Here is link to an article in the New Yorker highlighting the work of a dedicated individual, Philip Ashforth Coppola, who has taken on the mission of recording the 472 subway stations in New York City.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/07/sketching-the-mta-with-a-subway-archeologist

His work is currently featured at the New York Transit Museum. http://www.nytransitmuseum.org/program/onetrackmind/

Selections of his drawings have been published in a book called One Track Mind. https://www.amazon.com/One-Track-Mind-Drawing-York-Subway/dp/1616896744

A documentary on him can be viewed by those who are Amazon Prime members.

https://www.amazon.com/One-Track-Mind-Jeremy-Workman/dp/B00BZUND4Y