The 535-car order includes 20 cars with the open gangway feature, an additional 515 cars with “standard futuristic amenities” and 15 Staten Island Railway five-car trains. ... In October 2022, the MTA ...

C train riders will be the first to experience the brand new R211 “open gangway” subway cars, which entered passenger service on the Washington Heights-to-East New York local line on Thursday. Two ...

NEW YORK -- Brand new subway cars are about to hit the tracks! The R211 trains are not in service yet, but they are being tested. Friday, CBS2's Jenna DeAngelis hopped on board as MTA officials ...

A full-length view of one of the new R211 cars, which won’t enter passenger service until late next year. The full order of 535 cars isn’t expected to arrive until September 2024, more than a ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Subway riders rejoice! On Friday, the MTA hosted the inaugural ride on the agency’s new, state-of-the-art R211 subway cars, the first new subway cars to join the city’s ...

The last time we reported on the MTA’s newest class of subway cars, the R211, we provided a sneak peak of a prototype that was stashed behind a construction wall in the Number 7 line’s West ...

The new R211 cars, which are initially rolling out on the A and C lines, are replacing the embattled R46 trains that have been running throughout the subway for 50 years. “It’s exciting ...

MTA orders hundreds of additional new subway cars Published: Oct. 28, 2022, 3:57 p.m. Delivery of the 640 new R211 train cars is expected to begin in 2025, according to the MTA.