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10/10/2024
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) this week entered into service the new R211S subway cars on the Staten Island Railway in New York.
The cars are part of a 535-car order that includes 440 R211A standard cars with state-of-the-art amenities, 75 Staten Island Railway cars and 20 cars with the open gangway feature, according to an MTA press release.
The R211S cars are a critical part of the MTA's ongoing modernization efforts and feature 58-inch-wide door openings that are eight inches wider than standard door openings on existing cars. The wider door openings are designed to speed up boarding and reduce the amount of time trains sit in stations, MTA officials said.
The new cars are also six times more reliable than cars in the current fleet, and are able to travel an average of 240,000 miles between replacements and major repairs. The current class of cars on the Staten Island Railway are R44s, which joined the Staten Island Railway in 1973 after debuting on the subway the previous year.