This is a list of all R-type contracts in the
New York City Subway
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Opened on October ...
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1930–1950
1951–1970
1971–1988
1989–1999
2000–2019
All passenger rolling stock made in this time period are
New Technology Trains.
2020–present
* Car types that currently have
CBTC
Communications-based train control (CBTC) is a railway signaling system that uses telecommunications between the train and track equipment for traffic management and infrastructure control. CBTC allows a train's position to be known more accu ...
: R143, R160 (all cars except 9943–9974) and R188.
* Car types that will have CBTC in the future: R142, R142A, R160 (remainder), R179, R211, and R262.
References
Further reading
* Sansone, Gene. ''Evolution of New York City subways: An illustrated history of New York City's transit cars, 1867–1997''. New York Transit Museum Press, New York, 1997. .
* Kramer, Frederick A. ''Building the Independent Subway''. Quadrant Press, Inc.; New York, 1990.
* Cudahy, Brian J. ''Under the Sidewalks of New York: The Story of the Greatest Subway System in the World, 2nd Revised Edition''. Fordham University Press, New York, 1995.
* Dougherty, Peter J. ''Tracks of the New York City Subway, version 4.2''. 2007
External links
nycsubway.org New York City Subway Cars(includes non-train contracts)
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