The R62 is a New York City Subway car model built between 1983 and 1985 by Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Kobe, Japan, for the A Division. A total of 325 cars were built, originally as single units. When the reliability of the fleet improved, they were converted to five-car sets.

In-service testing would be conducted on the #2, 4 and 7 lines with the cars running in service for 20 hours and laid up for inspection for four, over 30 continuous days. The week of November 29, 1983 the R-62 train began its 30-day test by operating on the #4 line. The next two weeks, (December 5 and December 12) it was operated on the #2 line.

The R62As were a follow-up order to the R62 order from 1981, and the second order of stainless steel cars for the "A" Division. The contract had been given to Bombardier due to Kawasaki's refusal to build the additional cars under a separate order.

In March of 2018, the remaining R62As at Corona Yard were pulled out of service to allow for the final stages of CBTC activation to take place. As of September, all 5-car units seen in this video...

This is a list of all R-type contracts in the New York City Subway. [1] All passenger rolling stock made in this time period are New Technology Trains. Car types that currently have CBTC: R143, R160, R179, R188, and R211. Car types that will have CBTC in …

Here we have a compilation video focusing on the Bombardier R62A Subway cars on the 7 Train during the last few years the cars were assigned to the subway line. This video focuses on the cars...

Mar 21, 2018 · Here we see a consist of R62A-type cars being transferred from the 7 line to the 6 line. After this set, just two sets of R62As remain in use on the 7 line. Enjoy! Clips from 57th Street and...

The R62 is a New York City Subway car model built between 1983 and 1985 by Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Kobe, Japan. A total of 325 cars were built, originally as single units, and later converted into five-car sets.

When they extended the 7 platforms they were still using a mix of single and paired cars, so they just added an extra single to 7 trains. When they rebuilt the R62/A cars to 5-car sets they kept some singles so they could build 11-car trains.

Mar 30, 2022 · R62/R62As - red, orange, yellow seats, metal interior walls. run on the 1, 3, and 6 trains. R142/R142A - Newer trains, LED signage and stripmaps, periwinkle seats. Run on the 2, 4, and 5 trains. R188s - Almost identical to the R142s except have an …