They’re the ones whose wider doors flash green lights when they open as trains pull up to platforms — and red lights just before the doors close. They also just recently began running on the G line ...

“That’s why new train cars and modern signals are such huge components of the next MTA Capital Plan – and why Albany needs to fully fund it so we can keep making progress.” R211 cars include ... all ...

A total of 410 new R211 train cars are also in service on the A and C lines and the Staten Island Railway. The MTA reports “MDBF” which is a measure of a rail car’s distance traveled before ...

USA: New York MTA has approved a $1·27bn firm order for a further 435 Kawasaki Rail Car R211 Subway cars ... The R211s will eventually replace all R44 cars on the Staten Island Railway and the R46 ...

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is exercising Option 2 with Kawasaki Rail Car Inc. for 435 additional ... the agency exercised Option 1 for 640 R211 for $1.78 billion. MTA ...

If approved, the MTA’s total R211 fleet would rise to 1,610 units. The R211 features accessible seating, security cameras, enhanced lighting, and wider doors for improved passenger access. The initial ...

Staten Island’s long-suffering commuters were languishing in dilapidated 50-year-old train cars, the oldest in the system, until Oct. 8, when the first batch of sleek, modern R211 train cars ...

Five of Staten Island’s new R211 train cars were yanked from service after just a month on the tracks because of a signal issue. MTA Chair Janno Lieber leading the test ride of a complete R211 subway ...

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority sidelined Staten Island ... roll out of any train car fleet, some systems would need attention as was the case here. We expect the R211’s to be ...

These new cars are part of a larger order of 535, which includes 440 R211A standard cars, 75 R211S Staten Island Railway cars, and 20 cars with an open gangway feature. In October 2022, the MTA Board ...

New subway cars have hit the tracks of the Staten Island Railway for the first time ... Last fall, nearly all of the subway system’s fleet of R211 train cars were taken out of service due ...

MTA and other officials took part in the inaugural ride for the Staten Island Railway’s first R211S train to enter service on Tuesday ... part of a larger 535-car order for R211 cars for the New York ...