With respect to the description in the novel of how the controller is rigged for the getaway, this version is more faithful than the original film.
Shot in Toronto's TTC subway system, mainly using the system's only abandoned station platform and two of a class of older cars being retired by the TTC. The two cars were shipped by road to the scrapyard the day after filming ended, still disguised as New York cars.
At about 15 minutes into the film, a frightened passenger (who is in the middle of the subway hijacking) pleads to get off the train and then explains that she has been through a similar ordeal on the Long Island RailRoad possibly referring to the 1993 Colin Ferguson shooting.
Lisa Vidal's character's name Babs Cardoza is never mentioned or spoken of.
Richard Schiff and Vincent D'onofrio each worked in the Jurassic Park franchise. Schiff starred in The Lost World: Jurassic Park(1997), while D'onofrio starred in Jurassic World(2015).