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NEW YORK -- Brand new subway cars are about to hit the tracks! The R211 trains are not in service yet, but they are being tested. Friday, CBS2's Jenna DeAngelis hopped on board as MTA officials ...
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- MTA leadership gathered in Upper Manhattan Friday afternoon to celebrate the first new subway trains entering the fleet in more than five years. The transit authority ...
“During routine operations of R211 subway cars in service, New York City Transit crews discovered a faulty gear box in some of the cars,” an MTA spokesperson said in an email.
The new R211 subway car debuted and is now in service on the A-line, New York City’s longest subway line and one that currently has the oldest cars in the subway fleet.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) New York City Transit Committee has recommended the approval of an order for ...
The New York City subway system celebrated its 120th birthday on Sunday. It has certainly changed a lot through the decades, from wooden lo-voltage train cars with no A/C, to others with ceiling ...
MTA New York City Transit (NYCT) on Feb. 3 showcased one of the two R211 open gangway subway cars that are currently undergoing testing at the Coney Island Yard in Brooklyn. The open-gangway cars, ...
The average New York City subway car travels roughly 53,000 miles per year across some of the oldest transit infrastructure in the world. Rumbling through a web of grungy tunnels and weather ...
The new vehicles are being inducted as part of New York City Transit’s (NYCT) modernisation to provide improved passenger services. The subway cars were unveiled by the New York City Metropolitan ...