We haven’t witnessed the phenomenon personally, but according to this (low quality) video some newer subway trains (2, 4, 5, N, W) play the first three notes of West Side Story’s “Somewhere” when they start up to leave the station. For everyone except Stijn Mortelmans, here’s a reminder of how the song goes.

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