⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ NYC Subway Front Window View - The A Express to Rockaway Park

Note: This footage was taken from a publicly accessible part of the train. No footage shown in this video was recorded from a non-public viewpoint. Please do not trespass and/or place cameras in non-publicly accessible areas.
The A line of the New York City Subway provides express service between Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. It has three southern branches; Lefferts Boulevard, Far Rockaway, and Rockaway Park. The branches that run to Far Rockaway and Rockaway Park are especially interesting, as they travel over a causeway and two bridges that traverse Jamaica Bay.
The A line currently uses R32 and R46 type cars, with a single set of R68/A-type cars also used during the PM rush hour. The R32s have a passenger-accessible front window, which allows for a great view out of the front of the train. This allowed for this video to be taken. Enjoy!
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Taken in August 2018.

[@wb6162]

I've never been to NY. I cannot wrap my brain around the complexity or sheer audacity of design of the subway system. Men lived their entire lives constructing this system so many years ago that is still so useful today.

[@VChvmp]

When the trains are passing each other as a kid I would think they were in a race

[@lawrencecstaton2208]

I was a brand new Conductor in 1979 and operated on the "A" and "AA" Trains. When I got promoted to Motorman in 1981 I operated also on the "A" and "AA" Trains. The "A" was my favorite line. When I got promoted to Train Dispatcher in 1984 I was assigned 207th St. station to dispatch the "A" Trains. Oh the fond memories of the job and co-workers of that time.

[@stancrouch9642]

Thanks for the natural audio, no music.

[@Jay-hr3rh]

Although ur job is boring thanks for getting up 5 days a week to bring my behind to work, the doctor's office, my girlfriend house, to visit grandma, shopping, a night out, school, the supermarket. Damn, Y'all important. Thank u. 👏👏👏

[@largetman]

Why doesn't your transit agency (MTA) record these videos officially like the CTA did in Chicago (CTA...Ride the Rails)? Viewers would like to "ride" these trains from all over the world from the comfort of their homes. Just saying. Nice video too.

[@ice319]

I drive the M train 6 days a week. THAT is quite a picturesque ride. I kinda miss working the A as well. Great quality video!

[@whitesharkcafe1207]

As a kid we'd ride the front just to look out. I've seen almost every view the tunnels have to offer. I love being a nyc native

[@FyahAlex]

For those that have never been, this gives you a better understanding of just how big NYC is.

[@ywluvstojam]

I must add The Late Great Duke Ellington song tribute to this train, “Take the A Train”👏🏽🎶🎼❤️

[@Itsjimmay]

I've found myself obsessing over these videos

[@PennilessPolitics]

60 years ago I'd take the A train home to Rockaway Beach.

[@kevinclarke8647]

59:59

[@imightormightnot]

The conductor has a very pleasant voice!!!

[@mitch4527]

The A line is a remarkable feat of engineering, considering how old it is and how many component parts there are to the line. The portion from the northern terminal at 207th Street in Manhattan all the way to Utica Avenue in Brooklyn was designed and built in the 1920’s and opened for business in 1932. The station at Euclid Avenue was opened after the war, in 1948. The stations between Grant Avenue to the Lefferts Boulevard terminal were recaptured from the old BMT Fulton Street elevated line that closed in 1940. The portion between Rockaway Boulevard to Rockaway Part in the west and Far Rockaway in the east was bought from the LIRR in 1953 and opened for business as part of the A line in 1956. The A is the longest single line in the system - 32 route miles.

[@memphoscorpio]

Some of the unsung joys in life are seeing the lights of the train coming towards the station, feeling the wind on your face as the train decelerates by you standing on the platform, and smelling that unique smell of the NY MTA underground. I’ve visited NYC 25 to 30 times in my life and always wondered what the conductor saw. Now I know. Thank you for the video and your service to one of the great cities of the world.

[@amadeusmaxim381]

I love the sounds, and the calm somewhat quiet winds from that view. The near silent touch of the metals and grinding of the tracks and train. Blocks out the sound of everything else. Like a loading screen during a video game. The sounds are so peaceful I could fall asleep to this. Like a waterfall, but with metal.

[@indigoconstantinople1119]

Lived in New York City all my life this might have been some of the best Subway stop/departure announcing I have ever heard. Most of the time it's just the guy talkin down a microphone that sounds like it's coming out of a 1900s phone call while saying somethin like "42nd next."

[@rubenvillanueva8635]

I now reside in Spain, but I grew up in East New York. Rode this A train every morning to attend High School, then to my first job in Wall Street. In the summer, took it in the other direction on the weekends to the beaches in Far Rockaway. Times have changed, but I still remember the views!, Thank you, an American abroad!

[@luismoro5720]

Being in the front car and looking into the tunnel was a joy as a kid.