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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) 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 ...