USA: New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Finance Committee has approved the $2·3bn purchase of 316 Alstom M-9A electric multiple-unit cars.

“Together, we’ll support MTA/NYCT through every step of the R262–R268 subway car program, bringing the next generation of transit and a more connected, sustainable future to New York City.” Hatch and ...

Growing the number of open gangway cars would be part of the transit agency’s plan to spend $7.6 billion over the next five years to replace R62 model subway cars that have been running on the ...

We took a family trip with our grandsons to the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn, NY. Retired subway cars were on display, some of them seemingly not that old while others dated way, way back.

After a surge in violence in the New York subway in the last few weeks, Gov. Kathy Hochul boasts that security cameras have been installed in 'every single subway car.' ...

A $10.9 billion plan to phase out R46 subway trains from the 1970s and R86 cars from the 1980s, known for their warm-colored seating, is tucked in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s ...

Transportation Riders reminisce as New York retires iconic subway cars The MTA said that it will soon retire its R46 fleet. Riders say they will miss the iconic yellow and orange perpendicular ...

A woman in a New York City subway car was killed early Sunday after another passenger set her on fire and then watched from a nearby bench in the Brooklyn station as she was burnt alive, the ...

More than 1,700 subway cars dating back to the 1980s, known for their staggered, shades-of-orange seating, will be replaced by more efficient models with a lot more standing room — leaving some ...