Straphangers will have a chance to travel back in time in transit next month.
Each Sunday in December, the New York Transit Museum’s 1930s-era R1/9 train cars will run between select stops along the F and Q lines in Manhattan.
The annual “Holiday Nostalgia Rides” serve as “a charming reminder of New York City’s transit history,” the museum said on its website.
First introduced along the Eighth Avenue line — now the A, C and E line — in 1932, R1/9s were taken out of service in 1977, the website said.
“Featuring rattan seats, paddle ceiling fans, incandescent light bulbs, roll signs, and period advertisements, the R1/9s are the cars that inspired Billy Strayhorn’s iconic ‘Take the A Train,’” the website noted.
The “Holiday Nostalgia Train” will run between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Dec. 1, Dec. 8, Dec. 15, Dec. 22 and Dec. 29.
The train will depart from the Second Avenue – Houston Street station on the uptown F line at 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., and from the 96th Street – Second Avenue station on the Q line at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m., the museum said.
Passengers will be able to board the train at the following subway stops after swiping or tapping into the station with a MetroCard or OMNY, according to the museum:
Uptown stops:
- 2nd Avenue – Houston Street (F)
- Broadway – Lafayette Street (D, 6)
- West 4th Street – Washington Square (A/C/E, D/F)
- 34th Street – Herald Square (D/F, N/Q/R)
- 42nd Street – Bryant Park (A/C/E, D/F, N/Q/R, S, 7)
- 47th-50th Streets – Rockefeller Center (D/F)
- 57th Street – 6th Avenue (F)
- Lexington Avenue – 63rd Street (F, Q)
- 72nd Street – 2nd Avenue (Q)
- 86th Street – 2nd Avenue (Q)
- 96th Street – 2nd Avenue (Q)
Downtown stops:
- 96th Street – 2nd Avenue (Q)
- 86th Street – 2nd Avenue (Q)
- 72nd Street – 2nd Avenue (Q)
- Lexington Avenue – 63rd Street (F, Q)
- 57th Street – 6th Avenue (F)
- 47th – 50th Streets – Rockefeller Center (D/F)
- 42nd Street – Bryant Park (A/C/E, D/F, N/Q/R, S, 7)
- 34th Street – Herald Square (D/F, N/Q/R)
- West 4th Street – Washington Square (A/C/E, D/F)
- Broadway – Lafayette Street (D, 6)
- 2nd Avenue – Houston Street (F)