How the NYC Subway Has Been Running for Over 120 Years

How the NYC Subway Has Been Running for Over 120 Years | The Extra Mile

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Ай бұрын

The New York Metropolitan Transportation system, a behemoth that moves 400 million commuters daily, owes its smooth operation to its unsung heroes-the subway workers. These essential workers, through their tireless efforts, ensure that people can reach their destinations. In this episode of The Extra Mile, gain a better understanding of what these essential workers do to get people moving to where they need to go regularly.
The Extra Mile is a docu-style explainer video series that seeks to uncover how the many seemingly impossible things that happen while we travel, often without us ever knowing about it, actually get done. Through unprecedented access and expert interviews with travel, hospitality workers, and local legends, we shine a light on the people who make travel and our favorite cities a one-of-a-kind experience through a human-interest lens.
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@babyswheels54 Ай бұрын

I was a conductor for 5 years on the #6 train. Tough job. Lots of challenges. But though I’m not living in NY anymore, I’m glad I had the opportunity to actually experience my dream of working on a NYC subway train as a conductor.

@YTEEPROOF Ай бұрын

SOUNDVIEW! SOUNDVIEW! My kids mother is a operator on the Canarsie Brooklyn L train

@itzKingIzzo2U 19 күн бұрын

Salute to you

@timmercer6674 10 күн бұрын

My Dad was a Conductor on the 6,2,5 for years. He also was a platform Conductor at 59th Street.

@gregl1927 Ай бұрын

As someone from Boston watching this: it's impressive that they clean the trains in 2 minutes at the end of the line. And they have contactless fare payment. The MBTA could learn a lot from New York MTA of how to run an actual subway system.

@videonut1988 Ай бұрын

But they also have the system's own cards for people who do NOT have contactless cards.

@Metsfan7232 Ай бұрын

They have 2-3 cars assigned per cleaner. Usually is just sweeping, while not uncommon for trains to change direction at terminal within one whole minute (in that case, train interior receives little to no cleaning).

@fcjose31 Ай бұрын

Limpiar en 2 minutos? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l9GTeJdiq8Csnn0.htmlsi=WDp0ZLyRt7KXxrtB&t=1 Aqui se limpia bien en los garajes por la noche, pero los de largo recorrido se limpian cada viaje.

@TheRailLeaguer Ай бұрын

@@videonut1988So does NYC.

@mtanyctrainatlantamartatra7164 28 күн бұрын

It's not thoroughly clean though

@Ragnarok043 Ай бұрын

TIL theres no sensor on the door, the conductor is manually re-opening the door

@NicksDynasty Ай бұрын

We need more networks like this in more cities

@danielwrynn4707 Ай бұрын

I just wanted to say, " This is an excellent video!" I'm a conductor for NYCT. I work on the G train. Keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing more excellent videos 📹 👍

@r62aguy85 Ай бұрын

I took the test for the train operator position Sunday don’t know what I scored yet but I know I passed for sure how long did they take to call you back that’s the only thing I’m worried about

@danielwrynn4707 Ай бұрын

Thanks.

@danielwrynn4707 Ай бұрын

Thanks.

@Lemon-zw7cb 16 күн бұрын

@@r62aguy85 can take a long time, up to 1-6 years but you would probably get called within 6 months

@harlemboy413 19 сағат бұрын

@r62aguy85 better be worried about studying that shit ain't easy. It's gonna blow your mind how much stuff you have to learn in 6 months. I'm a conductor going for operator also

@MsLexDiva30 Ай бұрын

Shout out to MTA for keeping our city run smoothly. When you see a MTA employee out there, stop and say thank you. They work really hard. My mother, stepfather, and brother in law all work for MTA. They work hard and actually care.. ❤ Thank you, MTA..

@Sjmrsjohnson1 Ай бұрын

Awwww thank you sweetheart

@JayJay-cw3cg Ай бұрын

The conductor is the person who opens the doors and are stationed in the center of the train, the Train Operator are the ones who actually drove and operate the train.

@JoseNunez-hh1yr Ай бұрын

'Motormen' to you.🙂

@kristainviayoutube500 Ай бұрын

⁠@@JoseNunez-hh1yroperator-motormen, same thing.

@kenwoodburn5244 Ай бұрын

The ones who control and “drive it” are actually the engineers

@JayJay-cw3cg Ай бұрын

@@kenwoodburn5244 no i believe that's the pilot

@captainkeyboard1007 23 күн бұрын

On the Franklin Avenue Shuttle, and the Forty-Second Street Shuttle lines, the train operator operates the door controls, as well as the motors and the brakes.

@metropod Ай бұрын

... anyone at thrillist want to explain with 3:51 uses stock footage from Chicago...?

@tfp_4215 Ай бұрын

Lol

@Noorullah1 Ай бұрын

Wow good eye hahah. Metra does not run in New York.

@metropod Ай бұрын

@@Noorullah1 I mean it’s not that hard to get an overview of the 7 line’s Corona Yard. It has a public walkway crossing above it.

@BrokenBonesRBLX Ай бұрын

@Noorullah1 it does. you're just too blind to see it.

@BrokenBonesRBLX Ай бұрын

it's not from Chicago. It's form NYC. Look closely.

@alexcervantes6125 Ай бұрын

In LA Metro, you have to become a Bus Operator for some amount of years to be promoted to Train Operator.

@fnihp30 Ай бұрын

Same thing in Chicago at Chicago Transit Authority (CTA).

@dynasty0019 22 күн бұрын

Which is a stupid rule.

@pbatommy Ай бұрын

I'm now retired after working as a train operator for 31 years.

@allenmondesir Ай бұрын

Awesome what was the worst thing about your job?

@pbatommy Ай бұрын

@@allenmondesir the trauma I suffered when someone ended their life on my train.

@ilttpvvm Ай бұрын

@@pbatommyI was a station agent when some poor SOB decided to end it all at my station on my tour.

@r62aguy85 Ай бұрын

@@pbatommyyour so lucky man you probably operated the Legendary SMEEs R32 R42s R44 Redbirds R46 R62 R62A R40 slants. Took the test last Sunday hoping to get in all the Good SMEEs will be gone by that time I get called in 7 years or so

@pbatommy Ай бұрын

@@r62aguy85 I was A Division so I ran all the IRT SMEE classes from the R12s through the R62As. I also ran all the tech trains as well. I even ran the diesels.

@hughherndon4276 Ай бұрын

I miss home. Love hearing our accent.

@BesttLuck Ай бұрын

what accent?

@TechJolt3d Ай бұрын

@@BesttLuck Probably the New York accent

@ishaspeaks4536 18 күн бұрын

That’s Carribbean accent not NYC

@amazing50000 Күн бұрын

@@ishaspeaks4536 This is the NYC accent. Everyone talking in this video drop their R's when they talk. That's makes the NY accent. I don't know where you got Caribbean from? I'm from Brooklyn, which has a lot of Caribbean Immigrates and they talk nothing like this,

@creativemindplay Ай бұрын

So we're just not gonna talk about what a silver fox Demetrius Crichlow is

@mtatrainsfan Ай бұрын

Im also gonna do training to be a train operator can't wait my dreams is coming true

@marvellespiller63 Ай бұрын

The way they spraying those seats down is what they need to do for the CTA I shouldn’t have to wipe down my own seats 😂😂😂

@captainkeyboard1007 23 күн бұрын

Transit workers The Best People Around who roll the big wheels abound. Typed by me, a subway buff.

@Mpugs Ай бұрын

4:39 those are not platform screen doors

@bigwristband 26 күн бұрын

Anyone else notice they used Chicago trains at 3:51?

@TheTransitFox13 17 күн бұрын

Me.

@1howemat 23 күн бұрын

3:51 when did the (7) get extended to Chicago, IL?!?! 😂

@TheTransitFox13 17 күн бұрын

@alexandraclarke431 Ай бұрын

No longer in NYC but I’m not a fan of paying for a test regarding employment with MTA

@maxwish9471 9 күн бұрын

I want to work from the MTA from age 22 to age 70 (2029-2077).

@Timothy Ай бұрын

First!

@NicksDynasty Ай бұрын

Big dawg watching public transit videos, I love it

@redcomet0079 Ай бұрын

Yo Tim, quit sleeping on that script ✍️😂

@TheTransitFox13 17 күн бұрын

Shut it

@liveeric2631 Ай бұрын

9 years N I'm Still waiting on a call I apply for the conductor exam on September 25 2015 took the test on march 22 2016 Got the list number 31,000 don't know what's going on with the list.......I Don't even know what number they up too

@carkawalakhatulistiwa Ай бұрын

3:59 We are talking about trains, not cars

@metropod Ай бұрын

Having actually gone through one, it’s actually not that different.

@cadicorniche 19 күн бұрын

This video made me homesick.

@PrimyFritzellz Ай бұрын

Is it just me that find it weird that the conductor calls the passengers "Customers"? Like they're passengers on a train. Not going into a shopping mall

@metropod Ай бұрын

it's what they wanted us to say for a long time.

@coreturkoane5570 Ай бұрын

They're a******* well some of them are! I hate people 😠😡

@pbatommy Ай бұрын

For a short time, the MTA wanted us to refer the riding public as "our guests"!

@michaelhernandez4329 Ай бұрын

It’s the courteous thing to say. Airlines call passengers customers because they pay to ride.

@JoseNunez-hh1yr Ай бұрын

Part of the 'Blue Book' communications guide handbook.

@Theofficialtransitpingwinyt Ай бұрын

how does someone go from working a 188 to a 160 and the same person in the same video wtf

@shawnhall9792 Ай бұрын

With all these people why are our trains in this city so dirty ? Why are they always shutting down and hardly running on time ? You have all these people in the MTA business but it's always rundown

@scottmac 10 күн бұрын

The NYC MTA has 5.5 million riders per day. That’s why.

@shawnhall9792 10 күн бұрын

@scottmac that's not an excuse let's cut the bs there's cities with far more people and it's more clean . But it's also the passengers fault as well

@scottmac 9 күн бұрын

@@shawnhall9792 the cities you’re thinking of are all located outside of the United States where there is an entirely different culture and funding scheme.

@harlemboy413 19 сағат бұрын

@shawnhall9792 what cities plus MTA subway over 100 years old when Japan was being bombed in ww2 it was already about 50 years old. I'm a conductor you have no idea how massive this system is I'm still amazed.

@shawnhall9792 19 сағат бұрын

@harlemboy413 there's literally cities in America that have better maintenance! I understand our subway is 100 year's old but damn there's has to be something they can do plus there's people who just throw trash in the stations I feel like people like that should be fined because all that garbage in the train tracks causes a lot of delays as well . Most of the time the MTA doesn't seem to care about the system falling apart hell over in The Bronx my friend had a fractured knee because the stairs collapsed! And then my father's friend went through a similar thing in Manhattan where she sued them this is disgusting how the system is like a 3rd world country with all the billions that pour into this city

@videonut1988 Ай бұрын

To the OPTO Stans, keep scrolling.

@tonylarussa4046 Ай бұрын

BARELY running!!!!!!!!

@salaamallahalternatechannel Ай бұрын

THIS BLACK SISTER IS GREAT !! -- LOVE HER

@garyaustin9287 Ай бұрын

Yes I personally know her. She is definitely a very nice person.

@viviennewestwoodruinedmylife Ай бұрын

And only been cleaned once

@nycbigbear Ай бұрын

Someone couldn't be bothered to watch the video

@stickynorth Ай бұрын

TROLL!

@Alexpeltecu Ай бұрын

Badly

@stickynorth Ай бұрын

Still the most impressive metro system on the planet bar none... Well maybe the Vancouver skytrain or Dubai Metro which are both fully automated but that's a whole other discussion!

@metropod Ай бұрын

Because they were built from the ground up for that technology. There are sections of the subway network that date from the late 1880s that is still in use. We celebrate 1904 as the opening of the original IRT mainline from City Hall to 145th, the introduction of underground services. But New York has elevated trains for decades prior and sections of earlier elevated in Brooklyn opened 20 years earlier now form a core component of the J train, from Gates Avenue (the world’s oldest purpose built rapid transit/Metro station still in day to day service outside of London at 139 years old) to Crescent Street. This section is old enough to have had steam locomotives pull the trains.

@ProjectsHoodRat Ай бұрын

But how come MTA charging local NYers congestion pricing for driving back to their own home, those that lives within the city, below 60th? Or elderlies coming in from outer boroughs for doctor appt in the Upper East or Upper West where majority of the medical advance hospitals are located? Just cut pension and bonuses from the executives that does nothing but sit at the table and conduct their useless weekly meetings about dumb priorities like "platform robots"

@higheveryday138 Ай бұрын

Cap as shit

@ronaldopando769 11 күн бұрын

They forgot to mention the $700 million a year they lose to fare evaders 😂

@monkeystuff661 Ай бұрын

Thats a good conductor L MTA a little but W 🙃

@jolyonwelsh9834 Ай бұрын

A.I. will replace you eventually.

@fcjose31 Ай бұрын

Aquí mantienen el sistema de 106 años, se modernizan las líneas mas antiguas, por eso no luce tan mal a pesar de los años, aunque muchas estaciones se hicieran hace mas de un siglo, se han modernizado. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oM6Vda2dv52bcWg.htmlsi=Y-jLRzd4TMkiIw4i&t=1

@user-us9fj4on2h 19 күн бұрын

I respect these workers however NYC Subway system is the worst in the world compared to other countries. Tokyo Japan has the best subway system in the world why because they are smarter than americans at economics, engineering, planning, maintaining, and . It isn't because the american system is so old, thats a lame excuse on why the MTA subway is bad. It can be completely rebuilt and modernized which it should be .