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R179 (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· from 2017· class of New York City Subway car
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. MTA NYC Subway A train arriving at Broad Channel: Mtattrain· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. First R179 Delivered to MTA: Dj Hammers· CC BY 4.0
- 3. From the J Train 02 - R179: Tdorante10· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Jamaica Center Parsons Archer td (2019-01-16) 02 - R179: Tdorante10· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. NYC Subway Bombardier R179 at Rockaway BLVD: Fan Railer· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. 75th St-Elderts Ln 27 - R179: Tdorante10· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Bombardier R179 “F” Train at 34th Street-Herald Square - December 2024: EmperorOfNYC· CC BY 4.0
- 8. Canal St IND td (2019-02-24) 06 - R179 C Train: Tdorante10· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Canal St IND td (2019-03-29) 03 - R179 C Train: Tdorante10· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. MTA NYC Subway Bombardier Transportation R179 car 3014: Mtattrain· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The R179 is a class of 318 New Technology Train subway cars built by Bombardier Transportation for the New York City Subway's B Division. Entering service between 2017 and 2020, the cars replaced all remaining R32s and R42s. The R179 order originally contained 208 cars that were each 75 feet (23 m) long.
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 9 years ago, in 2017.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 73.8 m long: about 16 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 200: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2017
- in service from
- 2017
- status
- in service
- number built
- 318
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- ALSTOM Transportation Germany
- operators
- New York City Subway
- top speed
- 106 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 47 four-car sets (two B cars), 26 five-car sets (three B cars)
- length
- 73.8 m
- weight
- 36.7 t
- capacity
- 200 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7274424, Wikipedia: R179 (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.