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The notoriously ancient R32 train cars, which were introduced in the 1960s and still run along the C line, will soon be a thing of the past. The New York Post reports that some of those cars will ...
MTA car inspector Andy Liu inspects and repairs the door mechanisms on a R32 car at the 207th Street Train Yard Facility Thursday, Feb. 27, in Manhattan, New York.
Say goodbye to the subway’s R32 trains, which have been running on New York’s subway since 1964. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will celebrate the end of the era by running t… ...
The R32 cars are currently 47 years old and already well past the standard expected useful life of 40 years. Now these cars will be required to remain in service for at least another 6 years until ...
Even if you’ve never visited New York City, much less navigated its tunneled underbelly, there’s a good chance you recognize its subway cars.Rolling around since 1964, the R32 (no, not the ...
The MTA has been pushing off retirement of these old cars for more than a decade now, partly because of delays in their last order of cars. But now, the Brightliners are finally set to leave the ...
The MTA is holding a pop-up holiday sale this week, where rail fans can snag subway signs, benches, trash cans and even pieces from the discontinued R32 trains known as the Brightliners. Over ...