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R68 (New York City Subway car)
🇫🇷 France ·built by Francorail· from 1986· class of New York City Subway car
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Diligent on West End: MTAEnthusiast10· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. D train r68 on coney island in 1987: Daheem Griffin· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. 1986-1988 R68 2704 on the D line departing 71st Street in Brooklyn, NY: Dapr03· CC BY 4.0
- 4. 1986-1988 Westinghouse R68 2672 at Coney Island-Stillwell Av: Dapr03· CC BY 4.0
- 5. 1986-1988 Westinghouse R68 2922 on the Franklin Av Shuttle entering Botanic Garden: Dapr03· CC BY 4.0
- 6. A 2-Car set of R68 Subway Cars at Botanic Garden on the Franklin Shuttle: Hunter Douglas· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. BMT Brighton Line - R68 passing through Avenue M: GK tramrunner RU· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. MTA NYCTA; R68 consist on the D train departing 42 St-Bryant Park: Pseudonymous· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Northbound R68 B train at Kings Hwy: JoesphBarbaro· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Northbound R68 D train at 20 Av: JoesphBarbaro· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The R68 is a B Division New York City Subway car order consisting of 425 cars built by the Westinghouse-Amrail Company (aka Francorail), a joint venture of Westinghouse, ANF Industrie, Jeumont Schneider, and Alstom. The cars were built in Crespin, France from 1985 to 1988 and shipped through New York Harbor. Of the cars in the fleet, 416 are arranged in four-car sets while the other nine are single cars for the S Franklin Shuttle line in Brooklyn.
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 40 years ago, in 1986.
- 45.7 m long: about 10 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 40 years.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1986
- in service from
- 1986
- status
- in service
- number built
- 425
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Francorail, Jeumont-Schneider, Alstom, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Ateliers de Construction du Nord de la France
- operators
- New York City Subway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- formation
- 2500–2915 (416 cars) are linked into 4 car units, 2916–2924 (9 cars) remain as single units with OPTO switches added
- length
- 45.7 m
- capacity
- 70 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7274860, Wikipedia: R68 (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.