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New York City Subway System The strangest thing about the New York City Subway is that at some smaller stations they have entrances on different sides of the road. You have to make sure you use the right one other wise you will have to walk back up the stairs to street level, cross the road and then go down the other entrance. One entrance can be for uptown, one for downtown. The secret is to check before you go down the steps. Read the signs at street level first. Larger stations, have just one entrance and you can change to the correct platform underground. Another weird peculiarity is that some stations close some of their entrances at certain times of the day. There is a light at the top of the stairs, like a globe lamppost, if it is green, the entrance is open, if it is red, the entrance is closed. |
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One of the most confusing features of the New York City Subway I found was the difference between a local train, and an express train. If you get on the wrong train, like we did, you will find yourself whizzing through the station you wanted to get off at. It was an express train. It only stopped at certain train stops. There is nothing like this on the London Underground or Paris metro. It can be totally bamboozling to the uninitiated New York tourist. Before getting on a Manhattan Subway train find your start and end station on the New York Subway Train Map. Check the type of dots on the stations. You have different trains running on the same line, the local train, and an express train. An express stop is a white circle with a black outline, a local stop is a black circle. Now you can work out, what lines you need the way you want to go downtown, uptown, cross-town and can probably work out your journey. As a general rule, don’t get an express train if you need to get off the train at a local stop. There are exceptions to this rule though. To find out which way the subway is going just look for the name last stop. Do not have a loud conversation that will let everyone know you're a tourist, you can get followed, and mugged. Uptown is North, Downtown is South. If you get on the wrong platform you have to go back up to street level and cross the road and come down the stairs on the other side. Remember not to call the subway lines by their colours? You take the A train or take the 3 train. New York City Subway Ticket The first person can swipe it as many times as needed, and then the other riders can walk through the turnstile, as it knows how many people to let through. You can keep refilling it at the vending machines when it is getting low. The Unlimited Ride MetroCard. There are two of these that are of interest to New York City tourist. A one day Fun Pass gives you unlimited rides from the moment you swipe it until 3am the next day. Do not get one of these and swipe it at 10pm, as it will only work till 3am. It can only use it by one person at a time. There is a 7-Day Unlimited Ride MetroCard. This is the best option for trips over 4 days. There is also a 14 day New York City MetroCard for those staying longer than 7 days. They can only use it by one person at a time. Bear in mind, that if you want to use the AirTrain at the airports, you can't use an unlimited ride card for that segment. How to use the New York City Subway MetroCard
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