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R142 (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· from 2000· class of New York City Subway car
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. R142 2 train at East 180th Street: MTAEnthusiast10· CC BY 4.0
- 2. R142 6 Train @ 149th Street-Grand Concourse: EmperorOfNYC· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. 5 Train R142: en:User:bebo2good1· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Manhattan bound R142 4 train enters Yankee Stadium: JoesphBarbaro· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. NYC Subway R142 on the 4 R160A on the M: Adam E. Moreira· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. NYCT R142: Photo by Robert McConnell· Public domain
- 7. R142 & R142A at concourse yard: HayleyKiyoko1991· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. R142 2 Train 001: Kidfly182· CC BY 4.0
- 9. R142 2 train at 174th street: Bebo2good1 at English Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. R142 2 Train Freeman Street: Kidfly182· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The R142 is the first mass-produced model class of the newest generation or new technology (NTT) A Division cars for the New York City Subway. It was built by Bombardier Transportation in La Pocatière, Quebec, Canada and Barre, Vermont, U.S. with final assembly performed at Plattsburgh, New York, from 1999 to 2003. There are 880 cars numbered 6301–7180 and another 150 cars numbered 1101–1250, for a total of 1,030 cars, all arranged as five-car sets.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 26 years ago, in 2000.
- 1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 156 m long: about 35 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 176: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 26 years.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2000
- in service from
- 2000
- status
- in service
- number built
- 1,030
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- ALSTOM Transportation Germany
- operators
- New York City Subway
- top speed
- 106 km/h
- power
- 1.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 5-car sets (2 A cars and 3 B cars)
- length
- 156 m
- weight
- 32.7 t
- capacity
- 176 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7274404, Wikipedia: R142 (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.