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

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

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.

The first R211 train made its debut on the B Line, marking the first time the fleet’s newest cars are in service in all five ...

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

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

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

The first standard R211 subway cars entered service on the A (8 Avenue express) Line in March 2023. The open gangway configuration R211 cars were unveiled at the Coney Island yard in Brooklyn, New ...

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.