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101-700: The R211 is a class of New Technology Train (NTT) subway cars built for the New York City Transit Authority . Being built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing for the B Division of the New York City Subway and for the Staten Island Railway (SIR), they will replace two aging subway car models: all R44 cars on the SIR and all R46 subway cars. The order is split into three parts: R211A and R211T cars for

202-518: A press conference at Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets the same day, it was announced that at least two R211A trains would enter service per month. During a media preview of the R211T cars in February 2023 at Coney Island Yard, it was announced that the R211T cars were expected to enter revenue service in late 2023. This was further confirmed during another press conference in late June 2023, during which it

303-417: A blue stripe with gold accents on the sides. To designate the route, a large LED screen with the route bullet is displayed at the ends of the train, while the route's destination is displayed above the door on the front. On the sides, there is a screen that displays both the route bullet and the route's destination. These exterior displays are very similar to the rollsigns on older trains ( R40 to R68A ), while

404-516: A common car design; stainless-steel car bodies with a black (blue on the R211) front fascia on the "A" (cab) cars, open lexan -glass windows on non-cab ends allowing passengers to see through to the next car, and electronic outer route signs, as opposed to the rollsigns used by previous models. Improvements to the conductors' interface include the addition of speedometers as well as electronic consoles that monitor mechanical problems that may occur on

505-481: A complete pilot five-car train for acceptance testing and evaluation. After undergoing several tests on New York City Subway trackage, the unit was transported to Staten Island during the week of October 16, 2023. The R211A cars were placed into revenue service on the A on March 10, 2023, for a 30-day in-service acceptance test. After successful completion, R211A cars officially entered revenue service on June 29, 2023, several months later than originally planned. During

606-535: A contract with Thales Group for the installation of CBTC equipment in 92 five-car R211 sets. In October 2018, it was confirmed that the second option order would consist of 89 sets, and in September 2019, it was confirmed that the 89 sets would be formed from 437 cars. The MTA also confirmed in September 2019 that the first option order would also consist of 640 cars. The entire order will consist of 1,612 cars with both options exercised. During that time, delivery of

707-590: A danger to passengers walking in between cars. As an even more drastic measure, the NYCTA announced that the remaining 100 R40A cars on order would be redesigned. As a result, the last 100 R40As were built with a modified straight-ended style designed by Sundberg-Ferar (nicknamed the R40M ), a design that would be used on the subsequent (and nearly identical) R42 order. In 1977, pantograph gates, salvaged from retired R1 through R9 cars , were modified and then installed on

808-466: A feature found in some R46 , R62A , and R160 cars, as well as on all R179 cars. There are small niches between the end of each bench and the door; this allows riders who stand in front of the doors to move aside. On the floors are decals with arrows indicating that passengers should move into the center of the car. The R211s have white ceilings and walls to give the impression of a spacious interior, as well as LED lighting, which are angled to disperse

909-521: A more comfortable ride, and employ regenerative braking which converts the energy from brake application into electricity that is fed back into the third rail . All NTT trains are capable of being equipped with communications-based train control (CBTC) technology, which is installed in the "A" cars behind the train operator's cab. Until the late 2010s, only the R143s and R188s, as well as sixty-eight R160As, had been upgraded for automated service on

1010-549: A rate that an independent engineering consultant for the MTA described as "aggressive". In late March 2021, TV station NY1 reported that delivery of the first cars had slipped further, with the arrival of the first cars delayed to June 2021. At its June 2021 meeting, the MTA's Capital Program Oversight Committee announced the R211A pilot had been delayed to July 2021 and the R211T test train had been delayed to June 2022. The production of

1111-503: A stop is being approached, and while idle at that stop. Lights turned off to indicate a stop already reached, or a part of the route not serviced on that particular trip. LED arrows at either end of the map indicate the direction of service. Electronic strip maps were first tested on the R110A and R110B in the 1990s. While an upgrade from static route maps, most of the strip maps can only facilitate one service and must be turned off when

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1212-501: A subsidiary of Kawasaki Heavy Industries of Kobe, Japan, be awarded the $ 1.4 billion base order for the first 535 new R211 cars. The cars were anticipated to be delivered from 2020 to 2023, with the option orders to be delivered by 2025. The R211 base order includes 20 R211T cars with open gangways ; 75 R211S cars for the Staten Island Railway, to be delivered near the end of the base order; and 440 R211A cars similar to

1313-640: A train is used on another route. This problem is common on the 2 and 5 trains, which both use R142 cars based from the East 180th Street and 239th Street yards and have large amounts of route overlap on the IRT White Plains Road , Eastern Parkway , and Nostrand Avenue lines. The problem is also seen occasionally on the J/Z and L trains, which use R143 cars from the East New York yard that

1414-478: A wheel-rotation counter to make accurate stop announcements. The recordings began in the late 1990s and feature Bloomberg Radio on-air speakers, who volunteered at the request of their employer Michael Bloomberg , who would later become mayor of New York City. Voices include Dianne Thompson (for the 1, 2, and 3 (and the discontinued 9) trains), Melissa Kleiner (original voice of the 4 and 5 trains outside of Manhattan), Jessica Ettinger Gottesman (current voice for

1515-452: Is shared by all three services. To solve this problem, the MTA began replacing the individual strip maps for cars assigned to these routes in 2016, with combined strip maps showing both services; the R143s would later be retrofitted with strip maps that also show all stops used by all three services beginning in late 2019. The R160s, R179s, and R211s employ digital display systems as an advanced alternative to strip maps. These systems update

1616-590: The Atlantic Ocean as artificial reefs , but a pair of R40 slants and several straight-ended R40As have survived. There were two versions of the R40: the original order from 1967 to 1968, and the second order, the R40As , built from 1968 to 1969. The R40s were originally numbered 4150–4249 and 4350–4449. In 1970, cars 4350–4449 were renumbered to 4250–4349. The slant-ended R40As were originally numbered 4450–4549, and

1717-502: The Atlantic Ocean . The last R40/R40A cars to be removed from property by barge were R40 4272 and straight-ended R40As 4474–4475, which were reefed on April 17, 2010. However, R40 pair 4162–4163 and slant-ended R40A pairs 4392–4393 and 4442–4443 were retained as school cars until 2013. These cars were eventually decommissioned and trucked to Sims Metal Management in Newark, New Jersey , from April 2013 to October 1, 2013, for scrapping, as

1818-667: The IND Eighth Avenue Line . By July 2022, full delivery of the R211A base order and the R211S order had been delayed to 2025 due to labor issues at Kawasaki's Nebraska factory. Kawasaki was obligated to construct 40 cars per month in Nebraska as part of its contract with the MTA. The R211 fleet won the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce's "Coolest Thing Made in Nebraska" contest for 2022. In January 2024, issues with

1919-654: The L and 7 routes. During the late 2010s and early 2020s, most of the remaining R160s were also retrofitted with CBTC. All existing cars in the R142 and R142A fleets and future cars in the R211 and R262 fleets will also be equipped with CBTC in the future. The NTTs are the first rolling stock in the system to utilize pre-recorded train announcements, as opposed to live announcements from conductors. The recorded announcements are used for station information, closing doors, and other general messages. Station announcements rely on

2020-619: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) beginning in 1982, when the subway "was on the verge of collapse" . The New Technology program officially began in 1988, the first effort at a technologically advanced subway car since the R44 in the early 1970s. In 1989, the MTA awarded contracts for two prototype test trains: the R110A (contract R130) for the A Division built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries , and

2121-503: The R110B (contract R131) for the B Division built by Bombardier Transportation . The two New Technology test trains (NTTTs) began service in June 1993, testing features that would be implemented on future mass-production orders. Both trains were taken out of service by 2000, due to multiple issues with the trains. In 1997, the first mass order of New Technology trains was placed for

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2222-785: The R142 and R142A trains of the A Division (awarded to Bombardier and Kawasaki respectively), in order to replace the final 1,410 Redbird cars in operation. In 1998, a smaller contract of 212 cars, consisting of 100 in the base order and 112 in the optional order, was awarded to Kawasaki Heavy Industries, to build the R143 model for the B Division's BMT Eastern Division (primarily the BMT Canarsie Line 's L train). The first R142s and R142As entered service beginning in July 2000. The R143s began operation in February 2002. In July 2002,

2323-674: The R179 contract for 300 new B Division cars, to replace the 50 R42s on the BMT Jamaica Line ( J and ​ Z trains). In December 2012, preliminary designs began on the R211 B Division contract, which entails 940 cars in order to expand the system fleet, and to replace the R46 fleet, and the R44 fleet of the Staten Island Railway ; both models were built in the 1970s. Both

2424-581: The South Brooklyn Marine Terminal . The next five cars (4065–4069) were delivered starting on July 12, 2021, forming a complete pilot ten-car train for acceptance testing and evaluation. The test train was delivered despite a lack of staff in Nebraska and a shortage of important parts, which prompted an independent engineering consultant to predict that delivery of the test train could be delayed past July 2021. By June 2024, 235 R211A cars were delivered with 190 in service. The first of

2525-709: The 4, 5, and 6 trains), Annie Bergen (for the 7 train and 42nd Street Shuttle), Catherine Cowdery (for the B, D, E, G, J, L, M, N, Q, R, (V discontinued), W, and Z trains), Kathleen Campion (for the A, C, and F trains, as well as the Franklin Avenue Shuttle and Rockaway Park Shuttle), and Charlie Pellett (for other announcements). Since 2018, Velina Mitchell has also done some of the announcements formerly performed by Pellett, particularly informational messages and station accessibility information. Female voices are typically used for station, route, and transfer/connection announcements, although Pellett announces

2626-485: The Automatic Speed Control (Staten Island Railway's implementation of pulse code cab signaling ) software was discovered on the R211S cars, delaying the start of the 30-day in-service test until August 2024, and the beginning of deliveries for production cars until later in 2024. Starting on June 29, 2021, the first set of R211A cars (4060–4064) was delivered to the New York City Transit Authority at

2727-502: The B division. The R40 was the second of four subway car types built in succession by the St. Louis Car Company for the NYCTA, in a period that spanned from 1965–1973. As the straight-ended R40As and the subsequent R42 order were nearly identical, they were often operated together in mixed-consists. Compared to the preceding R38 order, route signage on the R40s differed significantly, being

2828-701: The FIND has gone blank, the R179 FIND displays "Route change: this map is not in use", as opposed to the R160 FIND, which displays "Listen to train crew for announcement." The R211 introduces a new digital display system, known as the Flexible Ceiling Strip Display (FCSD). There are eight of these in each car, located above each set of doors. An LCD strip map displays the next ten stations, plus consecutive "further stops". The screens of

2929-466: The MTA Board suggested that Kawasaki Rail Car Corp., a subsidiary of Kawasaki Heavy Industries , be awarded the $ 3.7 billion base order for the first 535 new R211 cars. The cars are anticipated to be delivered from 2020 to 2023, with the option orders to be delivered by 2025. The R211 base order includes 20 R211T cars with open gangways ; 75 R211S cars for the Staten Island Railway, to be delivered near

3030-488: The MTA and Comedy Central to promote actress Awkwafina 's TV show Nora From Queens , the default pre-recorded announcements for the 7 train on the R188s were replaced with those from Awkwafina for one week. The announcements from Awkwafina featured jokes in addition to the standard station announcements. The agreement was the first time that the MTA has replaced train announcements as a form of advertising. In April 2024,

3131-529: The MTA announced plans to add 31,000 digital advertising screens in 5,134 cars, which were installed by Outfront Media starting in 2019. In 2020, the MTA started displaying real-time service metrics on the screens, such as service changes and dynamic transfer information. In the R211s, twelve digital advertising displays may be installed in each car, six on either side. There are also provisions for eight Flexible Wall Displays, which are to be mounted next to

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3232-478: The MTA announced that it expected the first R211S to enter service before the end of that year. The first R211S train began running on the Staten Island Railway on October 8, 2024. New Technology Train New Technology Train ( NTT ) is the collective term for the modern passenger fleet of the New York City Subway that has entered service since the turn of the 21st century. This includes

3333-476: The MTA awarded contracts to Kawasaki and Alstom for the R160 order for the B Division, with options for up to 1,700 cars to replace many 1960s- and 1970s-era cars. The first R160 train, built by Kawasaki under the contract R160B, began service on August 17, 2006, on the N . The initial 660-car base order was filled by October 2008, with a total of 1,662 cars delivered by May 6, 2010. On May 5, 2010, Kawasaki

3434-428: The MTA indicated that it would record public service announcements by celebrities, which would be played on New Technology Trains for one year as part of a pilot program. The R142s, R142As, R143s, and R188s feature electronic "strip maps." These maps utilize a total of 63 amber LED lights, numbered 001–063, to display stops, with a plastic card on top showing the route, stations, and transfers. A light will flash when

3535-517: The MTA indicated the possibility of retiring a handful of R68 and R68A cars with R211s. There will be two options for additional cars: the first for 640 R211A cars and the second for 437 R211A or R211T cars. Option 2 is designed to accommodate either standard cars or open gangway cars, depending on the test results from the 20 R211T cars from the base order. If all options are exercised, the order would total 1,612 cars. Any additional cars that do not replace existing rolling stock will be used to expand

3636-411: The NYCTA began modifying the slant-ended fleet at a cost of $ 400,000 with large grab rails and pantograph gates, which effectively destroyed Loewy's design, but allowed passengers to travel safely between cars. Moreover, a transit union newspaper reported that the modifications were necessary as "there is reason to believe" the cars would be deformed if they bumped, and re-iterated that the slant ends posed

3737-472: The R143/R160 series. All cars in the base order will operate in five-car units. The first test train was then expected to be delivered in July 2020, with the production cars being delivered between 2021 and 2023. The R211A/T cars are being assembled at Kawasaki's factories in the U.S. at Lincoln, Nebraska , while the R211S cars are being assembled at Yonkers, New York . In October 2019, the MTA Board ratified

3838-510: The R179 and R211 orders were supposed to replace the 222 remaining R32 cars, which were built in the 1960s and have run well past their expected lives, by the year 2022., however, in January 2020, it was decided that the R179 fleet was to replace all remaining R32s. The R179 order fell significantly behind schedule, with first test train delivered in September 2016. On January 19, 2018,

3939-482: The R211A base order, the R211S test train, and the rest of the R211S order had the same timeline as was outlined in January 2021. Some of the other issues with the test train, such as cracks in the HVAC frame, had been identified in previous months and fixed. The base order of R211As had to be underway by November 2023 so there would be enough cars to test a communications-based train control (CBTC) system being installed on

4040-625: The R211As were placed into revenue service on the A for a 30-day in-service acceptance test. In January 2019, the MTA announced that the R262s would be replacing the R62 and R62A fleets, a new fleet that would be ordered as part of a future capital program. In June 2023, the MTA hinted towards the existence of the R268 subway car contract. More information is to be announced. The NTT models utilize

4141-544: The R211T cars with the hard shell gangway design (4040–4049) were delivered in November 2022. By December 2022, the set began testing. The first of the R211T cars with the soft shell gangway design (4050–4059) were delivered a few months later, in January and June 2023. On the first week of May 2023, the first set of R211S cars (100–104) was delivered to the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, forming

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4242-462: The R211Ts began, they would initially run on the C route because that route made local stops, making it easier to monitor problems with the trains. At the time, internal MTA policy allowed the R211T to be used only on routes where stops were spaced no more than four minutes apart; only the C and R routes fit this criterion. The R211Ts began running in revenue service on February 1, 2024. In June 2024,

4343-595: The R211s have the ability to display additional information when arriving at a station, such as specific bus transfers, elevator locations, and which car the customer is located in. When the display is not being used for wayfinding purposes, the FCSD will show the text "Route Change: This Map is Not in Use", a media display, or an informational message. New Technology Trains built between the 1990s and mid-2010s did not originally have digital advertising displays. In September 2017,

4444-559: The RFP, the breakup of the order was changed. The base order consisted of 285 cars, with 10 R211T cars, 75 R211S cars, and 200 R211A cars. There were still two option orders; the first option order contained 740 cars (either R211As or R211Ts, depending on the success of the R211Ts in the base order), and the second base order contained 520 cars. The RFP closed in December 2016, and the contract was expected to be awarded in early 2017, at which time

4545-661: The above incidents, were mated as pairs. On June 5, 1995, R42 number 4664 was rear-ended by straight-ended R40A number 4461 on the Williamsburg Bridge . The R42 was written off as it had sustained major damage, while the R40A was repaired and rebuilt into a slant-ended car. It was temporarily numbered 4260, as it was intended to be mated to R40 number 4259, but never returned to service (see below). Meanwhile, straight-ended R40A number 4460 and R42 number 4665 became paired with each other. This pair today survives as part of

4646-410: The aging 748-car R46 fleet. There are also 20 R211T open gangway prototype cars, first delivered in late 2022, and 75 R211S cars that will replace the now 51 year old remaining 61-car R44 fleet on the Staten Island Railway . The R44s and R46s are 75 feet (23 m) long, and the R211s are only 60 feet (18 m). As a result, the 752 R46s would need to be replaced by 940 R211s. In September 2024,

4747-523: The assembly plant in St. Louis for completion and delivered in January 1968. On March 23, 1968, the R40 fleet entered service on the F . All 300 slanted R40s were delivered as of January 24, 1969, with the first modified R40As delivered in January 1969. At the cost of an additional $ 14,000 per car, the 300 R40As were delivered new with the same successful Stone-Safety 10 ton air conditioning systems/units found on

4848-448: The base order was expected to be completed by August 2023, with option 1 and option 2 completed by December 2024 and October 2025 respectively. In March 2022, the MTA Board voted to add CBTC equipment to another 128 five-car units as part of the first option order. That October, the MTA Board voted to exercise the first option order for 640 cars at a cost of US $ 1.7 billion. All cars in the first option order would be R211A cars. The cars in

4949-418: The bullet around 1978. This replaced the overhead twin roll-signs that displayed both the route bullet and directional terminal station. This pattern became standard for all subsequent roll-signs, albeit with slight placement and design variations, until the R142 and R142A orders in 1999, which switched to a single red LED sign up front with the route, and the sides signs displaying the current destination and

5050-423: The cars were out of service due to multiple issues, including leaking gearboxes which had caused the flat wheels on the aforementioned set. The agency began to return the trains to service within weeks, after fixes were completed. The repairs to the R211As did not delay the delivery of the R211S fleet. By January 2024, deliveries of R211As had resumed. The MTA separately indicated that when revenue-service testing of

5151-488: The cars, making them the first fully accessible subway car in New York City. This design change partially incorporates a design feature of the R110A prototype subway cars, which had doors that are 63 inches (160 cm) wide. Flanking each set of doors are lights, which illuminate to indicate on which side of the train the doors would open. There are twelve lights around each set of doors. These lights turn green when

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5252-691: The current R142 , R142A , R143 , R160 , R179 , R188 and R211 models, along with the planned R262 and R268 models. Two prototypes, the R110A and R110B , were used to test the features that would be found on all NTT trains today. Sometimes referred to as New Millennium Trains , they are known for improvements in technology, energy efficiency, reliability, and comfort along with advanced passenger information systems. All of these trains are capable of operating with communications-based train control (CBTC)—which can allow for automatic train controls and compatibility with updated signal systems—and either already have CBTC or are scheduled to be retrofitted with

5353-423: The customer is located in. In addition to various screens throughout the train, touch screen displays are present throughout the subway cars, allowing people to zoom in and out of the map. The screens on the walls display advertisements, public service announcements, notices, and subway maps. It was announced in July 2016 that some of the cars would have open gangways, which allows passengers to see and walk through

5454-630: The delivery of the first cars was delayed by between 9 and 14 months. By January 2021, the first cars were scheduled to arrive in April. The R211T open-gangway test trains were delayed to April 2022, while the R211S Staten Island Railway test train was delayed to August 2022. Deliveries of the base order of R211As were scheduled for September 2022 to September 2024, while deliveries of the R211S cars were scheduled for October 2023 to June 2024. Kawasaki planned to deliver 22 cars per month,

5555-512: The door leaves. R40 (New York City Subway car) The first R40s entered service on March 23, 1968. Various modifications were made over the years to the R40 fleet, including a complete overhaul from 1987–1989 by Sumitomo Corp. of America . The R160 subway car order replaced all of the R40s and R40As from 2007 to 2009; the last slant-ended train ran on June 12, 2009, while the last straight-ended R40As ran on August 28, 2009. After being retired, most R40s and R40As were stripped and sunk into

5656-489: The doors open at each station and turn red when the doors are closing. Antenna Design New York designed the interiors of the R211s. Compared with older NTT orders, the seating on the inside is blue and gold, and flip seats are installed to allow for space for wheelchairs. Designers at Antenna used gold seats to indicate priority seats for disabled and senior passengers, as riders often ignored priority-seating signs in older rolling stock models. There are also looped stanchions,

5757-481: The end of the base order; and 440 cars similar to the R143/R160 series, operating in five-car units. The cars will be assembled at Kawasaki's factories in Lincoln, Nebraska , and Yonkers, New York . After multiple delays, the first R211A test train was delivered in July 2021, with the production cars being delivered between 2021 and 2023. The first of the R211Ts were delivered on October 31, 2022. On March 10, 2023,

5858-710: The entire length of the train. These cars, which are designated as R211T, are the first contemporary trainsets to have full-open gangways in New York, and the first open gangway cars in the system since the BMT D-type Triplex , MS Multi-section cars and Bluebird Compartment Cars were introduced in 1925, 1934 and 1939 respectively. Similar open gangway designs are used in major cities such as Toronto ( Toronto Rocket ), London ( S Stock ) and Paris ( MP 14 ). The open gangways also help prevent subway surfing , as subway surfers can no longer climb between cars to reach

5959-427: The existing 60-foot-long cars, an R143 test train was equipped with measuring gauges and was operated on most parts of the B Division. The cars use Alstom 's OPTONIX propulsion system. Each car contains an on-board computer system that could detect breakdowns in critical systems such as braking and door-opening. All R211A and R211T cars are equipped for communications-based train control (CBTC) in conjunction with

6060-564: The existing R46 fleet would be 42 years old, making the oldest cars 49 years old, in 2024. However, in January 2017, the contract was pushed back to mid-2017. On April 24, 2017, at the New York City Transit Board Meeting, the breakdown of the order was changed once again. The base order now includes 535 cars (an increase of 250 cars), with 10 R211T cars, 75 R211S cars, and 450 R211A cars. The option order now consisted of between 490 and 640 R211T cars. This change

6161-499: The firms conceiving a unique and futuristic 10-degree slanted end for the new cars. The more attractive design was intended to beautify the subway and was part of an effort to convince people to abandon their cars for mass-transit. On September 20, 1966, the NYCTA announced plans to order 400 subway cars with this new design. In addition to the slanted ends, the new cars were to have wider doors and windows, easier-to-read signage, and improved interiors with light colors. Bids were opened to

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6262-490: The first 5-car set of R211S cars for the Staten Island Railway in December 2021. Under the schedule outlined in January 2019, the base order of R211 cars would begin delivery in October 2021 and continue to be delivered through mid-2023. If the two option orders of 1,077 cars were exercised, deliveries would have continued through late 2025. A decision on whether to make the first option order as open-gangway or standard trainsets

6363-520: The first order to enter service after the opening of the Chrystie Street Connection in 1967. Located on the upper part of the middle set of windows, the new arrangement originally used a single sign that displayed the service and termini on the outside, and a route diagram on the inside. This was later replaced by a three-sign system, with a square sign that displayed the route bullet on the left side and rectangular signs displaying

6464-468: The first production set on June 29, 2023. The R211T test trains entered service on February 1, 2024, on the C , while the first R211S train entered service on October 8, 2024. With all options exercised, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) plans to spend $ 3.686 billion in the order. The contract is split into three parts: R211A , R211S , and R211T . The majority of the 535-car base order will comprise 440 R211A cars that will partially replace

6565-455: The front destination display is similar to the overhead rollsign arrangement last used on the R38 cars from 1966, which displayed both the route and destination. The doors on the R211s are 58 inches (150 cm) wide, compared to current MTA standard of 50 inches (130 cm), thereby projected to reduce station dwell time by 25 to 30 percent. This door width will also promote accessibility on

6666-545: The front ends of the straight-ended R40A and R42 cars. Since the straight-ended R40As came factory equipped with baloney coiled spring type inter car safety barriers on their blind ends, they did not need such installations that the R42s received. Pair 4200–4201 was badly damaged in a rear-end accident on the North Channel Bridge on September 12, 1970 and subsequently scrapped. On February 12, 1974, pair 4420–4421

6767-430: The image was likely taken around late 2018. Delivery of the pilot cars began at the end of June 2021. They contain new features such as wider doors, information displays, LED-lit doorways, open gangways, and LED interior lighting. The R211As entered service on March 10, 2023, beginning a 30-day acceptance test on the A . Following a successful second revenue service test with the pilot set, it officially entered service with

6868-441: The lack of handholds on the slant-ends, concerns were raised that passengers walking in between cars could fall onto the tracks. As a temporary fix, the NYCTA ordered conductors to lock the doors at the slant ends of each car. Meanwhile, the director of design at Raymond Loewy claimed that there was to be no passage between subway cars; the doors were to be locked and thus the safety features would have been unneeded. In November 1968,

6969-405: The last subway cars to feature distinctive "EXP" (express) and "LOCAL" marker lights on the cab ends, albeit centered. When the straight-ended R40As arrived, the use of these marker lights was discontinued. In December 1965, the NYCTA contracted Raymond Loewy and Associates along with William Snaith Inc. to design a new subway car that would be "dramatically different in exterior and interior", with

7070-486: The last ten R38 cars. From this point forward, air conditioning became standard equipment on all future subway car orders. Due to the placement of the air conditioning system, the standee poles were arranged in an alternating pattern rather than the straight-line pattern seen in the R40s, which lacked air conditioning systems/units until their overhauls. In addition, the exterior of an air-conditioned R40A could be told apart by its non air-conditioned R40 counterpart by examining

7171-444: The light throughout the car. The cars have digital advertisements , digital customer information displays, illuminated door opening alerts, and security cameras , unlike the current New Technology Trains , which lack these features. There are 28 screens inside each car, including updated digital displays over doors. The overhead screens display additional information, such as specific bus transfers, elevator locations, and which car

7272-417: The line all in yellow with LEDs and LCDs, which that became standard for the first “generation” of New Technology Trains . A hybrid of the three styles was then introduced on the R211 order in 2021, with the route bullet in full color LEDs up front, the destination up top, and the side signs using a full-color LED route bullet and the destination with white LEDs. Moreover, the R40s and slant-ended R40As were

7373-457: The line's terminal stations on the right side when viewed from the exterior, with the orientation being reversed when viewed from the interior. In addition, the cab ends of the cars now featured a single roll-sign, located on the opposite side of the driver's cabin, that displaying the route. When first introduced, this was a very large sign with a background corresponding to the service's color, but had been replaced with smaller signs only displaying

7474-569: The majority of the transfers on the A Division instead of the female voices. Pellett's recordings are used for most of the remaining announcements, most notably "Stand clear of the closing doors, please" before train doors closing, but also for safety announcements such as " Please be careful of the gap between the platform and the train " before entering a station with curved platforms, and "If you see something, say something." With regard to why certain messages are voiced by males and others by females, MTA spokesperson Gene Sansone said in 2006, "Most of

7575-482: The mockup's existence in September of that year. The mockup contains features such as the open-gangway designs, digital screens showing next stops and their station layouts, multicolor lights next to the doors to indicate which set of doors will open, and a blue-and-gold-stripe paint design on its exterior. The model was completed and was made publicly accessible from November 30 to December 6, 2017, so riders could review it. In August 2017, Bombardier Transportation , who

7676-477: The museum fleet. The R160 subway car order replaced all of the R40s and R40As from 2007 to 2009. The R40s and slant-ended R40As were retired from October 2007 to June 12, 2009, when the last slant-ended train made its final trip on the A . The straight-ended R40As were retired from January 2009 until August 28, 2009, when the last pair ran on the V in a mixed-consist with four R42 pairs. After retirement, most cars were stripped and sunk as artificial reefs in

7777-408: The ongoing automation of B Division lines. All R211S cars are equipped with pulse code cab signaling . The R211 Design Master Plan was approved by the MTA in December 2011, and design planning began in December 2012. An R211 solicitation was posted in the classified section of Metro Magazine ' s May 9, 2013, issue, stating the proposal to acquire these cars in the near future. At the time, the order

7878-572: The option order would be delivered from February 2025 to December 2026. In October 2023, the MTA Board voted on adding CBTC equipment to another 89 R211 sets as part of the second option order. By January 2019, the first R211A train was scheduled to be delivered in July 2020, but was delayed to January 2021. Thereafter, new R211 cars would have been produced and delivered at a rate of 30 to 40 cars per month. The first two test trains of ten R211T open-gangway cars would have been delivered in May 2021, followed by

7979-479: The order was supposed to consist of 75-foot-long (23 m) cars. The cars' lengths were changed to 60 feet (18 m) by 2015, and the first request for proposals was solicited in July 2016. After several changes to the proposal, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) awarded a contract to Kawasaki in January 2018. The first photos of the R211 shows an incomplete trailing car in Kawasaki's Kobe factory,

8080-420: The orders are given by a male voice, while informational messages come from females. Even though this happened by accident, it is a lucky thing because a lot of psychologists agree that people are more receptive to orders from men and information from women." Manual announcements can still be made over the public address system by train operators and conductors. In January 2020, as part of an agreement between

8181-627: The public on October 1, 1966. In November 1966, the St. Louis Car Company was awarded the contract at $ 114,000 per car. The new cars cost a total of $ 46,172,041, with the cost to be split evenly between the Federal Government and the City of New York. The first incomplete pair of R40s (cars 4350–4351) arrived on TA property in November 1967 for promoting of the Transportation Bond issue on Election Day. They were then returned to

8282-572: The reefing program had ended in April 2010. R40s 4280–4281 (originally numbered 4380–4381) are preserved for the New York Transit Museum . They were restored to operating status in 2013–2014 and have been operating on New York City Transit Museum-sponsored excursions since August 2014, specifically on the Train of Many Metals ( TOMM ). Before cars 4280–4281 were selected for preservation, cars 4192–4193 were temporarily displayed at

8383-406: The roof-line; cars equipped with air conditioning had significantly thinner air intakes. Notably, the R40s were the final subway cars ordered prior to the 1968 merger between the New York City Transit Authority and the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority . Within months of the first cars being delivered, safety concerns and controversies surrounded the new slant-ended design. Due to

8484-508: The route, route information, and advertisements, as well as a dynamic red, yellow, and green LED strip map that displays the next ten stations, plus five consecutive "further stops" to riders. Although they function the same on both models, the FIND systems used on the R179s have slight differences. The LCD displays where the route's emblem is displayed are slightly larger than those on the R160s. If

8585-485: The standard length of new B Division cars since the R143 order. As of March 2016, open-gangways will be tested on ten cars (now designated as the R211T). Additionally, the order was broken up into a base order of 565 R211A cars and two option orders: the first for 375 R211A cars, and a second for up to 520 R211As. The Request for Proposal (RFP) was issued on July 22, 2016, and the contract was to be put out for bidding. With

8686-577: The stations at every stop, also giving the number of stops to each station listed. As the displays can be used by multiple routes instead of one, this allows for instant route or line changes with the correct information, which includes, but is not limited to, omitting certain stops (displayed as "Will not stop" in red). The R160s and R179s employ a system called the Flexible Information and Notice Display, or FIND. There are three of these in every car. This includes an LCD screen displaying

8787-474: The straight-ended R40As were originally numbered 4250–4349; these cars were later renumbered to 4350–4449 and 4450–4549, respectively. Like the R38 order, the R40 was manufactured with stainless steel car-bodies, fiberglass end-caps, and carbon steel underbodies. The width of the doors was increased from 45 to 50 inches (114 to 127 cm), which would become standard until the R142 on the A division and R211 on

8888-406: The subway and R211S cars for the SIR. The R211Ts employ open gangways between cars, allowing passengers to see and walk through the entire length of the train – a feature not present on the subway's other rolling stock . The base order consists of 535 cars, with options for up to 1,077 additional cars. Planning for the R211 order started in 2011. The design process started in 2012, at which time

8989-584: The system's fleet. The R211 order would provide 1,015 new cars to replace the existing fleet, as well as up to 597 cars for fleet expansions following the extension of the Second Avenue Subway and the automation of the New York City Subway . The R211Ts would also increase capacity and allow passengers to walk seamlessly from one car to the next. On the exterior, the cars have a blue front with large windows, LED headlights, and

9090-425: The system. Much of the engineering and construction efforts for the fleet have been done by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Bombardier Transportation , with Alstom also participating in the construction of the R160 fleet. This is a list of all NTT trains operated by the New York City Subway, as well as future trains and retired trains of the MTA. The New Technology program emerged from modernization efforts by

9191-419: The train's roof, as was possible on older trains and the R211As. The prototype cars consist of two designs. Two of the five-car sets utilize interior panels in the gangway connection ("hard shell"), and the other two five-car sets use interior bellows in the gangway connection ("soft shell"). The latter design also contains a wider walkway and handles between cars. To test out the curve radius and gangway flex in

9292-499: The train. The cars feature a white fiberglass interior with blue-gray plastic bench seats both to combat vandalism, along with bright fluorescent lighting and LED interior passenger information signs. The bench-style seats, designed with lumbar supports, also replaced the bucket-style seats used on rolling stock built in the 1970s and '80s, which were uncomfortable for some passengers and harder to clean. The trains utilize an airbag suspension (replacing conventional springs) for

9393-492: The tunnel near 9th Avenue on 8/15/1994 and was scrapped in 2001. Its nose was used to rebuild straight-ended R40A number 4461 into a slant-ended car. Car numbers 4427 and 4428 collided at the Bushwick Avenue–Aberdeen Street station on the L route on 1/8/1996 and sustained severe damage. They were both scrapped in 2001. Cars 4258 and 4261, as well as cars 4426 and 4429, all of which had lost their mates in

9494-430: Was also announced that the R211S cars would enter service in January 2024. However, in June 2024, it was announced that the R211S 30-day revenue entry has been delayed until August 2024. In late October 2023, all but one train of active R211A cars were temporarily pulled from service. A video had circulated online showing an out of service train traveling at a very slow speed with flat wheels . The MTA later confirmed that

9595-578: Was awarded the contract for the R188 A Division order, to provide 46 CBTC -ready 11-car trains for the IRT Flushing Line ( 7 and <7> ​ trains). Unlike the other orders, the R188 constructed only 126 new subway cars, with the remaining 380 cars consisting of converted R142As. The first R188s entered service on November 9, 2013. On June 4, 2012, Bombardier was awarded

9696-661: Was damaged when they were rear-ended by R6 # 1236, which also suffered extensive damage due to brake failure at Church Avenue station on the southbound express track between 7th Ave and Church Ave. Due to the damage sustained in the incidents above, both pairs were scrapped prior to the rebuilding of the R40/R40A fleet. From 1987–1989, the R40s and R40As were rebuilt by Sumitomo Corp. of America in Elmira Heights, New York . All cars now sported an unpainted silver exterior and new interior designs. In addition, air conditioning

9797-445: Was made to allow for faster deliveries of the R211 cars. The R211As, with their standard configuration, would be delivered in 2021, earlier than the open-gangway R211T cars, which would not be delivered until at least 2023. In May 2017, the MTA quietly built a mockup of the R211 in a sparsely-used section of the 34th Street–Hudson Yards station's mezzanine, hidden behind a construction wall. The New York Daily News first reported on

9898-440: Was manufacturing the R179s at the time, was banned from bidding on the R211 contract due to various delays and problems associated with the R179 contract. Shortly afterward, it was reported that CRRC had also opted out of contention for the R211 contract, leaving Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Alstom Transport as two of the likely bidders for the contract. On January 19, 2018, the MTA Board suggested that Kawasaki Rail Car, Inc,

9999-527: Was needed to be decided by late 2022; by late October 2022, the first option order was confirmed to comprise standard trainsets. It was also announced in January 2019 that Kawasaki had made a full-car mock-up of the R211 fleet. In late November 2020, the MTA announced that delivery of the first cars was delayed to the first quarter of 2021. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic had impacted global supply chains and

10100-409: Was planned to be 75 feet (23 m) in length, the same length as the R46 and R68 cars. Open-gangways, which would allow passengers to seamlessly walk throughout the train or units, and other alternate configurations were also initially considered for the entire order. By the release of the MTA's 2015–2019 Capital Program in October 2015, the order specified 60-foot (18 m) cars, which has been

10201-449: Was retrofitted into the slant-ended cars that were not equipped with it from the factory. Lastly, the distinctive "EXP" (express) and "LOCAL" marker lights on the slant-ended cars were also removed. Car number 4259 was struck by an M train led by R42 car 4918 near 9th Avenue on 2/5/1995. It was partially repaired, but never returned to service and was ultimately sunken as an artificial reef in January 2008. Car number 4260 derailed in

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