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5202–5479 (NYCT) [16] 388–435, 436–466 (even) St. Louis Car 1971–1973 NYCT cars retired, 5240 preserved, SIR cars in service: R45 Crane cars C218–C219 Atlas Car Manufacturing Co. 1973 Retired R46: Passenger cars 5482–6258 [17] Pullman 1975–1978 In service: R47 45-47-ton diesel-electric locomotives 63–70, N1–N2 General Electric ...
The MTA hired Andy Byford as the new NYCTA chief in 2018; Byford presented a report to tackle the issues plaguing the transit system before his resignation two years later. Service improved through 2019, but the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City in early 2020 further depleted the MTA's finances.
A closed entrance to the 45th Street station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.. The 2005 New York City transit strike, held from December 20 through 22, 2005, was the third strike ever by the Transport Workers Union Local 100 against New York City's Transit Authority and involved between 32,000 and 34,000 strikers.
The NYCT R44s were gradually phased out from December 18, 2009 [4] until September 16, 2010, when the last train made its final trips on the A and C. After retirement, the NYCT R44s were mothballed and placed into storage system-wide. [26] From May 2012 until summer 2013, most of the NYCT R44s were scrapped at Sims Metal Management.
Southbound 6 trains are delayed while emergency teams respond to someone who was struck by a train at 77 St. — NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) December 19, 2023 According to the MTA, 6 trains are ...
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.
Two former NYCTA employees who had been fired while receiving methadone treatment and two applicants who were denied employment because of their use and past use of methadone sued the TA in federal district court. The court for the Southern District of New York ruled in favor of the plaintiffs and found the policy unconstitutional. While the ...
In 1981, the MTA listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system. [42] A renovation of the Queensboro Plaza station were funded as part of the MTA's 1980–1984 capital plan. [43] The station was repainted in 1986. [44]