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> New York City has some of the oldest subway cars in the world — some have been in service since the 1980s. If you count the SIR, some of the system's cars ar
by woodruffw 3y ago
> New York City has some of the oldest subway cars in the world — some have been in service since the 1980s.
If you count the SIR, some of the system's cars are over 50 years old[1]. The R46 is also approaching 50 and is still the standard trainset on the A/C and N/Q/W.
(The MTA also ran R32s[2] until very recently, which were approaching 60.)
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R44_(New_York_City_Subway_car) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R44_(New_York_City_Subway_car)
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R32_(New_York_City_Subway_car) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R32_(New_York_City_Subway_car)
- rst 3y agoNot the oldest, though. There are still a few systems running 1945-era PCC trolleys -- San Francisco, Philadelphia, and a spur line in Boston (Ashmont-Mattapan), though a lot of those have been subject to pretty dramatic overhauls. For heavier rail, the MBTA Red Line still has cars in service (the 1500 series) that were built in 1969-1970, and BART just very recently retired their original cars which entered service in 1972.
- iggldiggl 3y agoThough at least in San Francisco it's sort of intentional to run the F line using historic rolling stock as a mixture between regular transit and tourist attraction.
- mncharity 3y ago> R46 is also approaching 50 and is still the standard trainset on [...] N Which predates Glenn Curtiss Airfield of the 1930's (now LGA), which it still almost-but-not-quite reaches. Very not Shenzhen. Another 2 decades seniority would mean horses.