The MTA is working to install surveillance cameras onboard all subway cars in an effort to deter crime underground.

The agency already has cameras installed in all 493 subway stations across the city, but the new effort will install cameras onboard all subway cars, according to MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber

Lieber joined “Mornings On 1” Thursday to discuss the new initiative, explaining that all new subway cars already come equipped with cameras, and the agency is working now to retrofit all older subway cars.

“Basically almost all of the bus fleet is already camera equipped. We've got the subway stations heavily camera equipped, as everybody knows. We wanted to take the next step to have the insides of actual subway cars camera equipped so that we can make sure that everybody understands if you prey on our riders on the subway system, we're gonna get your photo and the NYPD is gonna collar you,” Lieber said.

“It's both deterrence against criminals but also reassurance for our subway riders.”

On Tuesday, New York City Transit president Richard Davey told the New York Post that subway cars will have at least two cameras, which will be hidden from view.

The MTA will eventually put up signage on all subway cars to inform riders that they are being recorded, he told the paper, adding that footage from the cameras will only be pulled if there is a report of an incident.

News of the surveillance cameras came as police shared new data with NY1 Thursday showing there had been a 52% increase in overall transit crime during the first six months of 2022, as compared to the same time period in 2021.

Still, authorities did note that there has been a 127% increase in grand larceny arrests in transit and a roughly 107% increase in fare evasion arrests.