2024 Nostalgia Rides

1930s R1/9 cars on a Transit Museum Nostalgia Ride

What better way to learn about transit history than to experience it firsthand? Each summer, the Transit Museum offers opportunities to ride our beloved vintage fleet of trains to destinations all over the city. See our trains up close and experience them the way they were intended—in operation on the rails. Sit on the seats, hold onto the straps and handrails, read the vintage advertisements, and travel through time. New York Transit Museum Nostalgia Rides transport straphangers to another age, using the same equipment that city dwellers rode more than a century ago.


Upcoming Nostalgia Rides

R32 train arriving at station platform.

Celebrating 60 Years of the Brightliners
Saturday, September 14th, 2024 at 10am and 2pm

10am Ride 2pm Ride

Members enjoy early access! Tickets go on sale to Museum members on Wednesday, August 7th at 10am ET. Remaining tickets go on sale to the public at Friday, August 9th at 10am ET.


Rockaways Nostalgia Train

To the Rockaways by Rail
Sunday, August 11th, 2024

Sold out!


Conductor on vintage R1/9 subway car at the Coney Island station

Beach Bound: Coney Island
Saturday, July 20th, 2024

Sold out!


Vintage equipment and route subject to change.