NYC Subway: Rush Hour at Times Square Station

Today's film explores the Times Square-42nd Street station in detail. Time of filming was during/just after the evening rush hour on a Friday (around 7 to 9pm).
Times Square-42nd Street station is served by eleven services (A,C,E,N,Q,R,S,1,2,3,7) on five subway lines. This film shows four of them: The IRT Seventh Avenue-Broadway Line, the IRT 42nd Avenue Shuttle, the BMT Broadway Line, and the IRT Flushing Line. The station is the busiest of the entire subway system. In 2013 it was used by over 64 million passengers.
I shot the entire film on an iPhone 6+ (using an external stereo mic). Using only light gear allowed me to film from right in the middle of things without being in the way too much.
Enjoy the atmosphere, the many trains, the people and also some musicians.
Filmed on 20 March, 2015.

[@Trainboy350TransportVideos]

Some great filming there. Makes me want to go to New York,

[@Luftschlange]

Thanks

[@imu4843]

Luftschlange come see my channel!

[@d.j.farmer4951]

on the

[@andria8279]

Casey Penk why everyone so happy about New York I live in New York and it’s annoying

[@jaredwang7521]

NYC Subway-one of my fav train systems! 😄

[@joemartin1253]

Jared Wang Your kidding right?

[@user-ps2kt7pu2p]

what if he is? it's pretty fascinating to me

[@RichardKoenigsberg]

Beautifully done. Reminds me of the good old days.

[@akaikangaroo]

11:17 - best moment! I love how she sounds :)

[@Wbishop1995]

Yes she is

[@user-do2rj4sf8j]

It sounds like the class 465 in UK.

[@user-do2rj4sf8j]

gingerbread man true

[@user-do2rj4sf8j]

gingerbread man they got rid of brush. What's your favourite class. My top 3 are class 321 class 319 and 317.

[@user-do2rj4sf8j]

gingerbread man cool, 315 is also quite nice. I used to hate it but when I looked at the 345, the 315 seemed like first class luxury travel.

[@718Kipkila]

8:25 That dude got good Beats! HIRE THAT MAN!!!

[@EASsirenVids01]

**Guy makes a song for him to play along to construction announcements*

[@jamescapra5081]

Thanks. I use to take the 6th and 8th Avenue IND Express from Jamaica,,Queens to work in Manhattan and back everyday when I lived in New York.

[@TheCloakedTiger]

Gotta love subway performers... That guy on the bucket drum... not bad... :) Gotta love NYC. :)

[@D_Marrenalv]

I hate them, and most real NYers hate them too. That's never been a "New York thing".

[@user-ps2kt7pu2p]

i mean, i'm a native NYer and i enjoy them sometimes.

[@roggeralves94]

Cool. NYC's subway looks and sounds like a nice place to see different things.

[@ghostmaster223]

Except don't go on late nights lol

[@BansheeResearch]

+Gino Florencia lol I rode the subway last week at 3:30am the 6 train to be exact from 33nd to 49th on manhattan

[@BansheeResearch]

51st rather

[@ghostmaster223]

+Michael Lolwut I rode every train between midnight-6 am lol like one time I took the 2 and 3 times square at 4:00 am

[@bigmasteur]

definitely is

[@heywatchme101]

Sound of the train is music by its self

[@cwillfrommd]

That's not rush hour looks like. Did you wake up late

[@mikopan6739]

Same thing with 4 & 5 downtown trains, even in the summer. All sweaty and just being squeezed into the middle of the train... Very typical on a morning. Haven't experienced the rush hour during the regular work year, though (Such as October or January).

[@michaelmorales1475]

cwillfrommd lol

[@brendadwyer8005]

cwillfrommd ' ' o058ml j , j,Lkq 7s×'83k €€€0,8*0£0 (0 ( @ £

[@7trainproductionsmeets6tra25]

It is a rush hour there exp when it's not rush hour they are lcl

[@williamerazo1685]

no there always express except late night or weekends

[@zenzenyokunai]

I saw a completely empty subway car XD. I wonder who peed/shit/died in there

[@Duckystudioz]

When the doors to that car open and you just get hit by a wave of stank

[@algorithm1193]

Pee nobody really cares about. It's when somebody shits on the seat that people clear out. But desperate time call for desperate measures. Like at school when some dick took a dump in all the urinals. wait wat

[@Duckystudioz]

poo in loo

[@redlizardaviation5532]

Thomas Harbauer at my school someone took a dump in the sink

[@video409]

z e n z e n y o k u n a i vomit

[@alexanderjbf]

That's rush hour?! Where is everybody?

[@cftvnetwork]

Rush hour normally ends at 7PM.

[@kevinonthank]

Alex Jbf looks like a Sunday at rush hour

[@ronaldrojas1581]

simon wang (4)(5) Is the busiest train in manhattan

[@civichoo6017]

This was probably at the end of rush hour. This subway station can get really busy during peak rush hour times.

[@user-ps2kt7pu2p]

Our subway is a bit more “spread out” so, our stations aren’t as packed as in some other countries. 491 stations. Not only that, taxi's, uber and our buses help transport people.

[@BansheeResearch]

"please step aside and let customers off" do they really gotta remind people that people getting off have the right of way?

[@nutfield0013]

They mean you should let passengers off the train first before you get on the train.

[@BansheeResearch]

i know what they mean but it's a shame they have to

[@yxhej5366]

Michael Lolwut THIS IS NY

[@ninofromkitchennightmares1497]

Michael keating This is Times Square a Tourist trap So mostly tourist are here and people who are unfamiliar with the Subway and how we do things

[@ninofromkitchennightmares1497]

Michael keating Because some people act like arrogant idiots Like tourists

[@runkeral901]

This city is really for people who dont mind many other people around them.

[@nathanbush6781]

Run Keral I'm one of those people. I love crowds, actually. I hate being the only one in public places like Starbucks, Walgreens, Malls, etc. I really don't like being the only one on the bus...it feels pointless for some reason.

[@nathanbush6781]

Man I miss NYC! I've witnessed Penn Station on a Friday night! Yowza! Part of me completely loved it! I do wish Kmart would surrender their store at Penn so nice stores can go in there! City Target for the win!!!

[@mythrin]

Nathan Bush You're weird. An empty bus is so fucking nice and convenient.

[@sebaarias1404]

Nathan Bush I feel you!! Cities like New York, Paris or Tokyo definitely get me going!! I sometimes can get depressed when there is no one around

[@beto226]

why would you talk to a random person on the bus? @@pepehimovic3135

[@fnj1017]

the sound of the motor is so cool hahaha

[@richmongo]

I give praise to the electricians ~~~~

[@vanpilatus7847]

There's So Much Chaos At That Station A lot Of People

[@eyemright]

Thanks for taking the time to film that! I found it helpful in preparing for our upcoming visit to NY.

[@jcextranow]

Its got to be a mad house at that place during that time. Earlier it was probably even worse. Can't imagine.

[@hagakuru]

I just watched some footage of the same exact station filmed in 1986. What I can tell you from the visual differences is that America, New York in particular, is color void. Meaning that the color in our apparel has all but vanished. About 85-90% of those filmed are wearing black. It's highly prevalent in the city's culture. The '86 footage had the full color spectrum in it. People were wearing mostly every color EXCEPT BLACK.. Now, it's all you see. Sad that we are either trying to be nondescript or we have generally just lost our individual identities?!?

[@claudiahansen4938]

You're right! Also, cars of yesteryear had colors, green, yellow, orange, blue, red. Now only white, black, grey, beige and some reds or blues. We are being washed out of the pleasure to enjoy vivid colors.

[@saptarshichowdhury9138]

This is more like happy hour for tokyo metro 😅

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

The “rush hour” is so much better than here in Jakarta. 😂

[@wunderbar4870]

The reason why your one is worse is because you have no public transportation and you just have to drive everywhere!

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

Lord Revan We do have many public transportations, it’s just the population is too high

[@wunderbar4870]

Oh that explains it

[@D_Marrenalv]

What's in the video isn't rush-hour...not even close.

[@edwardtheconfessor3095]

This cannot be rush hour. Nobody's rushing!

[@alexcampbell7034]

mmm I think he means rush hours as the trains rushing to other stations :) sorry if i sound mean :l

[@rolandpedraza1341]

Thank You I miss NYC :)

[@Ethan-ik1nm]

wait, that's rush hour!!! visit the London Underground and then just try telling me that's rush hour. for London, that's when its quiet.

[@Ethan-ik1nm]

+Mashdash we have trains coming every 80 seconds during rush hour and its still full

[@michaelmorales1475]

Ethano williamo This isn't really rush hour

[@MoisesAlmeida]

This NYC rush hour looks São Paulo metro in the midnight lol

[@D_Marrenalv]

What's in the video isn't rush-hour...not even close.

[@kunaalchatterjee6090]

bro this is not even rush hour for new york. The subways rush hour is probably more than the undergrounds rush hour lmao.

[@Smiles4UFL]

That's definitely rush hour! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@D_Marrenalv]

What's in the video isn't rush-hour...not even close.

[@tomwhetlor6201]

I wish we had such calm rush hours in London

[@suhana8516]

NYC is a lot busier than London could dream to be. This isn’t rush hour.

[@tomwhetlor6201]

@@suhana8516 that was the point of my comment

[@nathanbush6781]

Man I miss NYC! I've witnessed Penn Station on a Friday night! Yowza! Part of me completely loved it! I do wish Kmart would surrender their store at Penn so nice stores can go in there! City Target for the win!!!

[@seanhamilton4169]

11:01 Note: This video was taken 6 months before the 7 Subway Extension opened.

[@patrickthompson1525]

I WAS AT THAT STATION YESTERDAY

[@lewisdsd]

That busy rush hour really is nothing compared to the pick hour in the Mexico City's metro.

[@camacakegd3714]

Lewis DSD Usually it's much more crowded.

[@TransitWorldJackson]

Lewis DSD U Made The right Video Leiws

[@AxisX7]

Since you seem to film something as particular as this in terms of location & time in the NYC Subway, I suggest you try filming the uptown platform on the B/D line at 145th Street between 6:40 PM & 7:30 PM during PM Rush Hours. Worst time to attempt to go from the Central Park West corridor to the Grand Concourse corridor. Also, perfect proof that they really need to extend the duration of Bronx-bound B service during PM rush hours. As it stands, it ends too early...

[@royalxthegod5058]

On the IND 8 Avenue line and BMT Broadway line

[@thecyborgealt7772]

11:18 Oh, I love that sound, it sounds nostalgic

[@shadowmamba95]

gingerbread man R188

[@alpzepta]

Those are Bombardier Mitrac

[@look_outside_ur_window]

These trains sound so weird compared to the london underground

[@martinfamilybklyn803]

I LOVE THIS STATION!!!!!!!!!

[@ponyrang]

Wow... !!! My best friend, Great... We liked and enjoyed to the end. Thanks Have a happy day! Keep it up! +thumb up3!

[@one_step_sideways]

Moscow Metro at the morning... THAT"S a rush hour.

[@imu4843]

i added this on my playlist dude!

[@RedArrow73]

I so miss the grimy dark green hulky noisy R16s

[@l3tt3rbox]

Very nice cinematography. I love the way the light coruscates off of the trains.

[@mari02105]

How many of you guys are watching this video and for a few seconds you can smell the subway..just weird😕

[@tonyqradio]

No way rush hour. I was at that station every morning going to work and going home. It was hot as hell!! So many people never took showers. Always smelled

[@Khado819]

Is it me or this channel does not have new videos anymore 😭

[@EASsirenVids01]

PLEASE STAND AWAY FROM THE PLATFORM EDGE... Weirdo kinda guy: I’ll be fine. Me: LISTEN TO BERNE WAGONBLAST.

[@brianskafica328]

I like those chimes at the start of this video.

[@joanwarr298]

Wow.that was a lot of people in the station in the subway and it was the rush hour time.haha

[@Organgrinder1010]

Great video! Even more fun to watch at double speed. This system depends on many people being able to ascend many flights of stairs, with a few exceptions.

[@imu4843]

ehh not so bad but i really like this dude!

[@lela2216]

Very entertaining! Thanks for this!

[@diezuggang123]

The sound at 11:17 is the same as the sound from a CityJet of the ÖBB

[@adamharding2805]

Nice video my friend, you got yourself a new subscriber ;)

[@RichardKoenigsberg]

The immortality of the subway: going nowhere forever.

[@slapshot68]

that station must be watched 24/7. biggest terror target

[@TPF621]

4:13 this song brings nostalgia

[@rubaroshid7540]

Great job 👍👍👍

[@channelinactive2053]

Tokyo sometimes have limited express trains board.

[@insertnamehere0247]

I’m so confused, as a Brit our trains are simple we have the train name ( Northern Line , Victoria Line etc ) and it stops at every station until the last stop unless there’s branches and each have their own colour. Can someone pleas explain how ny subway works like what’s the point of the numbers and letters?

[@insertnamehere0247]

Also why do you not have names for some stations. In London we have names of every station but in ny you have it say “ 42nd Street “

[@insertnamehere0247]

@Siuz yeah why do you not have names tor the station it’s just numbers

[@insertnamehere0247]

@Siuz yeah that’s what I’m saying.. why do they name it after numbers rather than give it the name like we do in the UK

[@metrofilmer8894]

I can explain. There are 10 different colors used. The color of a route tells you which main line in Manhattan it belongs to. They are the following: Red(1)(2)(3)-Broadway-7th Avenue Green(4)(5)(6)-Lexington Avenue Purple(7)-Flushing Line-42nd Street Blue(A)(C)(E)-8th Avenue Orange(B)(D)(F)(M)-6th Avenue Lime Green(G)-Crosstown Brown(J)(Z)-Nassau Street Silver(L)-Canarsie Line-14th Street Yellow(N)(Q)(R)(W)-Broadway Grey(S)-Shuttle Lines Each of the lines that have a certain color run on the corresponding line. For example the 4 is green so it runs on Lexington Avenue. The 5 is also Green so it also runs on Lexington. The 3 however is Red so instead of running on Lexington, it runs on 7th Avenue.

[@metrofilmer8894]

The idea is one line covers a certain 1 or 2 branches for the main line and another covers another 1 or 2 branches. Along with that, New York used a 4 track model to improve efficiency. If a line is local, it will usually run on the outside tracks an stop at every station. If it’s express, it will run usually in the middle track(s) and will only stop at the main stations on the route and skip the smaller ones, which improves efficiency and capacity on the line

[@twistertmiller5125]

7:09 what happened?

[@xxxx-dh9pk]

NYC subway is a public toilet. Canal Street Station leaks when it rains.

[@bruh-qq1sx]

In 2016 When I Went To Times Sq It Said T Train --> There's No T Train.The Extension is not done.

[@user-ps2kt7pu2p]

That is not possible unless the it went public..

[@00000000000000090322]

Airbrake on subway never heard that before

[@Evierainegan1]

What does ird and irt and stuff like that mean? This question is to the maker of the video

[@pinkywinky911]

I paused Coming to America to see what the subway trains of New York look like today. Good thing the graffitis on the trains are all gone now. I live in Japan and the subway trains here, even in Tokyo are all beautiful and so organized, but I still want to try to ride a New York subway train someday. 😁

[@EuropeanTrainDriver]

good video

[@elizabethroldan7748]

Rush hours look like!

[@andykamaa5828]

i feel for my poor county..May God bless my life.Hope i will ride on those trains before i die.

[@jcextranow]

Ordinary everyday people think they are going to get discovered so they start belting out lyrics with their instruments hoping someone notices them, wow.

[@DINESHGADA]

AWESOME

[@EASsirenVids01]

1:49: Train is definitely approaching if everyone is clapping.

[@chiefjoes.wiggumindonutswe5662]

It took em' two decades, but they finally removed all the hideous graffiti scribbling from those subway cars inside and out.

[@brando2066]

JOKERS WILD they didnt remove them they just got new cars

[@D_Marrenalv]

Not only new cars (we got new cars in the 70s & 80s too and it never stopped the graffiti rats from defacing those new cars), but today's coating is anti-graffiti, plus they're protecting the train yards much better as well. Offering stiffer fines and jail time doesn't hurt either.

[@ancaprisacariu2716]

Hyghg.

[@daletrickz8012]

did you use like a camera stand to make it move like that and steady 7:51

[@marcbono620]

Crowded Man!

[@travelcool3981]

i love this video so much

[@chiefjoes.wiggumindonutswe5662]

oh, why so?

[@travelcool3981]

Ben Goldking because i love the nyc subway its the best transportation in the world

[@travelcool3981]

yes nyc subway its good sometimes there's delays but its still good

[@travelcool3981]

sorry i didn't answer your message i had no Internet connection but i didn't see the video before

[@arifinbali3757]

the space looks so narrow

[@mikaelesmith475]

US subways needs to be upgraded. Trains are old and is lagging behind sophistication, modernity and competitiveness.

[@metrofilmer8894]

Yeah. New York has been trying to tell politicians that for 25 years

[@flippydawg]

The announcements make us know who the subway is. But the music blocks that ugh, the announcements are a good little part of the video. Also, at 7:22 that screeching sound just sounds beautiful and makes me sleepy. Also why don't you upload videos?

[@rbrennan1000]

Wow. New York is really quiet during rush hour.

[@Mr_casaralta]

Very nice. Greetings from Milan.

[@andrzejsamojlik6589]

wow nice job i like your videos luftchlange

[@ibrahimjalloh6603]

The D.C Subway Has a simple Map You Can Easily Read

[@tconlon251]

New York tried a similar map in the ‘70s or ‘80s but it didn’t take. Not enough detail on the above ground geography.

[@darkitty12]

i love that 3 train at 1:10 it's so square! which kind is it?

[@pilotrg31]

R62 train

[@PC-lu3zf]

Rear car on 3 looked nice empty lol

[@danielmazzei8894]

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Yonge-Dundas in Toronto is 100x busier than this

[@ibrahimjalloh6603]

Even MD Has A bigger Platform For Stations

[@deansolivan8058]

Ibrahim Jalloh the system was made 100 years ago what do U expect

[@jackxie3311]

can someone tell me why there are so many usa flags on the outside train? i think we all this is American train.

[@Abstractt]

Jack Xie every single car has it idk why

[@Abstractt]

Jack Xie now that you say that that flag was something I always took for granted lol

[@deansolivan8058]

They put it on the cars after 9/11

[@carmellaboykin2720]

The guy at 2:02 😂😂

[@gabyrojas9413]

Why is there black shade on the r142

[@zamboangatimes6839]

at 5:19 tagalog speaking passengers in the background.

[@alpzepta]

I hear "Ang" so that like giving it away already

[@coco92ification]

This is the rush in the last 1 30 am train in Mumbai.

[@metrofilmer8894]

Yep. Normally in non COVID times, the Subway is at capacity during rush hour roughly 17:00-19:00(5pm to 7pm)

[@sonicfan91]

remember when the Q used to go to Astoria Ditmars?

[@ikesspa5975]

Good times

[@SuddenlyZeema]

Bro I’m watching this in quarantine I miss the tRAINS LMFOAIA

[@sonicfan91]

10:44 what type of display is that?

[@Fantech0104]

Interesting seeing the S trains in Manhattan have 3 doors while the S trains in Brooklyn have 4 doors.

[@ZAZAWORLD316]

Because the 42 St shuttle is apart of the IRT Which uses 51 foot cars and the IND And BMT uses 60ft cars so the cars can have 1 more door

[@justsomepersononyoutube9271]

Nice place

[@thegoaheadmpire7825]

0:07-0:17 Do not drop anything if you do please tell a police officer or a MTA Bully LMFAO

[@thegoaheadmpire7825]

Have u ever heared of a JOKE?

[@DevendraBhatte]

It doesn't seem to be a rush hour at all. See Mumbai local rush hour :(

[@paulbonyun5182]

Well done miss the city grew up on the east End of LI you really capered the Subway thanks

[@taka_6149]

Nice video! I like it.

[@nathegotule284]

Ma,, favorite city New York city Only thing missing Da,, Graff Style wars were r u... Peace n kindness down under Sydney.... 👍😁👍😁👍😁👍😁👍🍺

[@nathegotule284]

Australia...

[@b-b8704]

Musician at the beginning has a beautiful voice