The announcement comes after the second option was exercised with Kawasaki Rail Car to modernise NYCT's fleet.

The MTA has quietly replaced every train on the Brooklyn-Queens crosstown line with the newest cars in the subway fleet, the ...

Some passengers on the B train across the Bronx and Brooklyn on July 21 may not have known it, but they were riding a train ...

The first trainset of R211A/S (traditional closed-end) cars to operate on the MTA New York City Transit (NYCT) B Line enters ...

The MTA has introduced modernized R211 train cars on the B line, marking their debut in the Bronx. The cars feature wider ...

NEW YORK — New York City Transit rolled out its latest generation of subway equipment, the R211 car, on the B Line on Monday (July 21, 2025), marking the fourth route to receive the new railcars and ...

The R211 trains are not in service yet, but they are being tested. Friday, CBS2's Jenna DeAngelis hopped on board as MTA officials provided a glimpse of what they have to offer. "Wider aisles, for ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Subway riders rejoice! On Friday, the MTA hosted the inaugural ride on the agency’s new, state-of-the-art R211 subway cars, the first new subway cars to join the city’s ...

The connections between some new MTA R211 train cars have accordion-like hoods on their exteriors. The MTA is trying out cars linked by open gangways, which will let passengers freely walk from ...

MTA officials didn’t comment directly on the video. “During routine operations of R211 subway cars in service, New York City Transit crews discovered a faulty gear box in some of the cars ...