The agency confirmed this week it was pulling six of the seven ballyhooed R211 rail cars out of service due to equipment problems — just months after the high-tech trains were unveiled.

Shiny new subway cars with dark blue accents took to the tracks of the A train tracks in upper Manhattan on Friday afternoon, becoming the first R211 cars to enter service. “No offense to the ...

More than three months after the inaugural run of the first R211 train on the MTA’s A line, the new rolling stock is ready for full service, MTA officials said Thursday. “We’re going to be ...

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 ...

At 2:09 p.m., Oliver got his wish, when the first of the new R211 subway cars to enter passenger service came into view, pulling into the Harlem stop on the southbound express track. The 21-year ...

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 ...

Inside, the R211 looks a lot like the last iteration of the “New Technology Trains”—models that the MTA has introduced since 2000—but more intensified. The lighting is especially bright ...

At the Coney Island Yard in Brooklyn this morning, 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 ...

Five shiny, new blue-and-silver R211 cars are sitting in the yard of the MTA’s Clifton Maitenance shop because of an issue with signal systems that was uncovered during routine testing ...

MTA leaders recently hopped one iteration of the R211, a new, more spacious train that’s designed to speed up boarding and better accommodate disabled riders. Most notably, some of the new ...