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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On Friday, straphangers, representatives from the MTA, and local officials took the first ride aboard a new R211 subway car. The new R211 subway car debuted and is now in service on the A-line ...

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.

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Subway riders rejoice! 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s part of an initiative to increase service and reduce wait times. A new R211 train, running on the A line, was officially unveiled and put into service Thursday. MTA officials also announced ...

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is exercising Option 2 with Kawasaki Rail Car Inc. for 435 additional R211 rapid transit railcars—355 R211A/S (traditional closed-end) cars and ...