The new R211 Subway car features a traction system named OPTONIX, which is similar to the one used by MTR CNR Changchun electric multiple units and Buenos Aires Series 300 underground cars. Designed ...

“During routine operations of R211 subway cars in service, New York City Transit crews discovered a faulty gear box in some of the cars,” an MTA spokesperson said in an email.

A total of 535 new subway cars are set to roll out including 440 cars with state-of-the-art amenities, 15 Staten Island Railway five-car trains, and 20 cars with the open gangway feature. Marc A ...

The R211 cars are set to replace the aging R44s on the Staten Island Railway and the R46 subway cars, which have been in service for decades on the A and C lines, as well as the N, Q, R, W line.

The option, valued at $1.27 billion, brings the total number of R211s ordered to 1,610. There are currently 345 R211 cars in service throughout the New York City Transit (NYCT) system, on the B ...

New R211 subway cars in the Hoyt-Schermerhorn station in Brooklyn. Subway officials plan to spend more than $1.2 billion on hundreds of new train cars as the agency seeks to modernize the system ...

The MTA board is poised to buy 80 new "open-gangway" R211T subway cars, ... The $1.3 billion order also includes 355 standard R211 cars — the R211A that has been running on the A and C lines.

The R211 cars are set to replace the aging R44s on the Staten Island Railway and the R46 subway cars, which have been in service for decades on the A and C lines, as well as the N, Q, R, W line. This ...