New Technology Trains - B Division
From nycsubway.org
Lineup of R-160 "New Technology" trains at Coney Island Yard. Photo by John Dooley, February 2012.
Contents
Roster
Description
R-143 is the designation given to the first order of the "New Technology" IND/BMT division cars. The contract was awarded to Kawasaki Heavy Industries of Japan. These cars are very similar to the Kawasaki R-142 in terms of interior appointments, door motors, strip maps, grab bars, etc., and they incorporate much of the R-110 New Technology Test Program's advanced features. The primary order included 100 cars with an option order of an additional 112 cars, and they began to arrive in late 2001. The first train of R-143 cars, 8101-8108, went into passenger service for its thirty day acceptance test on Tuesday, December 4, 2001. The order was complete by April 2003. The R-143 cars are being delivered in 4-car sets to be used on the BMT Eastern Division, specifically the "L" line, which underwent a resignalling project to allow use of the R-143's CBTC capability.
The large R-160 fleet is nearly identical to the R-143 cars built by Kawasaki. The R-160 contract, for as many as 1,700 new subway cars for the BMT/IND divisions, was signed on July 30, 2002, between MTA New York City Transit and the rail car builders Kawasaki Heavy Industries of Japan and Alstom of France. The initial contract for $961,687,121, to be funded by the Federal Transit Administration, covers 660 cars split between the two manufacturers (400 to Alstom, 260 to Kawasaki). The contract includes an option for 620 additional cars and a second option for 380 to 420 cars. The deal, including all of the options, is worth over $2.3 billion and is probably the largest rapid transit purchase in history.
The first R-160A cars were delivered from Alstom's Hornell, NY facility in December 2005 (car numbers 8653-8662). The remainder of Alstom's base order of 400 cars will be delivered through 2008. The body shells are being manufactured in Lapa, Brazil, and outfitted in Hornell, NY.
The first of the R-160B cars (car numbers 8713-8722) were delivered from Kawasaki Heavy Industries from their facility in Yonkers, NY, beginning July 20, 2005. Kawasaki plans to manufacture their share of the R-160 order at plants in Nebraska and in Yonkers, NY.
On July 25, 2007, the MTA approved purchase of an additional 620 R-160 cars from Alstom and Kawasaki, under the options previously negotiated, for a total value of $1.1 billion. Alstom received orders for 360 additional cars and Kawasaki 260 cars. These option orders would arrive in the 2008-2009 timeframe. The MTA has remaining options for a further additional 420 cars.
On November 10, 2008, the MTA exercised its second option orders on both the R-160A and R-160B fleets (242 R-160A and 140 R-160B). These cars are to arrive by the end of 2010. There was some discussion of potential third option orders, for approximately 130 R-160A cars and 100 R-160B cars, but it is unlikely that these will happen.
The R-160A and R-160B cars feature a new electronic interior route/stop display sign, called "FIND" (Flexible INformation Display). This is a multicolor LCD screen displaying the route and destination (and possibly, advertisements) and a multicolor LED strip map which displays the next ten stations, plus five "further stations". Each car will have multiple "FIND" displays. The programmable LED stip map replaces a plastic card overlay which had a fixed set of stations for a route printed on it, used in the R-142 and R-143 cars. The LED system allows the conductor to reprogram the route display on the fly.
The R-160 order is intended to replace the 60' "SMEE" cars, in classes R-32, R-38, R-40/R-40M, and R-42. The first set of cars to be replaced were the 100 R-42 cars overhauled by Coney Island shops, followed by the ten R-32 GE overhauls and the R-32 phase II cars. By the end of 2008, a large portion of the R-38 and "Slant" R-40 fleet had also been retired. In 2009, the remaining R-38, R-40, and R-40M cars were retired, leaving only a handful of R-32 and R-42 cars still in service.
R-160A-1 cars 8313-8376 were retrofitted with CBTC after delivery and are nearly always assigned to the L line, along with the CBTC R-143 fleet. The rest of the R-160A-1 and the R-160A option 2 (four car sets) are assigned to East New York yard for J & M service. The remainder of the R-160 fleet is assigned to Coney Island and Jamaica yards, and as of early 2010 can be mostly found on the E, F, N, and Q.
On June 3, 2010, NYCT advertised a contract (R-179) for 340 60-foot cars (base order 290 cars, option 1 for 50 cars, option 2 for 80 cars). This order would include cars for replacement of the R-44s (main line and SIRT versions). NYCT plans to retire all of the 272 R-44 cars in 2010, temporarily using the retained R-32 (240 cars) and R-42 (50 cars), and other cars freed up by the June 2010 service changes. This plan is expected to save $30 million by not having to overhaul the R-44 cars.
Related Documents
R-143 Delivery Notes, observations on delivery and testing dates. All R-143 cars delivered and either placed in service or being used for CBTC testing by April 8, 2003.
Datasheets
Photo Gallery
 Image 68319 (193k, 800x600) Photo by: Robert Marrero Location: 20th Avenue |
 Image 78079 (251k, 1044x788) Photo by: Leonard Wilson Location: Fulton Street |
 Image 79272 (142k, 864x574) Photo by: Peter Ehrlich Location: Hewes Street |
 Image 82034 (202k, 1044x788) Photo by: Chris Reidy Location: Crescent Street |
 Image 89687 (284k, 1044x788) Photo by: David-Paul Gerber Location: DeKalb Avenue |
 Image 98541 (215k, 1044x788) Photo by: David M. Location: Avenue J |
 Image 100831 (154k, 820x620) Photo by: Bill E. Location: 39th/Beebe Aves. |
 Image 106732 (182k, 1044x788) Photo by: Robert Mencher Location: East New York Yard/Shops |
 Image 111106 (293k, 1044x586) Photo by: Zach Summer Location: Brighton Beach |
 Image 112325 (200k, 1044x703) Photo by: John Barnes Location: Roosevelt Avenue |
 Image 115565 (212k, 1044x701) Photo by: Richard Panse Location: 5th Avenue/53rd Street |
 Image 133390 (339k, 1024x634) Photo by: John Dooley Location: Kings Highway |
 Image 137556 (286k, 1024x660) Photo by: John Dooley Location: Avenue M |
 Image 142748 (354k, 1044x788) Photo by: Robert Mencher Location: Rockaway Parkway |
 Image 150050 (287k, 1024x768) Photo by: John Dooley Location: Newkirk Plaza (fmrly Newkirk Ave.) |
More Images: 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 501-550 551-600 601-650 651-700 701-750 751-800 801-850 851-900 901-950 951-1000 1001-1050 1051-1100 1101-1150 1151-1200 1201-1250 1251-1300 1301-1350 1351-1400 1401-1450 1451-1500 1501-1550 1551-1600 1601-1650 1651-1700 1701-1750 1751-1800 1801-1850 1851-1900 1901-1950 1951-2000 2001-2050 2051-2100 2101-2150 2151-2200 2201-2250 2251-2300 2301-2350 2351-2400 2401-2450 2451-2500 2501-2550 2551-2600 2601-2650 2651-2700 2701-2750 2751-2800 2801-2850 2851-2900 2901-2950 2951-3000 3001-3050 3051-3100 3101-3150 3151-3200 3201-3250 3251-3300 3301-3350 3351-3400 3401-3450 3451-3500 3501-3550 3551-3600 3601-3650 3651-3700 3701-3750 3751-3800 3801-3850 3851-3900 3901-3950 3951-4000 4001-4050 4051-4100 4101-4150 4151-4200 4201-4250 4251-4300 4301-4350 4351-4400 4401-4450 4451-4500 4501-4550 4551-4600 4601-4650 4651-4681
Car Notes
| Green | Preserved, saved for preservation, or exists in some state |
Yellow | Converted to work service (and later scrapped or still in use) |
Red | Wrecked/Damaged in accident (and possibly repaired), or scrapped prior to the bulk of the type |
| Number | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8277 | Lead car involved in a bumper block overshoot incident in Canarsie Yard, 6/21/2006. Frame bent. Car repaired and returned to service in 2017.
| |||
| R-179 3058-3065 | First train in public service, 11/19/2017. Began 30-day in-service test clock running on the "J" line.
| |||
| R-211 Mockup | A mockup for the R-211 car order was displayed on the mezzanine of 34th St-Hudson Yards station in 2017. Public comment was welcome. The mockup demonstrated many new "modern" elements to the car interiors, such as touch-screen subway maps, as well as the potential "open gangway" configuration that may be featured on some of the R-211 order.
|
MDBF Data
| ||||||||||||||||||