Ride Vintage NYC Buses in Midtown

Only in New York. Ride vintage NYC buses in Midtown for a special holiday treat. 

Buses that were in service from 1956 to 1966 are sharing the 42nd Crosstown route in December, part of the MTA program that also runs vintage subway trains during the holiday season.

See also

MTA Nostalgia Trains

MTA FREE train show at Gran Central Terminal

Vintage Bus Routes:

Vintage buses will be in service on the M42 bus route, traveling both East Bound and West Bound along 42nd Street in Manhattan.

Additional vintage buses will be available to board and explore at Union Square and Herald Square.

Vintage Bus Schedule

Monday – Friday, 9AM to 5PM, Monday, December 3rd  to Friday, December 21st, for the same MetroCard swipe as any other MTA ride.

Vintage Bus Info

Four buses from the New York Transit Museum’s vintage fleet will be in rotation during the Holiday Nostalgia Rides:

• Bus #3100 (1956)
• Bus #100 (1959)
• Bus #1059 (1961)
• Bus #8466 (1966, rebuilt 1984)