Fans on board a Redbird nostalgia train to Citi Field on Opening Day April 4.
Fans on board a Redbird nostalgia train to Citi Field on Opening Day April 4. ( Photo: MTA Photos via Flickr)

Mets fans got their own nostalgia train to Citi Field in the form of a 60-year-old Redbird subway car on Opening Day, departing Hudson Yards at noon on April 4. But they will have to wait until next year before a #7 express train from Manhattan resumes operations.

Vintage Train Rides for Mets Opening Day but Fans Learn No #7 Express This Season
05 Apr 2025 | 07:12
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East side, West side, everybody’s coming down, to meet the M-E-T-S Mets, of New York town. Happy Mets fans boarded a vintage nostalgia for an Opening Day run.

Unhappy Mets fans from Manhattan, however, also learned that express trains from Manhattan on the #7 line will be out of commission for the third...

Governor Kathy Hochul, speaking at a Congestion Pricing Rally on March 21, has sent a letter to top Republicans in the Trump Administration calling for the state to receive its “fair share” of federal mass transit funds. DOT Secretary Sean Duffy wants Hochul to turn off the congestion pricing cameras.
Governor Kathy Hochul, speaking at a Congestion Pricing Rally on March 21, has sent a letter to top Republicans in the Trump Administration calling for the state to receive its “fair share” of federal mass transit funds. DOT Secretary Sean Duffy wants Hochul to turn off the congestion pricing cameras. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman)

Hochul Pleads for More Fed Funds for MTA; DOT Pushes to End Congestion Pricing Tolls

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At a press conference after a federal judge reluctantly dismissed the federal corruption charges against him, Mayor Eric Adams urged all New Yorkers to read the book, “<i>Government Gangsters” </i>by Kash Patel, the current FBI director, who posits there is a Deep State cabal in government trying to undermine Donald Trump. A day later, Adams said he was ditching the Dem primary to run as an independent.
At a press conference after a federal judge reluctantly dismissed the federal corruption charges against him, Mayor Eric Adams urged all New Yorkers to read the book, “Government Gangsters” by Kash Patel, the current FBI director, who posits there is a Deep State cabal in government trying to undermine Donald Trump. A day later, Adams said he was ditching the Dem primary to run as an independent. ( Photo: Mayor’s Photography Office)

Adams Ditches Dems, Plans to Run as Independent after Judge Dismisses Criminal Case

The strange and convoluted race for mayor is growing more bizzare by the day.

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A small force of 14 federal agents pursuing the billions ripped off from the US Government during the pandemic was shut down by DOGE on March 28. The agency had already recovered more than three times its annual budget and had nearly a 100 percent conviction rate against fraud perpetrators in federal court.
A small force of 14 federal agents pursuing the billions ripped off from the US Government during the pandemic was shut down by DOGE on March 28. The agency had already recovered more than three times its annual budget and had nearly a 100 percent conviction rate against fraud perpetrators in federal court. ( Photo: Wikimedia commons)

Agency That Successfully Prosecuted Pandemic Fraud Is Casualty of Trump’s Cuts

A little-known agency of the US Government was shuttered last week. It went largely unnoticed amidst the deluge of reports...

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