Hundreds of Yankees Fans Join New York City Transit President on Nostalgia Train Ride to Yankee Stadium for Opening Day

On March 30 hundreds of New York Yankees fans joined New York City Transit President Richard Davey on the New York Transit Museum’s 1917 IRT Lo-V Nostalgia train for the Yankees home opener. Fans boarded the train at Grand Central for an express train unlike any other to Yankee Stadium. The train ride followed a news conference where Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) leaders reminded Yankees fans that the fastest way to Yankee Stadium is via public transportation.

With the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) terminal at Grand Central, Yankees fans anywhere in the MTA region, from Montauk to New Haven, have easy transit access to Yankee Stadium, for the first time ever.

The opening of Grand Central Madison makes it easier than ever for Yankees fans on Long Island to get to the game.

Prior to the terminal’s opening, a Yankees fan coming in from Long Island would have taken a longer subway ride from Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, or transferred twice on the subway, or left Penn Station and walked to Herald Square to connect to a D train.

Now, a LIRR customer can take a one-seat ride into Grand Central and finish their trip either on a Metro-North shuttle or the 4 train. Either option can take a customer to the stadium in less than 30 minutes from Grand Central.

-via Press Release

This article was posted on: March 31, 2023