The R46 has less than half the reliability rating considered “good,” he said, and nearly a quarter’s worth of the railcar that’s replacing it, according to the MTA.

The MTA’s longtime orange-and-yellow seated subway cars are riding off into the sunset next year. The state-run agency in 2025 plans to slowly retire its remaining 1,700-plus R46, R62/62A, and ...

The R46 trains started running in the subway system during the 1970s. Tdorante10 via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 After half a century, New York City is retiring its iconic orange and ...

The subway system’s cars are, on average, 25 years old, MTA Chair Janno Lieber said at the time. Maintenance records show the older cars, including R46 models, can break down as many as 5 to 6 ...

The MTA said that it will soon retire its R46 fleet. Riders say they will miss the iconic train cars with yellow and orange perpendicular seats.