The Metropolitan Transit Authority is preparing to roll out a new version of its modern R211 subway cars — this version will ...

345 R211 train cars are in operation, mostly on the A and C line. As of early next year the MTA intends to roll out two new open-gangway trains on the G line — open-gangway cars have so far only ...

Oder trains running on letter lines will be replaced with R211 trains like ... This specific new model of the train is only configured to run on lettered subway lines, including the B, D, N ...

Many projects, including more reliable new subway cars, more efficient new LIRR locomotives, station accessibility improvements and signal upgrades to the A and C lines in ...

The MTA approved a $1.27 billion ... trips for tens of thousands of New Yorkers and more reliable service for decades to come.” The accordion-style R211 trains, first rolled out on the C line ...

A major subway improvement project is set to begin, shutting down A trains on the Rockaway line for four months to address lingering damage left behind by Superstorm Sandy and strengthen ...

An E subway train. (Shutterstock ... when they’ll be joined by two new R211 trains. An R160 and a set of track defects were at the center of a bizarre derailment last January, when a slow ...

To understand the significance of the R46 train car, you have to understand a bit of subway ... on the new trains. Bencivenga explained that the longitudinal seats in the R211 will allow for ...

“Old train cars break down six times as frequently as new cars, so replacing them ... the passenger experience.” The MTA recently bought 435 R211 trains—including 80 “open gangway ...