MTA Staten Island Railway R211S. All photos: Marc A. Hermann / MTA The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) on Oct. 18 rolled out a five-car set of “standard” (non-open-gangway) ...
MTA New York City Transit (NYCT) has taken delivery of the first five of 535 Kawasaki R211 rapid transit cars; they will begin qualification testing in the coming weeks. The cars, part of a $1.4 ...
The MTA’s rollout of its multibillion-dollar fleet of new subway cars has gone off-track. The agency confirmed this week it was pulling six of the seven ballyhooed R211 rail cars out of service due to ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Six out of seven trains comprised of the MTA’s brand new R211 subway cars, which will also be used on the Staten Island Railway, have been taken out of service due to gearbox ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Staten Island Railway is one step closer to a full upgrade, as a majority of the new train cars have arrived on the borough’s lone rail line -- however some riders are ...
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to spend $1.78 billion on 640 new subway cars to modernize the system's aging trains. The new order, which the MTA’s board will likely approve at its ...