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Hermann/Courtesy MTA) These new members to the MTA fleet will eventually be joined by an additional 640 R211s. All together, the agency is adding 1,175 new subway cars over the next two years.
The MTA is taking a step toward expanding its fleet of open gangway subway cars — and potentially bringing the new-look rides ...
train yard in 2022 where he was photographing decommissioned R32 “Brightliner” subway cars. “He was immediately noticed,” MTA’s head of subways, Demetrius Crichlow, told the Daily News.
The MTA’s longtime orange-and-yellow seated subway cars are riding off into the sunset next year. The state-run agency in 2025 plans to slowly retire its remaining 1,700-plus R46, R62/62A ...
Marc A. Hermann / MTA We first got a glimpse of new open gangway subway car designs in 2017. The streamlined cars feature a variety of upgrades designed to create more efficient, comfortable ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The MTA has ordered hundreds of new subway cars to help replace the agency’s aging fleet. On Wednesday, the MTA Board approved an order for 640 new R211 subway cars slated ...
The MTA plans to order dozens more “open gangway” subway cars and redeploy some of the airy cars the agency already owns to the G line, transit officials announced Monday. The modern cars do ...
Nearly all of the MTA’s brand new subway cars are off the rails. Six out of seven trains made up of the newest R211 cars have been taken out of service due to faulty gearboxes, the agency ...
Ride the C line? Your commute just got roomier. The MTA on Thursday debuted a new version of its modern R211 subway cars -- one that features what is known as an ...
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority unveiled the brand-new R211 train as the agency looks to revamp its fleet of subway cars. The new cars are slightly wider, and the MTA says they are ...