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R28 (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Car and Foundry Company· from 1960· class of New York City Subway car
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NYC7926-2: JeremyA· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. NYC7927: JeremyA· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The R28 was a New York City Subway car model built by American Car and Foundry (ACF) from 1960 to 1961. The cars were a "follow-up" or supplemental stock for the A Division's R26s and closely resemble them. The average car cost per R28 was $114,495.
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 66 years ago, in 1960.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 43 years (1960–2003).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1960
- in service from
- 1960
- retired
- 2003
- status
- retired
- number built
- 100
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Car and Foundry Company
- operators
- New York City Subway
- top speed
- 88 km/h
- power
- 86 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 600 V DC Third rail
- formation
- Semi-Married Pairs
- length
- 15.6 m
- weight
- 31.8 t
- capacity
- 44 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7274472, Wikipedia: R28 (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.