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The R211 is a class of New Technology Train (NTT) subway cars built for the New York City Transit Authority.Being built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing for the B Division of the New York City Subway and for the Staten Island Railway (SIR), they will replace two aging subway car models: all R44 cars on the SIR, plus all R46 and some R68 subway cars.
The General Overhaul Program (GOH) was a mid-life overhaul program for neglected subway cars, which involved a thorough rebuilding of the fleet. Since the completion of the GOH program, the new Scheduled Maintenance System (SMS) program has replaced the GOH program by ensuring that trains do not reach a state in which they would need such an overhaul.
Prototype air conditioning for 8 B-Division passenger cars: Never purchased: R70: Ballast cars: Never purchased: R71 35 rider cars, 6 de-icer cars, 3 hose cars, 6 reach cars (passenger car conversions) RD321–RD361 (rider, hose, and de-icer cars) MTA (in-house) Hose/reach & de-icer cars in service: R72 Flat cars F200–F218, F221–F223, PF219 ...
The R160 cars are configured in either four-car sets or five-car sets. 372 R160A cars (8313–8652 & 9943–9974) are configured as four-car sets and maintained at East New York Yard for the BMT Eastern Division. All four-car sets are assigned to the J, M and Z trains, but sets 8313-8376 are able to run on the L alongside the line's fleet of R143s.
The R262 order will consist of cars in 5-car sets for the mainline IRT and 6-car sets for the 42nd Street Shuttle. [a] The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)'s 2020–2024 Capital Program contains funding for the base order, with the option orders funded in future Capital Programs, including the 2025–2029 Program. [5] [6] [7]
Within minutes of the news dropping, the MTA CEO vowed to battle the feds in court and fight back against the Trump administration’s “baseless effort” to pull the plug on the tolling scheme.
The R46 is a New York City Subway car model that was built by the Pullman Standard Company from 1975 to 1978 for the IND/BMT B Division.They replaced all remaining R1–9 fleet cars and General Electric-powered R16s, and some R10s.
In June 1963, the New York City Transit Authority contracted with Budd for 600 IND/BMT cars (300 pairs) to replace older equipment (cars that had exceeded the TA's 35-year limit of age), including the BMT D-type Triplex articulated cars and some of the BMT Standards. At the time, this was the largest railcar order ever placed in the United ...