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[BONUS VIDEO] My First Time Riding the Z Train
Added 2026-01-05 00:31:07 +0000 UTCHot off the heels of the bonus Northstar video you may have seen on the main channel, here's this month's Patreon bonus video of Jeremy taking me on an uncut tour of the Z Train - my first time riding it! Also, there will be an early video for Wednesday hopefully uploaded later tonight, so lots happening!
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the internal designation for the 42 st shuttle is 0 iirc, not sure what the franklin av shuttle is
nebula3lem123
2026-02-04 06:57:27 +0000 UTCAs a Canadian, Zed sounds so much nicer than Zee :)
Harrison Kyle
2026-01-29 18:48:42 +0000 UTCPark Place is my favorite station on the Subway!
Miles in Transit
2026-01-23 04:57:50 +0000 UTCI'd love a video showcasing the 42nd St, Franklin Av, Rockaway shuttles! Franklin Av in particular is interesting because it's so short and has the only single-tracked section in the system
CaptainJZH
2026-01-16 00:31:16 +0000 UTCI love the Metrocars, they're so good - like, the front seats, the cutesy little two-car sets, the thunderous three-step braking and acceleration, and the hecking bell that rings when the doors are shut. I get why they're replacing them with more modern sets for better level boarding - (systemwide, by the way, which is very rare in the UK. I don't know of any other level-boarding heavy rail systems here) - and stuff, but the old stock is objectively a more pleasant place to be on. Tyne and Wear is also really unique within the UK because its network was designed to integrate buses and the Metro. The airport is directly served if you were going to fly (I don't fly, so that would be uncharted territory for me). However, if you are going to come, you don't have much time as they're already getting quite hard to come by. Even if you wait at Monument, the nexus of the Nexus network, you'd be hard-pressed to find one in less than half an hour, and when I came here it was about half-and half. Also you can see your heart's fill of double-decker Enviros!
Amon Sadler
2026-01-14 19:38:06 +0000 UTCIf you ever do come to Newcastle, Miles, you'd be more than welcome to crash at my place. By which I mean a mattress on the floor or something, and then again I might be trying to kidnap you ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, but, er, who's to say. I've also only been here since the start of the academic year, on my first job as an apprentice transport planner (mostly inspired by the teachings of this channel, too, that is, the Power of Miles in Transit™️)! So I wouldn't say I have so much local knowledge, other than from the scrolling on Google Maps, but I'll make a good college try below All said, heads up if you do come - don't swear at any cars, not because you're wrong, but because any Brit in viewing distance would be mortified. It's a cultural thing, although a Paddington hard stare does end up going far further anyway over here!
Amon Sadler
2026-01-14 19:37:33 +0000 UTCI’d gladly attend!
Shawn
2026-01-07 22:25:06 +0000 UTCI’m going to need Jeremy to start giving educational tours of the NYC subway please.
Abby
2026-01-07 16:12:56 +0000 UTCLike how Sonny finds the video idea crazy
Paul Healy
2026-01-06 21:15:27 +0000 UTCNow THIS is the kind of content that I’m here for! The Z reminds me of the old 9 train that used to run on the IRT Broadway - Seventh Ave line. Used to ride it often to get uptown back when I was younger.
Shawn
2026-01-06 18:24:43 +0000 UTCI worked in the Equitable Building for five years and commuted through that passageway daily - there's also a route to the basement of 28 Liberty which has the 2/3 as well (but that lobby is much more spacious).
Andrew Wonnacott
2026-01-06 08:02:53 +0000 UTCGreat vid! As others have pointed out, love Jeremy's wealth of transit history, especially of the Chicago L!!! Would love to see you back out here for a true visit and not just a layover! Idk if I would consider myself an EXPERT on the L, but I'd say I know a bit more than the average CTA rider lol I'd love to join you and give some "fun facts" if you make it out sometime. One of my favorite things about the Chicago L is how accessible it is. Currently, a little over 70% of the stations are fully ADA accessible with a goal of having 100% of stations be fully accessible by 2038!
Ginger Beard Man
2026-01-06 07:57:46 +0000 UTCSo if I had a billion dollars to improve the Zed train, I'd increase the capacity over the Williamsburg bridge by grade separating Myrtle Junction (new connector track via Lewis Ave and the upper level of Myrtle Ave) and adding switches to let Z trains bypass Marcy Ave (eliminating shared Z/M platforms, which increases capacity). Then with the increased capacity I'd just run the Z as a traditional peak-only express using the express track from Marcy to Broadway Jct, then run local to Jamaica (and return to Manhattan as a J local). J trains would run local at all times. Thanks to the added capacity, there could be a bunch of additional peak-direction J trains running only from Wall St to Broadway Junction, then going out of service to East NY yard.
Ontario Traffic Man
2026-01-05 07:38:44 +0000 UTCI was wondering how the Z was only 90 s faster than the J local considering it has that triple track segment but Myrtle junction definitely explains that. I guess the other part is that since the NY subway has actual schedules they have more padding. In Toronto there are theoretically schedules but it's mostly just for operator break timing. In practice they just run to headways when anything unusual happens.
Ontario Traffic Man
2026-01-05 06:47:43 +0000 UTC
