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Lorimer Street is located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn,
and the station is served by (L) and (G) trains.
This is a Manhattan-bound (L) train.
Since the (L) Train runs through Williamsburg and Bushwick,
which are both hipster neighborhoods,
the (L) train is also lovingly called “Hipster Express.”
This train will make another stop at Bedford Avenue,
before it heads beneath the East River to Manhattan.
We just crossed the East River, arriving at First Avenue.
In Manhattan the line runs under 14th Street
all the way to 8th Avenue on the West Side.
The R143 stock trains used here
have these interior LED displays.
Two stops west of where we have been before,
Union Square is a major interchange station,
also serving the (4), (5), (6), (N), (Q), and (R) trains.
This station is usually always busy.
We are standing on the Brooklyn-bound platform,
as you can hear from the announcement system.
This is actually an R160 stock train
which can be distinguished from the R143 stock
by the inverter sound of the traction motors.
The final destination of the (L) is
Rockaway Parkway in Canarsie, Brooklyn,
hence the name “Canarsie Local.”
The (L) Train is the only Subway line in New York
to have automatic train operation so far.
This means, a computer precisely drives the train,
resulting in optimal and smooth acceleration and deceleration.
Trains enter and leave the stations so fast,
it almost feels like riding the Victoria Line in London.
One more station to the west, we are now at 6th Avenue.
The (L) line is the only B-division line
which is equipped with countdown clocks.
This has been a result of upgrading the line to automatic train operation.
I must say the announcement lady sounds a bit funny,
making that weird pause in “L…train.”
We can already see the train
approaching from 14th street in the distance.
The platform here is actually longer than the trains
which allows for a nice shot of the front of the train.
This is again an R143 train.
The R143 trains have the American flag below the MTA logo
while the R160 trains have it above the logo.
We are now at the final stop of the line in Manhattan.
The train enters the platform more slowly
since the track ends here with a wall.
These bronze sculptures are part of an art installation
called “Life Underground” by Tom Otterness.
View of the dead-end track with a terminating (L) train.
The tracks should have been extended a couple of
hundred meters beyond the station to allow
for a more quicker approach.
This is the last shot of the film;
this train gets ready to head back to Brooklyn.