For the first time ever, the NYC MTA decided to print an official limited edition subway map depicting night service. Out of the million maps printed in the usual print job, only 25,000 copies of these Night Maps were printed. Not super rare, but still limited quantity compared to the big picture.
On regular maps, changes in service during night hours are noted in the corner with the descriptions of each line, but this map shows the service changes on the actual lines whether it be trains running local, making shorter runs, or not running at all. The map also is in a darker shade to further differentiate itself from the regular map. As an added bonus the back is decorated with artwork from the "Arts for Transit" series.
Overall, I think this is a pretty cool concept for a subway system that runs 24 hours. I wonder if they will create a weekend version of the map sometime in the future. That probably will be a lot more challenging though because the weekends are constantly plagued with various service changes and similar "typical" weekend service is rare and far in between.
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