Exclusive | Finding love in NYC is hard but the Love Train is putting hopeless city romantics back on track

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 questi...