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East New York Yard in 2017. East New York Yard (also known as DO (District Office) Yard from its telegraphy letters) is primarily used to store the R143s used on the L and J/Z, R160s used on the J, L, M, and Z, and R179s used on the J and Z. Subway equipment is inspected and maintained here on a regular basis. [23] [45] [46]
Still, the continued loss of restaurants has brought Subway to its lowest store count since 2005, per Restaurant Business Magazine. RELATED: 7 Restaurant Chains That Are Struggling in 2024
The New York City Subway uses a system known as Automatic Train Supervision (ATS) for dispatching and train routing on the A Division [237] (the Flushing line and the trains used on the 7 and <7> services do not have ATS.) [237] ATS allows dispatchers in the Operations Control Center (OCC) to see where trains are in real time, and whether each ...
The Subway: A Trip Through Time on New York's Rapid Transit. H & M Productions II Inc. ISBN 1-882608-19-4. Fischler, Stan (2004). The Subway and the City: Celebrating a Century. with John Henderson. Frank Merriwell Incorporated. ISBN 0-8373-9251-9. Dougherty, Peter (2007). Tracks of the New York City Subway v4.2
“New Yorkers know the subway is the fastest and most reliable way to get around.” Trains across the system arrived on-time 82.1% of the time in 2024. Last year, that number was at 84%.
[107] [108] [109] It also includes the largest ventilation towers in the New York City Subway stations. [107] [108] [85] Originally, the new station was also planned to feature platform screen doors. [110] However, plans for screen doors in New York City Subway stations were dropped in 2012, in part because of concerns over cost and maintenance.
New subway cars were also purchased: the R62 and R62A fleets for the A Division and the R68 and R68A fleets for the B Division. The R62 in particular was the first New York City Subway car class built by a foreign manufacturer. [240] These were all delivered between 1983 and 1989.
Authorities have identified the woman who burned to death after she was set on fire inside a New York City subway train as 57-year-old Debrina Kawam. At a news conference, New York City Mayor Eric ...