Following a west coast trip to open the season, the New York Yankees are back in the Bronx for their home opener against the Toronto Blue Jays. Fans looking to get to the stadium, regardless of where they are coming in from, can take any MTA service to get to Yankee Stadium ahead of the 1:05 p.m. start time on Friday, April 5.
For fans looking to travel in style and celebrate another Yankees season, the New York Transit Museum will offer its annual opening day nostalgia train rides aboard a 1917 IRT Lo-V and the Train of Many Colors.
The New York Transit Museum offers fans a once-in-a-season way to show off their pinstripe pride and ride to Yankee Stadium in style, aboard a 1917 IRT Lo-V train and the Train of Many Colors nostalgia trains.
For one day only, the IRT Lo-V Nostalgia Train and Train of Many Colors will run from Grand Central to Yankee Stadium. The IRT Lo-V Nostalgia Train is scheduled to leave the uptown train platform at 42 St-Grand Central by approximately 11:00 a.m., and travel non-stop on the Lexington Avenue Line, arriving at 161 St-Yankee Stadium in about 25 minutes. Immediately following the IRT Lo-V cars, the New York Transit Museum’s beloved Train of Many Colors will arrive to carry more riders to the stadium.
The ride to the Bronx takes fans to the stadium gates with plenty of time before the first pitch at 1:05 p.m.
Originally operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) system, The IRT Lo-V began service in 1917. The vintage train cars and hundreds of other similar cars served subway customers a few years before the first pitch was thrown at the original Yankee Stadium. With rattan seats, ceiling fans and drop sash windows, the train hearkens back to an earlier age of subway travel and provides a photogenic counterpoint to the new home of the New York Yankees.
The Train of Many Colors includes a selection of cars manufactured in the 1960s: the R-33, R-33WF and R-36 cars. With “Tartar Red” and “Gunn Red” redbirds, Kale Green “Green Machines”, blue-and-silver “Platinum Mist” and the striking two-tone robin’s egg blue and cream “Bluebird” paint schemes, the train represents several different eras in New York City subway history.
-via Press Release
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