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For the rail car used by transit authorities to collect revenue, see Money train.
Money Train is a 1995 American thriller film starring Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson and Jennifer Lopez in one of her earlier film roles. It reunited Snipes and Harrelson after their earlier success, White Men Can't Jump. The film was released in North America on November 22, 1995 by Columbia Pictures
SynopsisThe three protagonists work as New York City transit cops. After losing his job, Harrelson's character plots to hijack and then rob the "money train" which hauls collected fare revenues for the New York City Subway from the system's stations. ProductionThe subway car used as the money train in the film is a modified R22 subway car. The rolling stock was modified by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and film crew into an imposing subway train covered in silver armor plating and equipped with flashing orange lights and sliding barred doors, like those on a jail cell. After production, the car was donated to the New York Transit Museum. The actual money train resembled a normal maintenance train painted yellow with black diagonal stripes. The New York City subway system retired its money trains in 2006; the introduction of the MetroCard and computerized vending machines that allowed fare payment by credit card have dramatically reduced the number of coins stored in subway stations. ReceptionThe film took $35,431,113 at the North American box office, including $10,608,297 on its opening weekend.[1] It was very poorly received by film critics[2], described by one reviewer as "a loud and truly pointless action-comedy".[3] The film was vilified for its portrayal of a man setting fire to ticket booth, a crime that was repeated in real life after the film's release.[4][5] Cast
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