The G train has introduced two new open gangway subway cars, becoming only the second line to do so after the A and C lines. These R211 cars feature wider door openings and improved amenities such as additional accessible seating and digital displays. MTA Chair Janno Lieber emphasized that modernizing the system, including these new trains, is essential for improving the long-term service for commuters. The MTA has ordered 435 more R211 cars, aiming to replace older models, thereby significantly reducing mechanical issues and delays for New York City commuters.
The innovations we're bringing to the G-New York's only crosstown subway line-are key to improving service long term for thousands of daily riders in Brooklyn and Queens. That's why new train cars and modern signals are such huge components of the next MTA Capital Plan - and why Albany needs to fully fund it so we can keep making progress.
In the grand scheme of things, the transition to R211 trains will significantly reduce the amount of delays and issues that the average New York commuter will experience, since the old R46 trains can go an average of 46,000 miles before experiencing mechanical issues, versus the R211's impressive 220,000 miles.
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