Installation of the new system, known as Computer Based Train Control, is currently underway on the 8th Avenue trunk line. Officials recently reorganized their signal replacement time table to prioritize the A/C/E and the B/D/F/M trains, which are some of the least reliable and most delay-prone in the entire system. The new train cars are needed to take full advantage of the MTA’s new computerized signaling system, which the agency is spending billions on to replace the decades-old and malfunction-prone stop light system that it currently relies on. These new trains are set to first replace the 1970s-era R46s that currently provide much of the service on the A and the C. Paul Martinka The new cars feature wider doors for quicker boarding and flip-up seats to provide additional space for the handicapped.
“Riding the subway no longer feels like a step into the past.” The 10-car train is part of the MTA’s next generation subway fleet, known as the R211.
“The new cars are gonna give our riders a more modern passenger experience,” said MTA chairman Janno Lieber during a press conference at the Inwood A-train subway station. The agency has put in orders for nearly 1,200 of the new cars, enough for roughly 120 new trains, worth an estimated $3.2 billion. The 10-car train - which ran from 207th Street in Inwood to the Far Rockaway terminal in Queens - is part of the MTA’s next generation subway fleet, known as the R211. Paul Martinka The agency has put in orders for nearly 1,200 of the new cars, enough for roughly 120 new trains, worth an estimated $3.2 billion. Paul Martinka The new A train cars have security cameras to bolster safety and digital information signs. “You don’t expect on your daily commute to be walking across like, ‘oh, wow, this is the inaugural ride’.” The new R211 car fleet took off from 207 Street A-line station in Inwood to Far Rockaway. “I think that’s what is really catching everybody, and getting everybody in such a good mood,” she added. “It’s just so exciting just to see,” said Candace Chen, 37, who happened across the train’s maiden run during her afternoon commute. The shiny new cars - pressed into service on the city’s longest subway line, the A train - feature wider doors for quicker boarding, flip-up seats to provide additional space for the handicapped, new security cameras to bolster safety and digital information signs that offer information about transfers. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority rolled out its first brand-new subway cars in five years Friday, giving riders used to the old yellow-and-orange seats the first glimpse of the agency’s future. Malliotakis, Gottheimer head NY and NJ anti-congestion tax caucus Man stands on NYC train car - weeks after teen dies subway surfing
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