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This is a list of all R-type contracts in the New York City Subway. [1]
The R68 was the third R-type contract to be built with 75-foot (22.86 m) cars (the previous two being the R44 and R46 ). The first R68 train entered service on June 20, 1986. The R68's manufacturers suffered from significant system integration problems, and the fleet became known as a "lemon" in its early years, but its performance was improved following modifications by the New York City ...
The New York City Subway is a large rapid transit system and has a large fleet of electric multiple unit rolling stock.As of November 2016, the New York City Subway has 6418 cars on the roster.
The R12s were the first "R" type contract order built for the A Division (referring to the practice of naming a car class by the letter "R" – which stands for rapid transit – followed by a number derived from the actual contract number). This practice originated from the R1 order built for the Independent Subway System.
The new subway cars were based on the results of the tests from the R110A and R110B test trains. The historic deal came after round-the-clock negotiations, and the contract was the largest subway car purchase in the history of the New York City Subway up to this point.
The R188 is a class of new technology (NTT) New York City Subway cars built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries for the A Division. The fleet entered service in 2013, displacing the 1980s-era R62A cars that operated on the 7 and <7> services, in conjunction with the automation of the IRT Flushing Line's signal system with communications-based train control (CBTC). The R188 order also expanded the 7's ...
The R11s were the first stainless steel R-type car built for the New York City Subway. The cars were mainly used as the newest technology prototype test train, introducing several new features that would be featured in later orders.
The R262 is a proposed New Technology Train -series subway car for the New York City Subway. It is expected to replace the current R62 and R62A rolling stock, which are used on the subway's A Division and were built in the mid-1980s.
The R179 is a class of 318 New Technology Train subway cars built by Bombardier Transportation for the New York City Subway 's B Division. Entering service between 2017 and 2020, the cars replaced all remaining R32s and R42s .
The R110A (contract order R130) was a New York City Subway car model built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries in 1992 as a prototype New Technology Train to test various technologies. There were ten cars arranged as five-car sets.