Traffic & Transit

MTA Debuts World Cup-Themed Subway Trains In NYC

The train wraps will represent all 48 countries participating in this year's tournament.

(NY/NJ World Cup Host Committee)

NEW YORK CITY — New York City and the MTA is celebrating the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup with country-inspired train wraps on a number of subway trains.

The train wraps will represent all 48 countries participating in this year's tournament.

The first World Cup branded trains rolled out on the R line featuring the flags of Brazil and Morocco.

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No. 1 trains will feature the flags of Senegal and France.

The initiative was developed by the FIFA World Cup 2026 NYNJ Host Committee alongside the MTA and the Mayor's Office.

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The designs were created by a New York City-based studio, Burn & Broad.

Additional wrapped trains are expected to roll out as the tournament begins.

"When a train wrapped in the colors of Senegal pulls into Harlem, or a subway car carrying Morocco’s flag rolls through Astoria, it tells a story about who we are as New Yorkers,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.

Here is the rundown of wrapped trains launching for the World Cup:

  • No. 2 Train: Norway and Senegal
  • No. 6 Train: Panama and England
  • No. 7 Train: Ecuador and Norway
  • No. 4 Train: Japan, Croatia, Canada, Tunisia, Portugal, Haiti, Switzerland, Uzbekistan, Ghana, United States
  • A Train: Spain, Scotland, Saudi Arabia, DR Congo, Australia, United States, Cape Verde, Netherlands, Jordan, Sweden
  • E Train: Colombia, Egypt, Algeria, Uruguay, New Zealand, Türkiye, Iraq, Curaçao, Ivory Coast, Czechia
  • F Train: Argentina, South Africa, Bosnia, Austria, Paraguay, South Korea, Iran, Mexico, Belgium, Qatar

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