The G line with new R211 models in recent weeks. (Evan Simko-Bednarski/New York Daily News) The MTA announced earlier this week that at least one R211 is also now in service on the B line.

While the R211 cars are manufactured by Kawasaki, MTA recently ordered 316 M-9A passenger railcars from Alstom, with an option for 242 more. The car body shells will be manufactured at Alstom's ...

“During routine operations of R211 subway cars in service, New York City Transit crews discovered a faulty gear box in some of the cars,” an MTA spokesperson said in an email. “As is the ...

I rode in Montreal’s new Azur cars for the first time this fall. Like the R211, they are open-gangway, have illuminated signals around the doors, and also tout lighting as one of its innovations.

The R211 subway car is a next-generation subway car built by Japanese rolling stock manufacturer Kawasaki Rail Car for New York City’s subway system. The new vehicles are being inducted as part of New ...

The model R211 is intended to replace the dreaded R46s- dingy, decrepit cattle cars that carried three generations of New Yorkers and still do.

Lieber, the MTA chair and CEO, expects the R211 debut will be welcomed by long-suffering C train riders. In December, on-time performance for the C was just 69%, ten points below the systemwide ...

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.

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 ...

Subway rides are about to get a bit more futuristic. At the Coney Island Yard in Brooklyn this morning, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) unveiled one of two new R211 model subway ...