G train service will be suspended between Court Square and Bedford-Nostrand Avenues on select weeknights and weekends from ...

The MTA is taking a step toward expanding its fleet of open gangway subway cars — and potentially bringing the new-look rides to the numbered lines. With funding for the 2025-2029 $68.4 billion ...

THE MTA Tuesday debuted two open-gangway trains on the G, ... and City Councilmember Lincoln Restler rode one of the new R211 subway cars in 2023. Photo: Marc A. Hermann/MTA ...

Though initial reports said MTA would get rid of the cars entirely in 2025, an MTA spokesperson told Hyperallergic that the most recent order of 435 R211 trains won’t arrive until 2027.

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 ...

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is exercising Option 2 with Kawasaki Rail Car Inc. for 435 additional R211 rapid transit railcars—355 R211A/S (traditional closed-end) cars and ...

Leonard Mereigh, a Kawasaki representative, inspects the oil level in an R211 gear case at the Coney Island Overhaul Shop. New York City has some of the oldest subway cars in the world — some ...

MTA’s new high-tech train. Inside, the R211 looks a lot like the last iteration of the “New Technology Trains”—models that the MTA has introduced since 2000—but more intensified.

The MTA on Thursday debuted a new version of its modern R211 subway cars — one that features what is known as an “open gangway,” allowing passengers to move freely from one car to another.