The MTA’s rollout of its multibillion-dollar fleet of new subway cars has gone off-track. The agency confirmed this week it was pulling six of the seven ballyhooed R211 rail cars out of service ...

The R211 subway cars will replace the R46 models that have been in service with the MTA for 40 years. The first R211 subway cars were put into service on the A subway line in March 2023. Credit: Marc ...

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 Transit Committee has recommended the approval of an order for 435 additional R211 subway cars. This acquisition, which forms part of a broader modernisation strategy, includes 355 ...

On Friday, the MTA hosted the inaugural ride on the agency’s new, state-of-the-art R211 subway cars, the first new subway cars to join the city’s fleet in five years. “The new cars are going ...

the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) unveiled one of two new R211 model subway trains and took it out for a test ride. The trains are still being tested and standard R211s are expected ...

So far, the MTA has ordered nearly 1,200 new R211 subway cars — worth an estimated $3.2 billion — that will feature wider doors for speedier boarding, digital displays with more information ...

C train riders will be the first to experience the brand new R211 “open gangway” subway cars, which entered passenger service on the Washington Heights-to-East New York local line on Thursday. Two ...

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 ...

Well that’s un-fare. The MTA approved a $1.27 billion order of 435 new subway cars – including 80 “open-gangway” cars — then OK’d a plan to raise subway and bus fares to $3-per-swipe.

Of course, the MTA isn't just any parent, and its new baby was something unique as well — an R211 train, set to begin service on the city's A line. But one of the four photos posted by the MTA ...