Over 400 more propulsion systems for R211 subway cars will be manufactured by Alstom in Hornell. The company announced July ...

NEW YORK — New York City Transit rolled out its latest generation of subway equipment, the R211 car, on the B Line on Monday ...

The MTA has quietly replaced every train on the Brooklyn-Queens crosstown line with the newest cars in the subway fleet, the state-of-the-art R211.

Alstom’s Hornell facility will produce propulsion systems for 435 additional R211 subway cars, expanding its role in New York ...

The announcement comes after the second option was exercised with Kawasaki Rail Car to modernise NYCT's fleet.

Some passengers on the B train across the Bronx and Brooklyn on July 21 may not have known it, but they were riding a train ...

The MTA has introduced modernized R211 train cars on the B line, marking their debut in the Bronx. The cars feature wider ...

The first trainset of R211A/S (traditional closed-end) cars to operate on the MTA New York City Transit (NYCT) B Line enters ...

The R211 trains are not in service yet, but they are being tested. Friday, CBS2's Jenna DeAngelis hopped on board as MTA officials provided a glimpse of what they have to offer.

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

Back in those halcyon days, commuters were told the R211 would be on the subway tracks for testing by 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic put a stop to that, but further delays were caused by production and ...

The agency pulled six new R211 rail cars out of service last year in October due to equipment problems that time just months after the high-tech trains were unveiled. Filed under.