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 ...

That means the MTA has had to pull more modern trains from elsewhere in the system to supplement the ailing R160s out of Jamaica. A dozen 80s-vintage R68 trains - slated to be phased out of the ...

Because the G line is expected to continue using its older signaling system for at least another two years, the MTA has been running older R46 and R68 train sets to free up R160s for the E ...

The state-run agency in 2025 plans to slowly retire its remaining 1,700-plus R46, R62/62A, and R68/R68A subway trains, which were rolled out in the 1980s, PIX-11 News reported citing the agency ...

The MTA recently announced its plans to replace all of its R46, R62/62A and R68/R68A cars with new R211/R211S trains in the new year, as laid out in its 2025/2029 capital plan, titled "The Future ...

The design specifications for the R68, which is one of the oldest trains currently in service, call for fluorescent lighting that is at a brightness level of at least 377 lumens per square meter ...

For once, New Yorkers are praying for subway delays. The MTA’s announcement that it will phase out an iconic portion of the fleet in 2025 has normally jaded straphangers feeling nostalgic over ...

Here’s the question, regarding the perpendicular benches of the model-R68 train cars, which were built in France and added to the fleet in the mid-’80s. The choices — ranked scientifically ...