The Metropolitan Transit Authority is preparing to roll out a new version of its modern R211 subway cars — this version will ...

The agency pulled six new R211 rail cars out of service last year in October due to equipment problems that time just months after the high-tech trains were unveiled.

345 R211 train cars are in operation, mostly on the A and C line. As of early next year the MTA intends to roll out two new open-gangway trains on the G line — open-gangway cars have so far only ...

(photo Marc A. Hermann/MTA via Flickr) In drastic opposition to their vintage counterparts, the new R211 trains have shiny blue seating, cool lighting, and blue floors. Some of the new trains will ...

The MTA recently bought 435 R211 trains—including 80 “open gangway” trains, which allow passengers to move between cars—to replace the older models, which many New Yorkers have grown ...

Sparberg agreed, saying the audio and visual elements will increase accessibility on the new trains. Bencivenga explained that the longitudinal seats in the R211 will allow for more standing room ...

The borrowed R160s are expected back on the G line by the end of March, when they’ll be joined by two new R211 trains. An R160 and a set of track defects were at the center of a bizarre ...

Many projects, including more reliable new subway cars, more efficient new LIRR locomotives, station accessibility improvements and signal upgrades to the A and C lines in ...