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Apparently, there were budget cuts in the Times Square signage office.  They were unable to afford shipping fees for the “8″ in 2008. So, a crew of guys carried the 500 pound 8 onto the subway from the Bronx all the way to Times Square.  They took the 6 and R trains to get there. [...]

Ummm…why is everyone so impressed with the good grades the S train received in the Rider’s Reportcard? How hard could it possibly be to run a train that has only one stop?  If you can’t manage to do that well, you need to find a new line of work.  It’s no shock to us that [...]

Seriously folks?  Is this what it has come to? I know it has been a couple days since I last posted (company in town), but I take my eye off the ball for one second and we’ve got Christmas music in the mall. I enjoy holidays like Veteran’s Day because it usually means I can [...]

  We’ve discussed on previous occasions that eating on the subway is a little odd.  Not completely unheard of, but a bit strange nevertheless.  Hand in hand with eating on the train is the much more common practice of drinking on the subway. No, I don’t mean funneling beers and body shots.  I mean coffee, [...]

SUBWAYblogger can pretty much confirm that there were was most definitely a jumper at 72nd Street (and Broadway). And let’s just say it wasn’t pretty. Today’s uptown trips on the 1, 2, and 3 line were a nightmare. You had to catch a train somewhere below 42nd Street. Then, most of the trains went express [...]

BREAKING NEWS: Police activity at 72nd Street means no stops at 72nd Street for 1, 2, and 3 trains. No uptown 1 service from 42nd to 96th at least. 2 and 3 Trains skip 72nd Street. Live from the subway, back to you in studio… —— UPDATE:  Turns out is was a person on the [...]

Honestly, how long should a subway platform renovation really take? Entire 10 story buildings have been built in the time it has taken for them to set up partitions at the 59th Street/Columbus Circle station. Ok, I can understand that the physical platforms where the trains arrive can be a little tricky. Clearly, you have [...]

Ok, I just have to get this off my chest. The New York Post has these f*cking stupid ads up on the subway for “Page Six.” They are taking their already lame section and turning it into a Sunday magazine. “It’s Free in the Sunday New York Post.” Which means it’s not free at all [...]