R211 (New York City Subway car)

R211
An R211A train on the A at Inwood-207th Street
The interior of an R211 car with cove screens
In service	2023–present
Manufacturer	Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
Built at	Yonkers, New York, U.S. Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan[1][2]
Family name	NTT (New Technology Train)
Replaced	All SIR R44s All R46s Some R68s
Constructed	2021–present
Entered service	R211A: March 10, 2023 R211S: October 8, 2024 R211T: February 1, 2024
Number under construction	R211A: 875 R211T: 80 Total: 955 [3][4]
Number built	R211A: 560 R211S: 75 R211T: 20 Total: 655
Number in service	385 (110 in revenue service during rush hours)
Formation	Five-car sets
Fleet numbers	R211A: 3400–4039, 4060–4499 (+355 cars TBD) R211S: 100–174 R211T: 4040–4059 (+80 cars TBD) [5]
Capacity	30 seats, 210 standing per car [citation needed]
Operators	New York City Subway Staten Island Railway
Depots	Clifton Yard Pitkin Yard[6]
Service(s) assigned	R211A: R211S: R211T:
Specifications
Car body construction	Stainless steel with fiberglass ends and rear bonnets[7]
Train length	5-car train: 301.05 feet (91.76 m)
Car length	60.21 feet (18.35 m)
Width	10 feet (3,048 mm) max
Height	12 feet (3,658 mm) max
Floor height	3.76 ft (1.15 m)
Platform height	3.76 ft (1.15 m)
Entry	Level
Doors	8 sets of 58 inches (150 cm) wide side doors per car
Maximum speed	55 mph (89 km/h) (Service) 66 mph (106 km/h) (Design)
Weight	82,000 pounds (37,000 kg)
Traction system	IGBT–VVVF (Alstom OptONIX)
Traction motors	2 or 4[a] × Alstom 4 ECA 1625 A 3-phase AC induction motors[citation needed]
Acceleration	2.5 mph/s (1.1 m/s2)
Deceleration	3.0 mph/s (1.3 m/s2) (full service) 3.2 mph/s (1.4 m/s2) (emergency)
Electric system(s)	Third rail, 600 V DC
Current collector(s)	Contact shoe
Braking system(s)	Dynamic braking propulsion system; Pneumatic tread brake system
Safety system(s)	CBTC, dead man's switch, pulse code cab signaling, train stop
Headlight type	LED
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

The R211 is a class of New Technology Train (NTT) subway cars built for the New York City Transit Authority. Being built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing for the B Division of the New York City Subway and for the Staten Island Railway (SIR), they will replace two aging subway car models: all R44 cars on the SIR, plus all R46 and some R68 subway cars. The order is split into three parts: R211A and R211T cars for the subway and R211S cars for the SIR. The R211Ts employ open gangways between cars, allowing passengers to see and walk through the entire length of the train – a feature not present on the subway's other rolling stock.

Planning for the R211 order started in 2011. The design process started in 2012, at which time the order was supposed to consist of 75-foot-long (23 m) cars. The cars' lengths were changed to 60 feet (18 m) by 2015, and the first request for proposal was solicited in July 2016. After several changes to the proposal, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) awarded a contract to Kawasaki in January 2018. The first photos of the R211 shows an incomplete trailing car in Kawasaki's Kobe factory, the image was likely taken around late 2018. Delivery of the pilot cars began at the end of June 2021. They contain new features such as wider doors, information displays, LED-lit doorways, open gangways, and LED interior lighting. The R211As entered service on March 10, 2023, beginning a 30-day acceptance test on the A. Following a successful second revenue service test with the pilot set, it officially entered service with the first production set on June 29, 2023. The R211T test trains entered service on February 1, 2024, on the C, while the first R211S train entered service on October 8, 2024.

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