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MTA to expand subway fleet with R211 cars purchase
The R211 features accessible seating, security cameras, enhanced lighting, and wider doors for improved passenger access. The initial contract with Kawasaki Rail Car to deliver 535 subway cars was ...
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Cameras Will be in 435 New Subway Cars that MTA Wants to Buy for $1.27B–But Only If New Budget Gets OK
The good news: at its last board meeting of 2024, the MTA tentatively approved a $1.27 billion contract to purchase 435 new ...
Railway Age1mon
NYMTA Exercising 435-car R211 Option
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is exercising Option 2 with Kawasaki Rail Car Inc. for 435 additional R211 rapid transit railcars ... Island Railway and the current fleet of ...
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NYC getting more open-gangway subway cars amid new MTA order
The MTA board is poised to buy 80 new “open-gangway” R211T subway cars, part of a larger, 435-car purchase option from train-builder Kawasaki that ... 355 standard R211 cars — the R211A ...
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MTA readies $1.2B order for hundreds of new subway cars
“The R211 cars are much more reliable ... in 2022 with a new $1.8 billion order for 640 more subway cars. This week's order will bring the Kawasaki contract to more than $4 billion for roughly ...
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Inside the Massive Repair Shops Where Subway Cars Go for a Makeover
The average New York City subway car travels roughly ... Leonard Mereigh, a Kawasaki representative, inspects the oil level in an R211 gear case at the Coney Island Overhaul Shop.
Time Out1mon
Say "bye bye" to those orange-and-yellow subway train cars—they are being retired
By many considered the very emblem of the NYC underground transportation system, the orange and yellow subway seats that ... R62/62A and R68/R68A cars with new R211/R211S trains in the new year ...