A group of New Yorkers on the city’s subway system worked together  on Saturday night to remove a series of antisemitic messages scrawled all over their train carriage.

Gregory Locke, one of the people on the train, described in a Facebook post how he had “got on the subway and found a Swastika on every advertisement and every window,” drawn with marker pens.

“The train was silent as everyone stared at each other, uncomfortable and unsure what to do,” he wrote.

“One guy got up and said, ‘Hand sanitizer gets rid of Sharpie [marker pen]. We need alcohol.’ He found some tissues and got to work.

“I've never seen so many people simultaneously reach into their bags and pockets looking for tissues and Purel. Within about two minutes, all the Nazi symbolism was gone.

“Nazi symbolism. On a public train. In New York City. In 2017.

“‘I guess this is Trump's America,’ said one passenger. No sir, it's not. Not tonight and not ever. Not as long as stubborn New Yorkers have anything to say about it.”

Mr Locke’s account of the incident, along with the photos he took, has been shared on social media over 150,000 times in just 12 hours. The overwhelming majority of comments in response to the post have been positive.