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 ...

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 -- Brand new subway cars are about to hit the tracks! The R211 trains are not in service yet, but they are being tested. Friday, CBS2's Jenna DeAngelis hopped on board as MTA officials ...

The agency confirmed this week it was pulling six of the seven ballyhooed R211 rail cars out of service due to equipment problems — just months after the high-tech trains were unveiled.

More than three months after the inaugural run of the first R211 train on the MTA’s A line, the new rolling stock is ready for full service, MTA officials said Thursday. “We’re going to be ...

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.

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 ...

The C line debuted open-gangway trains last year. R211 subway cars are a critical part of the MTA's ongoing modernization ...

The new R211T cars have no doors between train cars, a major win for the G, which stops in the middle of the platform, forcing riders into the last car, Chrichlow said. The first R211 trains put ...

In the new year, the MTA plans to slowly retire the R46, R62/62A, and R68/R68A subway trains across the system. Commuters can expect to see them replaced with the new R211/R211S cars, according to ...