New York subways celebrate Pride Month with new 'Pride Trains' and MetroCards

To mark 50 years since the Stonewall uprising, New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority has put its own Pride logos on 50 train cars across the city and is releasing limited-edition Pride-themed MetroCards

"The Pride Train is now arriving!" reads a tweet from the MTA's Twitter account for subway service updates."Come as you are and help us celebrate #Pride2019."The logos will appear for the rest of June on 1 line trains, which run between the Bronx and Lower Manhattan.Caught a Pride train! pic.twitter.com/TfjBMJDB4y— Anna Raff June 13, 2019 The Pride Trains are one of several ways the MTA is celebrating Pride Month.

— Pride Train June 14, 2019 The MTA also has Pride-themed merchandise, including T-shirts, magnets and mugs, available on the New York Transit Museum website and at the three Transit Museum stores.For the third year in a row, Pride-themed posters have returned to subway stations across New York. Meant to resemble official signage with service information, the posters read,"No bigotry, hatred, or prejudice allowed at this station at any time.

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