NYC’s ‘Love Train’ brings singles together on the subway
It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s Cupid on a train.
Chugging along on the search for a sweetheart can be a bit, well, disheartening — especially for singles of the city.
But rather than looking high and low to no avail, Lisa Wilson, 23, took her hunt to the rails on “Love Train,” NYC’s buzzy, new blind dating experience.
Yes, it’s sight-unseen matchmaking between strangers that occurs on a moving subway pulling in and out of the Union Square station.
“They did a pretty great job with the match,” Wilson, from the East Village, told The Post of Jake, the heartthrob she was paired with on the D train back in October. “He’s a really hot guy.”
With host Tiffany Baira as its “love conductor,” “Love Train,” a social-media viral series, helps hopeless romantics find that special someone during three rounds of cutesy conversation underground.
Daters — typically app-fatigued Gen Zs and marriage-minded millennials — either sign up to be coupled up via the “Love Train” online application form or they’re cherry-picked from the subway platform just before Baira begins filming.
She and the creatives of Fallen Media, a short-form production company, launched the railway rendezvous in late 2024, following the wildly sweet success of “Street Hearts” — for which Baira, 28, brings lonely Gothamites together on sidewalks.
Hers is a noble effort toward creating sparks in a city that’s been deemed the “worst” place for singletons, per recent research.
“We’re all about making connection in New York City as easy as possible,” said Baira, a dating coach. “What singles struggle with most is starting the conversation with someone they’d want to get to know.”
And on “Love Train,” that’s where she comes in — styled in splashy, sequined togs and an ultra-haute hat.
As the wheels of the train roll on, the relationship pro keeps a lively conversation rolling between the two potential partners, posing quirky questions like “Which pop diva embodies your dating life?” and “What’s your skin-care routine?”
Baira ironed out the details of a cute date between Nick Dove and Lauren Cocroft Thursday, ensuring that the twosome she’d just paired on the N/R line to Brooklyn made delicious dinner plans for that evening.
The intimacy intercessor’s skills even prompted dater Jordan B. Davis to jokingly get down on one knee to ask Gina Marie Lagomarsino, who he just met on the tracks, out on an official outing.
Snippets of Baira’s subterranean setups have scored over 3 million TikTok views from utopians who still believe that love can happen anywhere (even among the rubbish and rodents).
“There might be rats on the subway,” she joked to The Post, “but you’ll meet someone who’s not a rat.”
Stuart Nunn was all aboard for amour during his “Love Train” ride in the fall.
“Finding the right person in New York City is difficult because there’s, like, 8 million people here,” laughed Nunn, 23, in fashion sales.
But, thanks to Baira’s nose for sniffing out suitable mates, the Gen Zer enjoyed his unconventional meet-cute with Luke, a bridal fashionista, on the N train.
“Luckily, he and I had good energy,” said Nunn, adding that, despite getting hooked up on-camera and in front of a car full of gawking commuters, they felt “comfortable” enough to schedule a proper first date — during which they exchanged a few smooches.
“We ended up going thrifting and walking around Roosevelt Island,” said Nunn. “He’s the sweetest.”
Harrison Krasner was matched with Emily by Baira just before the dawn of 2025.
“She’s a totally awesome person,” Krasner, 28, a musical artist manager, told The Post.
He and Emily, who works in ad tech, dated for several weeks before agreeing they’d be better as friends. But Krasner says, “It was a silly and unique way to meet someone in person — and something fun that we can always look back and say we did together.”
Baira hopes her tender bonds continue to blossom ahead of the upcoming rosy holiday.
“It’s the month of love,” said the flame whisperer. “We want as many people to connect for Valentine’s Day as possible.”
