⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Exploring the Newly Rebuilt 42nd Street Shuttle

The 42nd Street Shuttle has just finished undergoing a major reconstruction project that significantly changed its appearance and character. This video documents the major changes made to the line and compares them to what the shuttle looked like previously. Enjoy!
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Video taken on September 7th, 2021.

[@W2IRT]

Don't forget that if you keep walking all the way through Port Authority you exit at 9th Avenue!

[@WaltGekko]

I was about to say the same thing. You can conceivably walk from 9th Avenue and 40th Street to 5th Avenue and 42nd Street all the way underground.

[@mantisbog]

No, you exit to hell.

[@RichHomieTjuan]

Rite

[@samuelitooooo]

@@mantisbog lol, I see what you did there. Hell's Kitchen

[@williamerazo3921]

What??

[@canto_v12]

It's really nice to see the decaying infrastructure cleaned and restored, even if the track configurations needed to change. As a visitor from Hong Kong in the 1990s, NYC's subways really scared me.

[@sonicboy678]

I can't say that's too surprising, given how bad the urban decay was during the prior decades.

[@JonathanFritz3757]

@Superchan7 I remember that decade, too. This restoration is an inviting space. Well done.

[@tiyanfityan]

True tho

[@ArtStoneUS]

The last time I was in New York City - to attend my niece's graduation ceremony at Columbia medical School - my nephew decided that we should go on the convenient shuttle. That's when I learned that the S Subway was not yet handicapped accessible. It was a very miserable 15 minutes walking from the station up into Grand Central with my severe osteoarthritis. It was also annoying to the people who I was slowing down.

[@Dezlite]

The Walking from 5 av to 8 Av completely Underground reminds me of WTC, the PATH and Fulton Street, you can walk all across the Financial district completely Underground.

[@mcanad8203]

I work at the WTC so this also reminded me of that!

[@thanbo]

Actually, you can walk all the way to 9th Ave through PABT.

[@jacobbaer785]

What makes this different, though, is that it's all in one paid area, instead of having to go in and out of the turnstiles. Also, the 7 makes two separate stops in this station complex which is wild

[@Dezlite]

@@jacobbaer785 the 2 and 3 share two different stops, park place and fulton. Of course, you'll have to pay two times though

[@visionist7]

@@jacobbaer785 reminds me of that ultra long platform that has I think three subway stops along it, even though you could walk the entire length between them on the platform. I forgot where it is now

[@DannyEastVillage]

looks great. what's really interesting is how much of this project was realized by repurposing existing infrastructure. That's where real creativity shows itself in this wonderful, ever-evolving city.

[@visionist7]

Hopefully that existing track under the new platform can become a storm drain for when the station floods lol

[@JonathanFritz3757]

Like they say, recycle, rebuild, and reuse.

[@Qboro66]

The new connection from 5th Ave to 8th Ave is great during inclement weather...

[@ap1765]

Plus you don’t have to pay 2 fares

[@davezanko9051]

@@ap1765 Well, you don't have to before, either. Just take the 7 train. Which actually stops twice in the whole massive complex.

[@s.r6331]

@@davezanko9051 I almost forgot the 7 train is the only train that stops at times Square and grand central

[@NYRavage]

While not "underground" entirely, you could even say you can walk "indoors" (weather-free) from Fifth Avenue all the way to Ninth Avenue, if you decide to walk through the entirety of the Port Authority Bus Terminal as well!

[@norifromreallife-di7hi]

The 7 train:

[@StephinOut]

Holy cow, to see ALL the 42nd Streets FINALLY connected; it looks amazing! I can't wait to walk it and see all the changes. Thanks for this video, especially the parallels between what was there, the improvements made, AND that they kept the Knickerbocker Hotel door! Incredible stuff!

[@Dragblacker]

Technically they were already connected via the 7 train. And even now, there's no walkway to Grand Central. Now if they reopened the Gimbels passage under 34 St, they could reconnect Herald Square to Penn Station.

[@r160fan7]

Not all 42nd street stations are connected. We still have Grand Central not connected.

[@hummersd]

Love this video as it shows the old vs. new. Seeing only the new in other videos I was confused as to how it changed. Very informative (artwork in the new tunnel looks awesome!) and great to see some progress in modernizing and cleaning up the stations.

[@JonathanFritz3757]

Is it OK to touch the artwork? :-)

[@hummersd]

@@JonathanFritz3757 - I probably wouldn’t unless I just saw someone clean it! 😝

[@davidcronin1122]

Much appreciated that the MTA paid homage to elements of the original IRT design aesthetics.

[@OneOneTwo112]

I moved to DC very recently for college, but watching this makes me feel like I'm right at home where I was born, in NYC. Thanks so much.

[@thefullspeedaheadofr160bry9]

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[@dragon32210]

Love the DC metro stations

[@soundshaper]

Seeing 6-car sets on tracks 1 and 4 is pretty wild, almost a full length station at GC and TS. And no track 3 in the way, should work out nicely. No more fussing over the track 1 shuttle train in TS since it was easiest to get to from 7th Av transfer.

[@leecornwell5632]

Don't worry about the view on track 4 because they have the wall blocked off. However on the next contact they will have the view back I had found out on Monday that pass and it's gonna be art work. Give them time to finish what they have to do at Times square 42 street some people were saying that they are not gonna see the view anymore that's a lie They are definitely gonna bring the view back I'm telling you right now and I heard it from the contractor mouth on Monday I'm just letting you know right now.

[@tomryan943]

Big improvement!!! You can catch any norh/south line and the 7 train without going outside!! Great video!!

[@Enderman78270]

Funny how both connections are served by the 7, not to mention the 7 also serves grand central if you take the shuttle.

[@therailfanenthusiast8766]

Yep

[@metropolisubway47]

I really miss the old Shuttle, but the new one is even better!

[@thefullspeedaheadofr160bry9]

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[@Perich29]

The old shuttle got ruined by the floods so it had to be junked.

[@luiszuluaga6575]

It’s these kind of details that make me excited to utilize New York’s subway system. As a lifelong New Yorker I’ve experienced lows and highs while being in the system. Currently excited to see the outcome of the MTA courtesy campaign of late 2023

[@kwbalance108]

This renovation is exactly what the Shuttle needed during busy hours. I only ever took it after 8-10pm from the 90's to the early 00's. As beat up as it looked back then, I really did like how it looked. So much cleaner now, but makes hunting for Contract 1 treasures a little more difficult compared haha.

[@lohphat]

Yes! I was just there two nights ago and saw the Knickerboxker so gun and door were preserved. Excellent!

[@SegaDisneyUniverse]

Okay but this was the first time I've seen a video quality option of 2160p HDR on a KZbin video, lol. Anyway the station looks amazing! As a former New Yorker, I've only been to the original station a few times as a kid.

[@DylanSalacia]

Love the passageway/connection from Bryant Park to Times Square. Connects two enormous commuter hubs!

[@airplanegod]

As much as I'll always love the historical version of things, this job the MTA did was fantastic and they did a great job of both modernizing things while keeping some historical pieces.

[@2geezgodaries]

Great content I’m able to see from NC. having left while the construction was nearly completion 👏🏾

[@lorismith38]

WOW! You did an outstanding job with this! So much visual detail! I know the stations and area well and could easily figure out what changed and how by your detailed clip. I am so impressed. You didn't just focus on "the new" you showed what preceded it and why. So very good💯! Kudos to you. Looking forward to tackling "track 4" now that it has been elongated. I used to avoid it like the plague before this. Will be great to be able to stay underground and go from 5th to 8th! Thanks again, keep up the good work! Best wishes always for much continued success, Lori

[@MiNameIsNash]

I love New York and the way the city grow and adapts to the changes. Thank you for sharing.

[@willair6278]

Ok now this is DEFINITELY my favourite subway line

[@thefullspeedaheadofr160bry9]

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[@42ndStreetShuttle]

Although I miss the old station, this does feel and look a lot nicer. The signals are much more visible, and they cleaned the track so it’s a little smoother. Overall I kinda like it. Thanks for finally caring about me MTA!

[@thefullspeedaheadofr160bry9]

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[@andyroth619]

I LOVE what you did at the end of the vid, the walkthrough. So creative and well-done!! Magical ❤❤❤❤❤

[@JonathanFritz3757]

The artwork is fabulous! Makes me want to visit the Big Apple again. Always enjoyed riding the subway trains, did that every time I went on vacation in the big city. With more federal money and subsidies, the MTA can work on a lot more stations.

[@TexasCat99]

Never been to NYC, but these videos I've been recently seeing about the city and the subway are pretty amazing. I think the videos from Louis Rossmann are making KZbin to point these at me. Looks great. Thanks for making them and explaining things.

[@sexytransitman6193]

Yea it's pretty good here check out other videos of DJ hammers

[@lucassheridan8759]

Mega Times Square underground passage is awesome.

[@psseshadri]

On my next visit to NYC, I will explore the Times Square 42nd Street station. Many thanks for the tour.

[@fiercingdragon]

I saw some pictures of the new reconstructed 42nd Street Shuttle on Instagram, they look pretty cool

[@thefullspeedaheadofr160bry9]

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[@michaelscott7706]

That shuttle is transit's baby. They take real good care of that line. All for a 90 Second trip. That Madison Ave entrance is 1 block away from the Bryant Park 7 line station. Glad it finally got upgraded. When I used to work at Times Square I used to go to that underpass and it smells like straight mold. I know there's a track quarters on that platform by the 43rd st steps.

[@allanotropy]

I've been away from home for almost two years, so I love seeing these renovations and how you presented them with the befores and afters with commentary. It's great now to be able to walk all that distance underground, with some more convenience of being able to get to the PABT from 6th Avenue. Unfortunately I had to skip your fast forward parts because they give me (and other people who suffer the same) motion sickness. Otherwise a great job and thanks for posting it! 🙂

[@BNforever2009]

Now that's a station! Chicago has nothing nowhere like that. I rode that shuttle when I was there back in 2009. I enjoyed riding on the F route train.

[@osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624]

What a historical video about the 42nd street shuttle train, DJ Hammers Trains.

[@thecooltrainguy5920]

Wow! The station looks so different now. I should definitely check it out the next time I go to Times Square.

[@thefullspeedaheadofr160bry9]

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[@beasaroseco5840]

New & clean.😆

[@blue9multimediagroup]

@@thefullspeedaheadofr160bry9 dude, stop spamming the comments

[@drewjohnson5200]

Can’t believe more people aren’t talking about this! So clean and somewhat modern looking. If the whole MTA changed it’s stations to look like that, we could actually have a world class subway system

[@bouncin.with.boolay]

Well rebuilt and refurbished, glad they preserved at least some of the original IRT railings and, the door to the Knickerbocker Hotel. Its unfortunate that we've lost the view of IRT 7th avenue trains passing by on the former removeable platform.

[@thefullspeedaheadofr160bry9]

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[@ritat1]

Well-done video! The station is reborn! Love the great artwork!

[@Pensyfan19]

*Look what they did to my bo-* I mean, great footage on the rebuild! I'm guessing they still kept the through tracks?

[@W2IRT]

They had to - no other way to get trains on and off the Shuttle. Track 1 connects to the southbound Lex Local (only) via Track 1S, and Track 4 merges with the uptown 7th Ave. local. There is no physical connection between the two lines.

[@thefullspeedaheadofr160bry9]

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[@CraigFThompson]

I remember back in 1971 that one of the shuttle tracks was still connected to the Lexington avenue line....

[@MarloSoBalJr]

That walk completely underground is wild! Gotta say, something like that could come in handy as an emergency shelter.

[@richdodenhoff6846]

What an improvement! I used to commute on the shuttle in the 80s. The station at Times Square was filthy and crowded. There were a number of food stalls and shops in the station. On a hot summer morning, the smell of hot dogs combined with greasy fried doughnuts was enough to make you gag. Can't wait to get back to New York and see this in person.

[@ducksauce001]

The S train enhancements are great! The old layout was terrible during rush hour, especially during bad weather when more riders are taking the S train. I'll need to adjust to these changes when I'm going back to the office on Grand Central!

[@samuelitooooo]

Amazing tour and explanation!

[@thefullspeedaheadofr160bry9]

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[@rwa2play]

That passageway connection is a godsend on very cold or hot days. You can walk from 5th to 8th Avenue without venturing outside.

[@hectorreyes1934]

So does that mean the map will be updated for the B D F M? Showing the transfer and the automated announcements saying transfer to the B D M F now

[@DJHammersTrains]

Yep! The map has now been updated. :D

[@hectorreyes1934]

@@DJHammersTrains oh ok ty

[@qolspony]

Congratulations 6th Avenue. I could remember 8th Avenue not being part of the transfer for times square. This was the early 80s when I saw a plain clothes police jumping the turnstile from walking from times square long passageway to 8th Avenue. And than a guy followed him, of which the cop turned to arrest him for fare invasion!

[@stevenroshni1228]

Wow somewhere between asserting they are above the law and entrapment.

[@captainkeyboard1007]

You took a great motion picture of the 42 Street Shuttle stations and the 42 Street-Bryant Park and 42 Street-Times Square stations. Now you show me what I have been missing.

[@kidfrombrooklyn66]

WOW !!!!! The refurbishment work IS EXCELLENT !

[@kobyschechter8163]

4:15. I love that little IRT manhole door. It’s so cute haha. At my grandparents house there was a narrow door like that for their linen closet.

[@enlightenedjohnson]

A great video tour, thanks!!!

[@RainbowSpinDashIsawesome]

A excellent information video about the shuttle dj hammers even tho I haven't taking a shuttle due to my busy schedule & personal stuff but 1 day I will take the shuttle to see how it is & not to mention railfanning it btw. But anyway thanks for the info about the shuttle 👏

[@Peizxcv]

If only all subway stations are this clean and 50s’ modern

[@scottyerkes1867]

The rebuilt shuttle looks great and a much better service!!! 6 car trains are an asset too!!😀😀

[@MrPedroramos8911]

Really nice that you can walk from 5th to 8th Ave underground

[@thereal1loudmerc335]

I'm amazed of all of the changes done there. I haven't been back in NYC since the pandemic began, since my company is still closed because of it. But I'm expected to be back in 2022. And I can't wait to see these changed to the station up close and personal. I love that connection to the BDFM trains from the Shuttle.

[@leecornwell5632]

I also love when I see the 1 2 3 some times the 5 trains running on the 7th Avenue line.

[@leecornwell5632]

Most of the people say they are not gonna see the view anymore.

[@kutdownongaming1935]

this shuttle line is great...much needed b/c going across town was a nightmare, lots of transferring just to go a couple of miles

[@NordicbyNature]

Great adventure you had there. Great moments to share with us! Thank you for your work! 👍😊

[@gilbertnicholas1582]

That's so dope they connected the shuttle to the Bryant Park station This is a GREAT video

[@TechExploresNYC]

walking from port authority ACE station to Times Square 7, then to Bryant Park 7 underground sounds like a wild experience that I need to do myself one day.

[@stevenroshni1228]

Yeah, almost a work out. And I thought the passageway between the A/C/E and Times Square 7 train was long.

[@williamhughmurraycissp8405]

Big improvement is that the platform is in between the two lines. One does not have to check to see what track the next train will be on. If one just misses a train, one need not change to another platform, just turn around and face the other way.

[@eduardososa843]

This means the MTA can run fan trips on the shuttle if they want to.

[@dashpellegrinidepaur1527]

I barely recognized the Times Square station. The new wall tiles remind me of the tiles on the 1/2/3 platforms.

[@anglerclampertheanglerfish3118]

That train is polished too

[@NeilMcLinden]

I haven’t needed to use the shuttle since it closed anyway as the pandemic put a stop to most of my trips on metro north- this looks fantastic!

[@MFARAJR1018]

Thanks for what you do i love the shuttle before and after now it is now accessible that is plus

[@virmico1]

Excellent overview tour - Thanks for posting!

[@JustTheCommuter]

Am I the only one thinking about if they add the BDFM trains to The Times square announcement that's already long

[@42luke93]

Sucks they removed the seats.

[@Lucarus100]

I hope next they re-open the old Greeley passageway between 34th street and 42nd street underneath 6th ave

[@kaifreeman294]

As always love watching these interesting video's because I learn so much from watching them!!!!!!!!!!

[@skye-silver]

This is amazing and crazy. WHAT A BIG CHANGE!

[@wa5519]

7:10 Tom Clancy's The Division was a video game about a Pandemic-consumed NYC, where the map was a 1 to 1 nyc: and there was a PvP element called the Darkzone. Took place in midtown. We'd run down the subway stairs on 42nd street to play hide and seek and slay rogue agents The game officially became real. Because the underground of 42nd street now looks like that. That you're able to walk from 5th Avenue Bryant Park to 8th. INSANE

[@kenqwe04]

Excellent video. Thanks. Haven't seen the new stations yet. I guess you can't see the 1,2,3 go by at Times Square anymore? If there's a wall they should have put in some windows like they have at construction sites.

[@michaelmorales1475]

They're still currently working on that wall so I do hope that they add windows there.

[@MJ.Moneyzzz]

woah, so clean..

[@thefullspeedaheadofr160bry9]

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[@SKF358]

Tiles, not tiling. Do you say "windows" or "windowing?" Well, maybe you do. So sophisticated.

[@kevinb8881]

Kudos to MTA NYCT with this!!😁👍💯

[@fw3nyc]

Lol I been driving so much, I forgot what life on the subway is. Nice to see the changes. Now they need to focus on the JZ Chambers st station

[@haroldalexis4200]

Simply amazing & genius what is accomplished in underground building subway & adventure.... That's not all I believe at one time there was a walking corridor that led from 42nd Street to 34th Street 🤔 Did you know there was a corridor at Herald Square 34th Street that from 6th Avenue to Penn Station & Madison Square Garden? Another was 14th Street 6th Avenue corridor you could walk there beyond 7th Avenue to 8th Avenue all underground there ! I was against this project at first however they did leave out very necessary elevator access to the 6th Avenue Bryant Park platforms & the 7 Train as well. Please not leave that out otherwise clever !

[@AlvisWuSky]

I do like the new one better then the old one of 2021 :)

[@bdpopeye]

Best Video you've ever made..Makes me wanna go to NYC!! Thanks for posting.(-;

[@DJHammersTrains]

Thanks!!! :)

[@thefullspeedaheadofr160bry9]

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[@thefullspeedaheadofr160bry9]

@@DJHammersTrains hi dj hammers

[@dkeithtag]

We’re you guys on the Franklin Avenue shuttle tonight (Thursday evening 9/16). My partner and I worked the line and saw a bunch of kids with cameras at EVERY stop.

[@Perich29]

I hope they install pumping station and spillway so nobody drowns during hurricane storms.

[@fnihp30]

That is key!

[@GSU_Panther_Nation]

One of the platforms were so narrow. Thank goodness they sacrificed a track for more platform space

[@michaelsanchez2417]

A track was sacrificed a very long time ago. Track 2 was covered way before track 3 recently was

[@BNforever2009]

Wow! I was there back in 2009. I rode that line.

[@yipper503]

Great video! Very thorough! Really enjoyed the detail. My only suggestion to you would be to add voice narration instead of just text. The video becomes much more personal when a narrator is talking and describing the scene. Maybe English isn't your first language or there's some other reason you prefer not to talk. If so, fair enough. Again, I really liked the video. I just wanted to share my thoughts on how to make it even better. You clearly have a passion for MTA history. It would be great to hear that come out in your voice. Thanks!

[@Anthony-ls6st]

Very Interesting to see, i wonder if the announcement in the future would include the 6th Avenue lines (1)(2)(3)(7)(A)(B)(C)(D)(E)(F)(M)(N)(Q)(R)(W) and (S)huttle to grand central

[@thefullspeedaheadofr160bry9]

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[@Anthony-ls6st]

@@thefullspeedaheadofr160bry9 didn’t ask.

[@stevenroshni1228]

If I remember correctly the announcements don't consider A/C/E Port Authority as being in the same station as Bryant Park B/D/F/M

[@Anthony-ls6st]

@@stevenroshni1228 I actually realized that, which i dont know why?

[@rummankarim]

Not gonna a lie and big fan getting to go all the way underground from 5th ave to 8th ave

[@MelodicalJazzyphile723]

About dang time and in fact. . .long over due as you factor in the amount of NYS TAX dollars tallied and tendered by all consumers and producers. Sheeeeesh!!! Looks great thou man thanks for the entailing video 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@tweetingsparks]

Technically the 5th Avenue 7 station and the Times Square 7 station are within the same station complex.

[@thefullspeedaheadofr160bry9]

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[@TheRailLeaguer]

During the day, but at night, back to two separate stations.

[@tweetingsparks]

@@TheRailLeaguer: True.

[@eottoe2001]

Thanks for the post. They did a great job.

[@jerrygiarratana9462]

Outstanding video, I take the shuttle to get to my office on Lex ( via 123 & LIRR) . Back in Aug didn't realize the shuttle was closed. Very informative.Amazing work.....

[@stevenroshni1228]

Excited for the Grand Central LIRR station?

[@jerrygiarratana9462]

@@stevenroshni1228 yes ,when it's ready in the year 2525.

[@thoseonetrains]

​@@jerrygiarratana9462lmao opened 2000 times sooner than you expected huh

[@jerrygiarratana9462]

@toters2724 he smarta$$ delayed only 40, years wake up !

[@haebee]

you have the best video on this new construction (or reconstruction) because you show the Before and After, making it clear what has changed. also since the new passageway is actually over Track 3, do you know what is over Track 2?

[@leecornwell5632]

Track 4/ 1 tracks .

[@DaDroolMonkeYT]

I miss the Good ol days when the S was custom Painted

[@bullymaguire6168]

They also removed the view of the 7 Avenue lines at Times Square

[@jaimerosado4254]

I don’t know about you, but I’m going to miss seeing the 7th Avenue trains pass.

[@bullymaguire6168]

@@jaimerosado4254 same bro

[@TheStig_TG]

This is awesome

[@thefullspeedaheadofr160bry9]

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[@TheStig_TG]

@@thefullspeedaheadofr160bry9 im not watching your video

[@TIM._.313]

RIP: Tracks 2 and 3, you will be missed

[@tact86]

Great video, interesting and informative.

[@Traintrooper]

Can’t wait to be on the N,R,Q,W,A,C,E and 1,2,3 trains and here transfer is available to the B,D,F and M trains wen at time square

[@thefullspeedaheadofr160bry9]

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[@Traintrooper]

@@thefullspeedaheadofr160bry9 wtf