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Because of substantial sales to the New York City Subway and various commuter lines, an additional assembly plant was established in Yonkers, New York, in 1986 for final assembly of cars built in Lincoln, at the site of a former Otis Elevator Company factory. [1] The rolling stock of the Dhaka Metro Rail's first line, MRT Line-6, is made by ...
The R188 is a class of new technology (NTT) New York City Subway cars built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries for the A Division.The fleet entered service in 2013, displacing the mid-1980s–era R62A cars that operated on the 7 and <7> services, in conjunction with the automation of the IRT Flushing Line's signal system with communications-based train control (CBTC).
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 R142A is the second order of new technology cars (NTTs) for the A Division of the New York City Subway. [8] These cars were built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan and Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. with final assembly performed at Yonkers, New York. [9] They replaced the Redbird trains, including the R26, R28, R29, R33, R33S ...
In mid-2012, the MTA issued a joint procurement request for the LIRR and Metro-North for a total of up to 676 M9 railcars, set for delivery between 2016 and 2020. [9] On September 18, 2013, Kawasaki Heavy Industries was awarded a nearly $1.8 billion contract for the order, comprising a base order of 92 cars for the LIRR (costing $355 million) with options for an additional 584 cars (304 for ...
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 R211 base order includes 20 R211T cars with open gangways; 75 R211S cars for the Staten Island Railway, to be delivered near the end of the base order; and 440 cars similar to the R143/R160 series, operating in five-car units. [46] The cars will be assembled at Kawasaki's factories in Lincoln, Nebraska, and Yonkers, New York. [46]
The R68A is a B Division New York City Subway car order consisting of 200 cars built between 1988 and 1989 by Kawasaki Railcar Company in Kobe, Japan, with final assembly done at the Kawasaki plant in Yonkers, New York. [5] A total of 200 cars were built, arranged in four-car sets. The R68A was the fourth and final R-type contract to be built ...