MTA Conductors Spill Secrets of the NYC Subway System 

Might be an exaggeration but yea pretty funny

Homeless electricians bruh.

Yeah I call bullshit on that

I mean the third rail is good for electricity but it’s very risky

@@meichen3171 Lol, isn't the voltage 10x greater and in DC? No consumer electronics would accept that directly.

Well, that could be documentary length. I believe this was just a news segment.

@@jdredman I was being more sarcastic in my approach. However, I know there are still more secrets that they probably hide from the public and anyone should know this. :)

Lincoln16 lmao it’s a news channel. They only report 2-3 minute stories

Lincoln16 ikr

I would like to see more too!

Diontay Libert the MTA has to care for all customers.

I know that there are unavoidable circumstances. All I'm saying is that if it's a case where it's customer negligence then for get about it.

@Richard Head Very interesting to know!!!!!!!!!!!!

@@diontaylibert768 Dying insn't negligence

I get offended when ppl say NY'ers are mean. Then I see stuff like this...

Jenova Izq please don’t that’s usually where homeless love to sit and do all types of things I’ve found blood and feces

@@youngzo5224 🤯🤯😱😱😳😳🤭 OMG thanks so much. I didn't know about that.

Brandon Humes wow

Ik

Lmao I used to sit in the corner EVERYDAY when I took the train to high school. I am not in the city that often anymore, but I will be sure to avoid those corner seats.

Zheng Yee de Blasio don't give a s*** he rides in a car, are you kidding these Subway cars are clean compared to back in the 1970s and 1980s graffiti all over. 1984 I got on an F train leaving 53rd and Lex. There was a homeless guy or bum whatever you want to call him asleep in three seats he had s*** all over the seat and people were so desperate to get out of Manhattan that they rode in the car.

The Transit Workers Union is very corrupt.

@@johnw8984 that was 40 years ago with the old trains, now we got new trains. Also, you still see many of those trains in some areas of Brooklyn and Bronx.

Don''t forget about the surplus.

Blame the fact that the MTA was in a crap load of Debt after 2000 for the new Trains on the Number lines and the L, and then the whole rebuild post 9/11 and the governor at the time thought Hey I’ll just take out loans and pay off you and then you owe the whole state cash, So The MTA makes a lot but most goes upstate cuz of Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Pataki shit choice then, that we have our shitshow now

Yes we def. Contribute to that lateness!

It’s called don’t hold the doors on the train

Don’t hold the freaking doors of the train 🚊

No always. A lot of it I learned how to do with old signals from the 30s! There's train traffic ahead but you're on a train that took 20 mins to arrive. What's ahead of you??

I've seen ppl hold the doors for ppl they don't even know that haven't even got past the turn style yet. Your holding up everyone already on the train and the next station ahead is getting more crowded and delaying all the trains behind. Small thing but makes a huge affect

TRUE..everybody KNOWS..

I know harry, you and I are apparently the only ones who caught that. I've worked on trains my entire career, signalman and freight train conductor. ....

Harry It is possible to step that energy down and invert it. These people are homeless not stupid!

There are lights in every tunnel. They are tapping those not the third rail.

@@whackamolechamp Guess what, tunnel lighting is either 600vdc ( old incandescent)or 220vac. (new florescent).

How’ve you ever heard of a power inverter?

blink1181 the rails are filled with electricity and people could die so it’s not a good thing to tap the rail

It's really not that dangerous. You just need common sense. People have been sneaking down there for decades

I’m a track worker in Manhattan. The mole people as we call them Are very real

Wow lol that is a new one.

blink1181 Dude watching Netflix from the 3rd rail wow 🤣

Born, raised, lived, educated, spent my entire career in Manhattan. Moved because I got sick and tired of crowds, screeching street/subway noise, endless subway delays, endless trains suddenly going out of service due to so-called "mechanical malfunction", then zooms out of the station, high sales tax/rentals, what supermarkets?? However, still commuted to Manhattan, via NJT/PATH-almost like riding Amtrak without the sleeper/dining cars: MUCH cleaner, on time, few delays; no incidents.

@@lifeskater9899 subways are underground where air quality and people get sick automatically for not breathing properly.

I am but plan on leaving within a few years. It’s time. Tired of the crowds, the noise, the over pricing and all of the other crap I’ve tolerated my entire life.

I was a Nyer for a long time crime city the perps are all over,watch your back we are happy to be out of there,living in paradise now.

Fello bronxite, born and raised

Which is why they got this signal expert... So now it's someone else on the fire

happy Gabby!!! Christmas is coming....just be patient, trust me you’ll see it!

The stolen cell phone thing happened to me, though it was on a bus in Austin TX

I've seen the aftermath of a cell stolen once (a woman screaming "he stole my phone") and almost stolen 3 times

happy Gabby!!! Flag me down next time u sitting in the middle hun, i’ll come bring u a cup of coffee to keep u warm.!

this aged well

lol

It’s just a rat stop being such a baby

I found literal feces in a train before nobody was in that train car let alone train keep in the mind it wasn't near any of the terminal stations on the train route it was rush hour too you can probably guess why it was totally empty

Yes. They must lower their fares while they are bleeding money left and right. Because that is how they will be able to sustain the service.

I don’t even pay the fair I always end up hopping the shits

Or waiting for some one to open the broken security exits

Hopping the turnstile and not paying the bus fare also gets factored into the raises so N.Y. riders have fare hoppers to thank as well for their loss.

After the overhaul , add more lazy and FATPIGS

Unknown User Not there fault People want to fare evade which cost them thousands and sometimes millions in revenue costs but we don’t talk about that

EXACTLY I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME ITS THEIR FAULT WHY WE ARE LATE HOLDING DOORS AND ALL , FARE INVADING AND WONDERING WHY… IF YA DONT RESPECT MTA WHY SHOULD MTA RESPECT YOU…. WE TAKE YOU TO YOUR JOBS TO YOUR FAMILIES AND TO HOME … imma train operator now, and i cant believe how dumb founded passengers are thinking everything runs on their time , we got schedules too and i got Lunch breaks and down time i wanna attend to aswell

Some are unaware

The view out the window in the corner is probably why

I like to stand so if something happens I can be ready.Standing keeps me in garud

I left n y 4 years ago how much is the monthly card these days

nobber d robber $121

Can't spell secrets...... Really?

@@tayedwards600 U got me! Haha

Ji Akira The reason is MTA doesn’t want to take responsibility for the sick/injured passenger! The delay is the MTA waiting for another city agency ie, NYPD, NYFD (for fires) or EMS to come and take charge of that passenger. Potential lawsuits , not the paying customers, are paramount in the minds that run MTA day to day operations!

pochy099 even do the system it’s been going through this, at least we have a decent train system 24/7

There’s always LIRR PATH or metro north just to help you out 🙂

🤦🏻‍♀️ I always do smh

I always do too lol

I always do. It takes longer for someone to sit next to me.

Sometimes strokes and heart attacks give no warning.

Good worker does not mean good manager

@@cole1 True, but out of 100 u can't tell me there's not 1. Plus, they know a lot of things culturally about nyc that he wouldn't have a clue about

@Richard Head Black people did excellent work when they worked for free. But, when it got time to pay them, they weren't good enough. What I'm saying is we come up with reasons to do what we want, when we want.

@@cole1 Actually, a good worker can make a good manager, especially when they know from experience, the ins and outs of the system. Unlike an outsider, someone who has been on the inside can relate to what's going on!

OwlsShadow nope we just use the hell out of our trains, (NYC) point is Washington has less people that’s why,

I'd like to see you do better.......................

Wanna do some research on that foreigner?

He did a good job in Toronto he'll do a good job in New York.

Firstly, it really doesn't matter. He came here legally so that's all I care about. Second, he has an extensive record of fixing major transit systems across the world, he definitely has some potential for NYCT. Thirdly, if anything, we _need_ a foreigner. I'm pretty sure the US has some of the worst transit in the world. As much as I love this country, nobody here has a fucking clue on how to get transit done right. If we got some transit guy from Japan or Korea I GUARANTEE you that would change. And no, I'm not one of those pro-immigrant liberal freaks.

BeAsA Roze USA is foreigner country

Huh?

😂😂😂 My Condolences

Richard Head What?

lousyacrobat Most other cities Pay more around the world and the US pays less cuz there isn’t that much cost. LA only has two Subway lines and a ton of Light rail, so they are able to pay less. We pay a lot cuz we have a lot of shit to maintain, most of it is old af

@HOLYBANANAS1968 nah am brown.

Yore the wrong color

I’m white and I started as a cleaner then took the test for Motorman...became a mm April of 89.

MTA has hundreds of overweight African Americans on the verge of heart attacks. Don't worry they'll call you.

^^^ LMAO ^^^ That is so true.

It costs less than the NYC Subway to go to upstate New York on the Metro North 😂 I know the NYC Subway doesn't go upstate I'm just saying like on the Metro North to get from a station in the Bronx to Grand Central terminal is like 75 cents oh my gosh that is so cheap

When you're in NYC and you try to ask somebody a question most of the time some fathead will ignore you like they totally saw you they just don't want to talk to you even though they understand what you're saying

@@jaydottt_transitfanner I am a native New Yorker.. People are always in a hurry to get to somewhere and don't want to be interrupted, even for a simple question. So the facial expression they easily give is this... 🤨 or even a 🧐 and including.. 😠

Julian Collot feel better about delaying thousands of people?

Abstractt I wasn’t aware that drinking heavily in subway stations delays people

Huh?

What=

To his credit, Andy Byford did start out as a an operator in the London Underground

Given how the past American ones failed, let us try a foreigner.

stripervince1 I was thinking the same I don’t think he’s even American I wonder what kind of connections he had to get where he is

1pyroace1 He worked In the London Underground, as a station assistant then Managed some of the LUs Underground lines, 2 Railways in Southern England as Operations Director, Worked In Australia, Then Toronto as CEO and they all worked out so give him a damn chance

_dl_ hopefully he does a better job I dont know if I ever want to come back nyc

I don’t care who it is as long as they can modernize this old decrepit system!!

What about Chambers Street by the (J), (M) & (Z)?

Vanessa Yates i NEVER sit on the station seats! But the subways in nyc are the worse i visited london and paris no homeless in sight

That joke is really getting too old.

Oh really, are you an mta employee assh*le.

@@truthtold9084 Are you an MTA employee assh*le?

How do you know that?

They are union members..not getting fired so easily..

That's right, and those of us who are employed by NYC Transit can just go f**k ourselves, right?