Hold up. The metro card side of the story doesn't make sense. Why would it relocate to Maspeth Queens, a place that is right in the middle of the transit desert not reachable by subway at all. It's the exact opposite of 370 Jay. Nothing goes there. Is it just cheap parking for armored vehicle lot? Does it have anything to do with the MTA owned non passenger tracks which do go through there? And why was it considered so much more cumbersome to collect fares off the metro card machine compared to the booth sales? So many unanswered questions.

I do wonder if armored trains might be part of special scenario plans related to high value visitors to the UN. Think of it as a modern track 61.