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The MTA is slowly modifying turnstiles throughout the system to keep would-be fare-jumpers from slipping through. Maintenance teams have begun making adjustments to the turnstile mechanism to keep ...
This is turnstile No. 602 in Fare Control Area R238, at one of the entries to the Grand Central–42nd Street subway station ... the test phase to replace the old spinning turnstiles.
The familiar yellow-and-blue card’s finale is slated for Dec. 31, making way for the three-decade-old ... turnstiles in 1994 — and sold 600 MetroCards on its first day, New York Transit ...
The new gates were revealed to be standard subway turnstiles equipped with high metal panels accented with pointy spikes on top, placed between each entranceway. The new barriers aim to prevent ...
Top officials at the MTA demonstrated high-tech subway turnstiles that are more difficult to evade at Grand Central Terminal. The redesigned turnstiles, which are glass gates, would replace the ...
The MTA is trying something new to deter subway fare evaders just weeks after installing spikes on some turnstiles. Four-inch high metal shields were added at the Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall ...
New Yorkers taking the subway may soon see spikey new additions to the turnstile gates. The MTA said newly installed sharp metal barriers are meant to deter turnstile jumpers. The installation is ...