but you can still hear it

@mauricecarter5831 7 жыл бұрын

i love me some NY !!!

@DARKTIGGERinc 5 жыл бұрын

How come I never seen the 6 train look like that?

@aaleh_04 4 жыл бұрын

Why don't the gap fillers retract before the train leaves?

@ninofromkitchennightmares1497 4 жыл бұрын

aaleh 04 Because it’s not that automatic it’s a bit old so the train gives a slight budge then it closes

@mce5420 7 жыл бұрын

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?

@sonicboy678 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@rbxgamer1545 6 жыл бұрын

How do they know when the gap fillers are in

@michaelcipparulo7181 8 жыл бұрын

You know how hard it is to get delivery in the subway??

@anthonyyoung3194 7 жыл бұрын

Can you do buher AVE 6 line

@1940limited 7 жыл бұрын

I've never heard of gap fillers. People can't simply step over the gap onto the train? What will they think of next?

@sonicboy678 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@larrybrennan1463 6 жыл бұрын

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!

@Aaronhchisholm2 11 ай бұрын

R142A 6 train those were the days

@Vxllain 6 жыл бұрын

*RUN MOM, RUN!*

@arianagrandeaudios5182 6 жыл бұрын

I miss the R142A on the 6

@heru-deshet359 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! Clean stations and no graffiti on the trains.

@guestuser1837 3 жыл бұрын

graffiti was gone by 1990s

@jerry550 3 жыл бұрын

@@guestuser1837 What finally put an end to it? I haven’t been back in 30 years.

@guestuser1837 3 жыл бұрын

@@jerry550 nothing. Crime just dropped by itself. I think it has to do with the broken window terminoligy

@jerry550 3 жыл бұрын

@@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?

@guestuser1837 3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@12121149 7 жыл бұрын

What happened to all of the graffiti that used to be on the subway trains??

@carlsm95 6 жыл бұрын

You're like 30 years late, my friend.

@richardturner6981 5 жыл бұрын

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!😠

@ninofromkitchennightmares1497 4 жыл бұрын

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

@shanicewheeler4679 6 ай бұрын

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

@BlueRockEye 6 жыл бұрын

What train model makes that noise at around 4:00?

@chris4484 6 жыл бұрын

BlueRockEye R142

@Bombardier2199 5 жыл бұрын

R142, and R160A

@SOSOwner 7 жыл бұрын

3:41 Was That A R142 4 Train?

@michaelmorales1475 7 жыл бұрын

SOS Owner The 4 train runs both the R142 and R142A subway cars, It used to run R62/As

@parpedo245diaz7 6 жыл бұрын

Michael Morales exactly

@Abstractt 6 жыл бұрын

3:44 your reflection

@eingooglenutzer9517 4 ай бұрын

Ich möchte gerne diese nysubway als Modellbausatz kaufen wo bitteschön bekommt man das zu kaufen??? Danke im voraus.

@jackharris1stchannel153 4 жыл бұрын

Dude that is a lot of people in a train look like a rush hour

@ninofromkitchennightmares1497 3 жыл бұрын

It’s not

@jamarinyc 8 жыл бұрын

uu should try coming and recording in Washington DC

@flighted2513 6 жыл бұрын

BMT platforms are better the IRT ones are so tight and loud because of the exposed middle track

@raihanjoy5949 9 ай бұрын

(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 ♿

@mominhafeez9048 8 жыл бұрын

Mr 7 train boys where is N Q R platform

@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2 7 жыл бұрын

R142a 6 train

@RedArrow73 2 жыл бұрын

. . . where the 'Luft' gets Schlonged!

@TSgotstolengoddamm 2 жыл бұрын

you know this video is old when you see 6 trains running r142As'

@erikkunchan 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@yxhej5366 7 жыл бұрын

Eric Chan Most New Yorkers are used to these sounds.

@flighted2513 6 жыл бұрын

it's way louder than BMT trains, I agree and high pitched

@ninofromkitchennightmares1497 4 жыл бұрын

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

@colinmccue5405 9 жыл бұрын

1:20 lol

@danielm1541 3 жыл бұрын

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

@rqxlss_rbllx 3 ай бұрын

omg R188 6 train

@luisespinal5585 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@desativadoparasempre98 4 жыл бұрын

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

@buttdumpling5445 8 жыл бұрын

take that subway every day, definitely gets old lol

@souleyemanediawara8531 5 жыл бұрын

i love you USA

@mhinasims4359 Жыл бұрын

Subway train every day

@earththelordoftherings Жыл бұрын

cup in 9:20

@lakenduvu 5 жыл бұрын

GET IN THE TRAIN

@cryall5258 4 жыл бұрын

4:47

@michakrol2649 5 жыл бұрын

Subtitles are to fast

@SYSTEM.OVERLOAD 2 жыл бұрын

i'am 6!

@AdrianaHernandez-ly3ev 4 жыл бұрын

@fdama 6 жыл бұрын

Your stations need a good scrub down.

@trijetz3562 3 жыл бұрын

they still do and always will probably

@budder815lions 4 жыл бұрын

Alive

@robertallen5686 8 жыл бұрын

doesn't make sense why the gap fillers wouldn't just be automatically retracted before train too off... so train acceleration would be unhindered?!

@TheLpbrennan 8 жыл бұрын

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.

@molaval2936 4 жыл бұрын

5:21 WTF

@Bombardier2199 5 жыл бұрын

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

@raihanjoy5949 9 ай бұрын

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

@EASsirenVids01 5 жыл бұрын

1:09 2:44

@EASsirenVids01 5 жыл бұрын

4:28

@barfdragon582 3 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU

@EASsirenVids01 3 жыл бұрын

@@barfdragon582 yep, I have always loved these announcements.

@barfdragon582 3 жыл бұрын

@@EASsirenVids01 nostalgia

@jasminehyman2671 9 ай бұрын

Ok then AHH 2:12

@huaguo609 3 жыл бұрын

6:45 it is not in the bronx yet

@Gisvet 5 жыл бұрын

@user-ik1sw2ns3n 6 жыл бұрын

Почему так криво идут пути? и платформа. Да , наше метро красивее, но многолюднее.

@user-ik1sw2ns3n 6 жыл бұрын

(17.09.2017)

@swimbait1 8 жыл бұрын

Glad I live in a small town. Never have ridden a subway, never will

@PhyllisJerry 8 жыл бұрын

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.

@kashvillian0S 7 жыл бұрын

PhyllisJerry some people like me likes how the nosie fills the station

@kashvillian0S 7 жыл бұрын

PhyllisJerry also the station is beautiful