C train riders will be the first to experience the brand new R211 “open gangway” subway cars, which entered passenger service on the Washington Heights-to-East New York local line on Thursday. Two ...

NEW YORK-- The MTA's new open-gangway subway cars are now operating. You might see them on your commute. They're the first of their kind in the country, and on Thursday CBS New York got up-close look ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Six out of seven trains comprised of the MTA’s brand new R211 subway cars, which will also be used on the Staten Island Railway, have been taken out of service due to gearbox ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – There is a hiccup in the rollout of the MTA’s new “open gangway” subway cars. An internal memo obtained by Gothamist says the new R211 subway cars can’t operate on express tracks.

Nearly all of the MTA’s brand new subway cars are off the rails. Six out of seven trains made up of the newest R211 cars have been taken out of service due to faulty gearboxes, the agency confirmed ...

Subway officials plan to spend more than $1.2 billion on hundreds of new train cars as the agency seeks to modernize the system’s aging fleet. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s board on ...

MTA Chair Janno Lieber leading the test ride of a complete R211 subway train in the Coney Island Yard, scheduled for passenger service in upcoming months. Paul Martinka The MTA insists that Gov.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (PIX11) — After faulty gearboxes, ...