The MTA’s longtime orange-and-yellow seated subway cars are riding off into the sunset next year. The state-run agency in 2025 plans to slowly retire its remaining 1,700-plus R46, R62/62A, and ...

In the new year, the MTA plans to slowly retire the R46, R62/62A, and R68/R68A subway trains across the system. Commuters can expect to see them replaced with the new R211/R211S cars, according to ...

According to the MTA's 2025-2029 capital plan, the rest of the orange seated-subway cars—R62/62A and R68/R68A—will soon be replaced. These cars are reaching the end of their 40-year lifespan ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – Say goodbye to the orange and yellow seats in the subways in 2025. In the new year, the MTA plans to slowly retire the R46, R62/62A, and R68/R68A subway trains across the system.

Welcome to Subway 101, a new series in which we attempt to demystify the complex, enormous, and often-frustrating New York City subway system. First up: a guide to NYC Transit’s various subway cars.

On Monday, the MTA released a request for proposals (RFP) to develop and provide hundreds of new open-gangway subway cars for the Lexington Avenue 4, 5 and 6 lines to replace the R62 and R62A ...

Once delivered, these cars will be in position to replace the R62 and R62A subway cars currently in use on the Lexington Avenue 4, 5, 6 line, which is planned for a major re-signaling project to CBTC.

As of now, the company has delivered more than 2,200 cars to NYCT. Kawasaki obtained its initial order from NYCT in 1982 for the R62 subway cars. Last month, Kawasaki Heavy Industries signed a ...