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An Enormous Drill Nearly Impaled a Subway Car Full of Passengers

Andy Cush · 10/31/14 09:26AM

An F Train was nearly bored into by a 10-inch-wide drill bit yesterday while traveling under an East Side Access construction site in Queens. There were roughly 800 passengers inside, and though the bit scraped the body of the train and shattered several windows, no one was injured.

The NYPD Keeps Coming Up With Ways to Arrest Poor People

Andy Cush · 08/18/14 09:30AM

Every day, a contingent of New Yorkers, moving in shadows, manages to board the subway without paying the fare—hopping turnstiles and slipping through propped-open service doors on their way to school, or work, or home. Who will defend the city from these monsters?

Gabrielle Bluestone · 10/20/13 04:00PM

The MTA is considering a new subway model for New York City — "articulated trains," which have no internal doors, functioning much like accordion busses. While MTA officials estimate the new trains could shorten stop times, they would also make it harder to isolate "the scourge of the sick passenger" — that is, bodily fluids — for cleanup.

Hamilton Nolan · 09/17/13 10:16AM

The use of MetroCards in the New York City subway system "cannot be maintained beyond 2019," according to the MTA. Time for retinal scanners?

Dramatic Footage from the Aftermath of Friday's Metro-North Crash

Max Rivlin-Nadler · 05/19/13 01:59PM

A group of skaters hanging out at a skate shop in Bridgeport, Conn., got a first-row seat to the massive train derailment during Friday's rush hour that left 72 people injured. The video above features strong language, but also incredible footage of the massive track damage that occurred.