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The car lost its original number plates and now bears number plates from other retired R22 subway cars (7370, 7373, 7435, and 7460). 7422 – converted to R95 revenue collection car 1R714. The car was retired in 2006 and is now preserved by the New York Transit Museum. [3] A handful of R22 cars are currently in work service:
[52] [53] On January 24, 1977, as part of a series of NYCTA service cuts to save $13 million, many subway lines began running shorter trains during middays. As part of the change, E trains began running with six cars between 9:50 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. [ 54 ] On August 30, 1976, some E trains began terminating at 71st Avenue after the morning rush ...
The R62 is a New York City Subway car model built between 1983 and 1985 by Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Kobe, Japan, for the A Division.A total of 325 cars were built, originally as single units.
The total construction cost was $10.072 ... long, would have been the first in the New York City Subway system. [112] [113] The NYCTA publicly announced plans for the ...
The R40 was the second of four subway car types built in succession by the St. Louis Car Company for the NYCTA, in a period that spanned from 1965–1973. As the straight-ended R40As and the subsequent R42 order were nearly identical, they were often operated together in mixed-consists.
The New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) had considered running express bus service to replace <7> express service, but decided against it as it would require hundreds of buses, which the NYCTA did not have. During the construction project, the NYCTA operated 25 trains per hour on the local track, three fewer than the 28 trains per hour ...
In 1979, with the color coding of subway routes based on their trunk line in Manhattan, the 5 service's color was changed to forest green, as it goes via the Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] On January 13, 1980, all 5 service to/from Dyre Avenue and Wakefield–241st Street during rush hours in the peak direction began running ...
The R143 is a class of New Technology Train subway cars built by Kawasaki Rail Car Company for the New York City Subway's B Division.Delivered between 2001 and 2003, the cars displaced R40s and R42s that operated on the L service in conjunction with the BMT Canarsie Line's signal system being automated.