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Over 400 more propulsion systems for R211 subway cars will be manufactured by Alstom in Hornell. The company announced July ...
The MTA has quietly replaced every train on the Brooklyn-Queens crosstown line with the newest cars in the subway fleet, the ...
NEW YORK — New York City Transit rolled out its latest generation of subway equipment, the R211 car, on the B Line on Monday ...
Some passengers on the B train across the Bronx and Brooklyn on July 21 may not have known it, but they were riding a train ...
Alstom’s Hornell facility will produce propulsion systems for 435 additional R211 subway cars, expanding its role in New York ...
The MTA has introduced modernized R211 train cars on the B line, marking their debut in the Bronx. The cars feature wider ...
The R211 trains are not in service yet, but they are being tested. Friday, CBS2's Jenna DeAngelis hopped on board as MTA officials provided a glimpse of what they have to offer.
The agency confirmed this week it was pulling six out of the seven ballyhooed R211 rail cars out of service due to equipment problems -- just months after the high-tech trains were unveiled.
It’s all on screens in the R211, the latest development in a digitization push that started in 2017. The screens cycle between MTA maps, notices, and PSAs and advertising.
Back in those halcyon days, commuters were told the R211 would be on the subway tracks for testing by 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic put a stop to that, but further delays were caused by production and ...
MTA officials didn’t comment directly on the video. “During routine operations of R211 subway cars in service, New York City Transit crews discovered a faulty gear box in some of the cars ...