NEW YORK -- Brand new subway cars are about to hit the tracks! The R211 trains are not in service yet, but they are being tested. Friday, CBS2's Jenna DeAngelis hopped on board as MTA officials ...

BROOKLYN, New York City (WABC) -- The MTA hosted a special preview event Friday, giving reporters a ride aboard a complete train made up of its brand new R211 subway cars, months before it goes into ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Subway riders rejoice! On Friday, the MTA hosted the inaugural ride on the agency’s new, state-of-the-art R211 subway cars, the first new subway cars to join the city’s fleet in ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- MTA leadership gathered in Upper Manhattan Friday afternoon to celebrate the first new subway trains entering the fleet in more than five years. The transit authority ordered ...

C train riders will be the first to experience the brand new R211 “open gangway” subway cars, which entered passenger service on the Washington Heights-to-East New York local line on Thursday. Two ...

The new cars are anticipated to commence in 2027. Credit: Here Now/Shutterstock. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) New York City Transit Committee has recommended the approval of an ...

The Metropolitan Transit Authority is preparing to roll out a new version of its modern R211 subway cars -- this version will come with what's known as an "open gangway" allowing for passengers to ...

New subway cars that will let passengers walk from one end of a train to another without fear of falling to the tracks will run this fall on the A and C lines, MTA officials said Friday. Two new R211 ...

Subway officials plan to spend more than $1.2 billion on hundreds of new train cars as the agency seeks to modernize the system’s aging fleet. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s board on ...

The MTA’s rollout of its multibillion-dollar fleet of new subway cars has gone off-track. The agency confirmed this week it was pulling six of the seven ballyhooed R211 rail cars out of service due to ...