Friday, 03/10/2023, at 3:29 PM (15:29), BIG NEWS FOR THE MTA NYC SUBWAY! As of March 10th of 2023, the BRAND NEW Kawasaki R211A fleet has BEGAN SERVICE operating for its first 30 days along the (A) line, this given day being the INAUGURAL RUN with passengers allowed onboard! Seen here is a 10 car R211A train-set operating the (A) line leaving the Beach 60th Street-Straiton Avenue Station in the Rockaways of Queens; this train departed Inwood-207th Street at around 1:55 PM ish, and was en-route for Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue.
R211As began testing back in the fall of 2021 and throughout 2022, first hitting service in March of 2023. This breed of R211 fleet from Kawasaki is the FIRST of new subway fleet for MTA New York City Transit, 5 years after from when the Bombardier R179s were first new. The R211A fleet however isn’t the articulated breed but does still feature a significant amount of enhancements and modern-era technology elements, with LOTS of updated features that even differ in many ways from previous fleet. #nycsubway #r211 #r211a
