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Matthew Ahn wasn’t about to let a new subway stop strip him of his title: New York City’s swiftest straphanger.
The 25-year-old lawyer set the Guinness World Record last year for the fastest time to hit all 468 train stations. He did it in a super-sonic time of 21 hours, 49 minutes and 35 seconds.
But when the MTA opened its new 34th Street-Hudson Yards stop in September, creating the 469th station in the system, the record passed into oblivion.
Early Friday morning, Ahn set out to recapture his rail-riding glory.
“I was frustrated when I heard I no longer had the title, so I knew I had to take another stab at it,” Ahn told The Post as he began his journey by boarding a 2:02 a.m. A train at Far Rockaway and Mott Avenue.
Read more here. (New York Post)
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The 25-year-old lawyer set the Guinness World Record last year for the fastest time to hit all 468 train stations. He did it in a super-sonic time of 21 hours, 49 minutes and 35 seconds.
But when the MTA opened its new 34th Street-Hudson Yards stop in September, creating the 469th station in the system, the record passed into oblivion.
Early Friday morning, Ahn set out to recapture his rail-riding glory.
“I was frustrated when I heard I no longer had the title, so I knew I had to take another stab at it,” Ahn told The Post as he began his journey by boarding a 2:02 a.m. A train at Far Rockaway and Mott Avenue.
Read more here. (New York Post)
Reddit AMA with the record holder in the article.
