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R32 (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Budd Company· from 1964· class of New York City Subway car
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. MTA NYC Subway A train at 80th St: Mtattrain· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. R32 Farewell (51811291305): Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York from United States of America· CC BY 2.0
- 3. IND R32 E Train at Sutphin Blvd Jamaica: User:bebo2good1· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. New York City Subway R32 train on the Rockaway shuttle: AEMoreira042281· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. R32 (C) train at Delancey Street: NewYork86· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. R32 C Train @ 168th Street: EmperorOfNYC· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. R32 C Train at 168th street: Fan Railer ( talk )· Public domain
- 8. R32 C train at Broadway Junction: Joe Fade2· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. R32 C Train Door Shot 168th Street: Fan Railer ( talk )· Public domain
- 10. R32 C Train Pennsylvania Station: ARMcgrath· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The R32 was a New York City Subway car model built by the Budd Company from 1964 to 1965 for the IND/BMT B Division. A total of 600 R32s were built, numbered 3350–3949, though some cars were re-numbered. The R32 contract was divided into two subcontracts of 300 cars each: R32 (cars 3350–3649) and R32A (cars 3650–3949); the former was paid by the city's capital budget and the latter was paid through a revenue bond.
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 62 years ago, in 1964.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 36.7 m long: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 175: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 58 years (1964–2022).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1964
- in service from
- 1964
- retired
- 2022
- status
- retired
- number built
- 600
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Budd Company
- top speed
- 88 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- Married Pairs
- length
- 36.7 m
- weight
- 36.3 t
- capacity
- 175 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4047797, Wikipedia: R32 (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.