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

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

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 ...

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

NEW YORK — New York City Transit rolled out its latest generation of subway equipment, the R211 car, on the B Line on Monday (July 21, 2025), marking the fourth route to receive the new railcars and ...

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

More than 80 percent of New York City Transit’s fleet will be equipped with Alstom’s propulsion system upon delivery of all ...

It’s all on screens in the R211, the latest development in a digitization push that started in 2017. The screens cycle between MTA maps, notices, and PSAs and advertising.

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.

An MTA spokesman Tuesday confirmed that all 13 trains operating on the G line now consist of new, Kawasaki-built R211 train cars. Easily spotted down the tracks with its diagonal headlights, the ...