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R160 (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Alstom· from 2006· class of New York City Subway car
7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. F Train At Kings Highway: MTAEnthusiast10· CC BY 4.0
- 2. R160 8718 wall: LogicalRailfan· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. R160 8722 windowsill: LogicalRailfan· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. R160 FIND: LogicalRailfan· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. R160 NYSlivery2: LogicalRailfan· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. R160 refurbished: LogicalRailfan· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. 23rd street r160: SpaceDust5744· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The R160 is a class of New Technology Train subway cars built for the New York City Subway's B Division. Entering service between 2006 and 2010, they replaced all R38, R40, and NYCT-operated R44 cars, and most R32 and R42 cars. The R160s are very similar to the earlier R143s and later R179s.
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 20 years ago, in 2006.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 73.2 m long: about 16 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 202: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 20 years.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2006
- in service from
- 2006
- status
- in service
- number built
- 1,662
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Alstom, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- New York City Subway
- top speed
- 88 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- formation
- 93 four-car sets (two B cars), 258 five-car sets (three B cars)
- length
- 73.2 m
- weight
- 38.6 t
- capacity
- 202 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7274414, Wikipedia: R160 (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.