An R211T subway train. (Marc A. Hermann / MTA ... The $1.3 billion order also includes 355 standard R211 cars — the R211A that has been running on the A and C lines. MTA officials say ...
Hermann/MTA Beginning in early 2025 ... compared to the R46’s 46,000 miles. The R211 is CBTC (communications-based train control)-equipped, and features security cameras in every car, more accessible ...
A mysterious track defect somewhere along a major New York City subway line is wearing out the wheels on subway cars, causing ...
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 ...
New Yorkers will be sure to see many more of the new R211 cars in the next few years, with the MTA’s Monday announcement of a $1.27 billion purchase of 80 open-gangway and 355 regular train cars ...
The good news: at its last board meeting of 2024, the MTA tentatively approved a $1.27 billion contract to purchase 435 new ...
The $1.27 billion package is set to add 355 modern R211 subway cars, plus 80 more that ... “The fact that someone thinks they can just get on a train and stab someone.” ...
The MTA recently announced its plans to replace all of its R46, R62/62A and R68/R68A cars with new R211/R211S trains in the new year ... hopefully leading to more reliable and faster train times.
Subway officials plan to spend more than $1.2 billion on hundreds of new train cars as the agency seeks to modernize the system’s aging fleet. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s board ...