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 ...

USA: New York MTA has approved a $1·27bn firm order for a further 435 Kawasaki Rail Car R211 Subway cars, including 80 R211T cars with open gangways. This takes the total number of R211 cars ordered ...

The good news: at its last board meeting of 2024, the MTA tentatively approved a $1.27 billion contract to purchase 435 new ...

USA: New York MTA has approved a $1·27bn firm order for a further 435 Kawasaki Rail Car R211 Subway cars, including 80 R211T cars with open gangways. COLOMBIA: Metro de Medellín has awarded CAF a ...

Many New Yorkers feel attached to the instantly recognizable R46s, which debuted in the summer of 1975. Officials say their ...

The $1.27 billion package is set to add 355 modern R211 subway cars, plus 80 more that include the European-style “open-gangway” trains. Those doorless trains are set to debut in 2027 and ...

To understand the significance of the R46 train car, you have to understand a bit of subway history ... that the longitudinal seats in the R211 will allow for more standing room and streamline ...

Start saying goodbye to the New York City subway’s ... get rid of the cars entirely in 2025, an MTA spokesperson told Hyperallergic that the most recent order of 435 R211 trains won’t arrive ...

A mysterious track defect somewhere along a major New York City subway line is wearing out the wheels on subway cars, causing a shortage ... ll be joined by two new R211 trains.