Long before the MTA, there was the Interborough Rapid Transit Subway (IRT), whose first line opened almost exactly 117 years ago on October 27, 1904. (The company was founded in 1902 by August Belmont ...

NEW YORK -- Authorities say a man was struck and killed by a subway train in the Bronx. Fire officials say the victim was found under a southbound train at 6:15 a.m. Friday. It happened on the IRT ...

Gene Russianoff, who only seems like he’s been the head of NYPIRG’s Straphangers Campaign since the first IRT train left City Hall station in 1904, has a story he likes to tell about the predicament ...

GRAND ARMY PLAZA — A PERSON WAS STRUCK BY A TRAIN NEAR GRAND ARMY PLAZA on Tuesday morning, and the 2, 3, 4 and 5 lines were suspended, the MTA announced at 10:30 a.m. Earlier Tuesday morning the MTA ...

NEW YORK — The New York City subway system is celebrating its 120th anniversary this week. CBS News New York's Elijah Westbrook is taking a close look at how it was built, its impact across the city ...

There is a rich and hidden history in the vast subterranean system of tunnels that make up much of the New York City subway system. The millions of riders are often oblivious to the secrets that are ...

France-based IRT SystemX has collaborated with SNCF and Alstom to launch the safe autonomous land transport project, which aims to test the application of technology designed to automate train drivers ...