NYC straphangers will be treated to more new subway cars starting in the new year, according to the MTA’s 2025-2029 capital plan.
MTA officials said that starting in 2025, the MTA will begin phasing out thousands of railcars that are at least 40 years old to replace them with newer train cars, such as the R211, which provide better accessibility, more passenger amenities, and fewer failures.
Many subway cars still in use today are from the days of the first-ever MTA capital program that implemented investments to save regional transit from collapse.
“Today, those subway cars that played such a big role in the system’s revival are 40 years old, and it’s time to retire them,” MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber wrote in the capital plan, which the agency’s board approved on Sept. 25. State lawmakers, however, must still approve final funding in the capital plan in the new legislative session, which begins in January.
With a budget of $10.9 billion, the MTA will order 1,500 subway cars, which would replace approximately 22% of the fleet.
By Barbara Russo-Lennon. Read more at AMNY.com.
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