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The design was based on the R44 subway car, which the company had recently produced for the New York City Subway, with influences from recently produced BART rolling stock. [4] [1] [5] The two SOAC demonstrator cars were completed in 1972; along with the R44, they were the last rolling stock produced by the company.
The Staten Island Railway (SIR) is a railroad line in the New York City borough of Staten Island.It is owned by the Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority (SIRTOA), a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and operated by the New York City Transit Authority Department of Subways.
The R12 was a New York City Subway car built by the American Car and Foundry Company in 1948. A total of 100 cars were built, arranged as single units. Two versions were manufactured: Westinghouse (WH)-powered cars and General Electric (GE)-powered cars. The R12s were the first post-war city-owned rolling stock for the IRT A Division.
The R44 is a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Company from 1971 to 1973 for the B Division and the Staten Island Railway (SIR). The cars replaced many R1–9 series cars, and all remaining 1925 Standard Steel built SIRTOA ME-1 trains, providing Staten Island with a new fleet of railcars.
Disinfection of New York City Subway cars against coronavirus during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City Before 2011 there have been some full subway closures for transit strikes ( January 1–13, 1966 , [ 341 ] April 1–11, 1980 , [ 342 ] December 20–22, 2005 ) [ 343 ] and blackouts ( November 9–10, 1965 , [ 344 ] July 13–14, 1977 ...
One aspect of the New York City Subway Action Plan involved removing seats from the 42nd Street Shuttle (pictured) On July 25, Chairman Lhota announced a two-phase, $9 billion New York City Subway Action Plan to stabilize the subway system and to stall its continuing decline. [49] [50] It expanded on the six-point plan elaborated on in May. [51]
The AB Standard was a New York City Subway car class built by the American Car and Foundry Company and Pressed Steel Car Company between 1914 and 1924. It ran under the operation of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) and its successors, which included the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT), the New York City Board of Transportation, and the New York City Transit Authority ...
New York City Subway R1 car at the 23rd Street station, ... On April 2, 1995, the New York City Police Department and the Transit Police Department merged. [120]