An R160 subway train. The HVAC systems sit on the tops of subway cars, and performing maintenance on one of them requires the car’s entire roof to be removed and shipped to a separate location.

The thrill seekers, all clad in black and wearing black masks, are seen on video at the controls of an R160 subway car traveling upward of 30 mph before they returned the pilfered R train to near ...

Those two lines have been testing the new R160 car since last August, a New York City Transit spokesman confirmed to us, adding eight to ten a week. (The initial order was for 660; next week ...

Ooh - the MTA has sent out the new R160 trains on A non-profit newsroom, powered by WNYC. Listen ... Well, if the N line gets R160'd up, we'd imagine it will no longer be the worst line in the system!

The R160 is built to run on the IND/BMT lines (the lettered ones), but no announcement has been made as to which line yet. NYC Subway.org on the R160 , some more photos on Tien's site , and ...

MTA New York City Transit announced that the final units of a 1,662-RF160 car order have now been delivered by the joint venture of Alstom and Kawasaki and are in service on the system’s lettered ...