MTA Announces Service to Get to Yankees Opening Day and Return of Yankee Clipper Trains for 2026 Season

Metro-North Yankee Clippers Offer Direct Service to Yankee Stadium on Hudson, Harlem, and New Haven Lines for Most Games; Several Hudson Line Trains Make Additional Stop at Yankee Stadium During Game Days

New York Transit Museum to Run Annual IRT Lo-V Nostalgia Train and Redbird from Grand Central to Yankee Stadium

Long Islanders Can Take LIRR to Grand Central Madison, Connecting with Direct Service to Yankee Stadium via Metro-North or the Subway

Subways, Buses, and Paratransit Provide Convenient Service to All Yankee Home Games

The New York Yankees are back in the Bronx for their first game of the new season against the Miami Marlins. Fans looking to get to Opening Day, regardless of where they are coming from, can take any MTA service to get to Yankee Stadium ahead of the 1:35 p.m. start time on Friday, April 3.

For fans looking to travel in style and celebrate another Yankees season, the New York Transit Museum will offer its annual Opening Day nostalgia train rides aboard a 1917 IRT Lo-V and the Redbird.

Take Metro-North Railroad to Yankee Stadium

For Opening Day, Metro-North Hudson Line trains will stop at Yankees-E 153 St station, across the street from Yankee Stadium. Several Hudson Line trains will make an extra stop at the stadium. Metro-North is also operating shuttle trains after the game from Yankees-E 153 St station to Harlem-125 St and Grand Central Terminal. Fans traveling to the game on the Harlem and New Haven Lines can transfer at Harlem-125th St station for the quick 5-minute trip to the stadium.

For all evening, weekend and holiday games throughout the season, Metro-North's Yankee Clipper "Trains To The Game" will provide a one-seat ride directly to the stadium and back home afterward via the Harlem and New Haven Lines.

Metro-North also operates shuttle trains after all games from Yankees-E 153rd Street station to Harlem-125th Street and Grand Central Terminal for fans who are transferring at Harlem-125th Street station from Harlem and New Haven line trains and at Grand Central to the LIRR.

Fans can check the MTA TrainTime app for full schedules.

New York City Subway

Customers can take the or train to 161 St-Yankee Stadium station for Opening Day. The station is right in front of the stadium at the corner of 161 St and River Ave. Local and trains stop at 161 St-Yankee Stadium at all times. trains stop at 161 St-Yankee Stadium during rush hour only. Middays, every other train will stop at 161 St-Yankee Stadium. Rush hour express trains will also stop at 161 St-Yankee Stadium before weeknight games.

Take LIRR to Grand Central Madison

Grand Central Madison makes it easier than ever for Yankees fans on Long Island to get to the game. LIRR customers can take a one-seat ride into Grand Central and finish their trip either on a Metro-North Hudson line or stadium shuttle or the train. Either option can take a customer to the stadium in less than 30 minutes from Grand Central.

New York City Buses

The Bx6, Bx6 SBS, and Bx13 stop near the stadium at E. 161 St and River Ave. The Bx1 and Bx2 both stop at E. 161 St and the Grand Concourse, a three-block walk east to the stadium. The BxM4 stops at the Grand Concourse and E. 161 St (northbound) and E. 158 St (southbound).

Customers can use the real-time bus arrival tracking feature on the MTA app before boarding.

Access-A-Ride

Access-A-Ride has a designated stop in front of Yankee Stadium. To book a trip to the stadium, customers can call (877)-337-2017 or (718)-393-4999 and press prompt #2.

New York Transit Museum's Nostalgia Trains are Back

The New York Transit Museum offers fans a once-in-a-season way to show off their pinstripe pride and ride to Yankee Stadium in style, aboard a 1917 IRT Lo-V train and the Redbird nostalgia trains.

For one day only, the IRT Lo-V Nostalgia Train and Train of Many Colors will run from Grand Central to Yankee Stadium. The IRT Lo-V Nostalgia Train is scheduled to leave the Uptown train platform at Grand Central-42 Street at approximately 11:00 a.m., and travel non-stop on the Lexington Avenue Line, arriving at 161 St-Yankee Stadium in about 25 minutes. Immediately following the IRT Lo-V cars, the New York Transit Museum's beloved Redbird will arrive to carry more riders to the stadium.

The ride to the Bronx takes fans to the stadium gates with plenty of time before the first pitch at 1:35 p.m.

The IRT Lo-V Nostalgia Train, originally operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) system, began service in 1917. The vintage train cars and hundreds of other similar cars started serving subway customers a few years before the first pitch was thrown at the original Yankee Stadium.

The Redbird Nostalgia Train features cars from fleets delivered between 1959 and 1964 that later became known as "Redbirds." Repainted bright red beginning in 1984, these cars ran in service until 2003. Nearly 2,000 operated on every numbered line and several lettered lines.