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New York MTA Users View the Solar Eclipse

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New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) trains and buses operated through a near-total solar eclipse across the New York region on April 8, 2024.

Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams had encouraged eclipse viewers to take mass transit to their destinations for safety and congestion relief.

Additionally, the MTA issued a reminder that public transit was the best way to get to the total solar eclipse. Eclipse viewings were held throughout the city, on Long Island, and throughout the Hudson Valley.

The Solar Eclipse of April 8, 2024, was a total solar eclipse visible across a band covering parts of North America, from Mexico to Canada and crossing the contiguous United States.

Photo: Meghan Keegan/MTA

The MTA issued a reminder that public transit was the best way to get to the total solar eclipse.

Photo: David Steckel/MTA

Eclipse viewings were held throughout the city, on Long Island, and throughout the Hudson Valley.

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Photo: Meghan Keegan/MTA

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The eclipse was the first total solar eclipse over the U.S. since August 21, 2017

Photo: Amanda Valdes/MTA

The duration of totality of the solar eclipse was almost double that of The Great American Eclipse of August 21, 2017.

Photo: Ray Raimundi/MTA

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the Sun.

Photo: David Steckel/MTA

From rail platforms to the vehicles themselves, MTA users viewed the eclipse across the agency's system.

Photo: Ray Raimundi/MTA

Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams had encouraged eclipse viewers to take mass transit to their destinations for safety and congestion relief.

Photo: David Steckel/MTA