118 Years And Counting. On October 27, 1904, the first public subway train was operated in New York City. The Interboro Rapid Transit (or IRT) Company's route from City Hall to 145 Street/Broadway would be the way of the future for mass transportation in NYC. Today's Metropolitan Transportation Authority - MTA NYCT Subway is many times the size of the original "Contract One" line, but still operates on many of the same basic principles, as do systems around the world. On October 14, 2022, a training run for the upcoming New York Transit Museum special brings a 4 car train of Lo-Vs to the Morris Park Station on the Dyre Avenue (5) Line. This station was originally part of the New York, New Haven and Hartford owned New York, Westchester and Boston Railway, but would become part of the system after the bankruptcy of the NYW&B, first as a shuttle and later as an extension of Lexington Avenue service. The signature red tiled roof and station building in the NYW&B style can also be seen on other former stations across the Bronx and Westchester. The Lo-Vs were a substantial improvement on the original Gibbs and Hi-V design, mainly by stepping down the voltage that is fed directly into the operator's controls. These are examples of the oldest IRT cars that are still on the property, and come out a few times a year for Nostalgia Specials for the Transit Museum.
