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Composite (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Jewett Car Company· from 1904· retired class of New York City Subway car
what is it?
The Composite was a New York City Subway car class built from 1903 to 1904 by the Jewett, St. Louis, Wason, and John Stephenson companies for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and its successor, the New York City Board of Transportation. The Composite derived its name from its build as a "protected wooden car".
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 122 years ago, in 1904.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 118: 2 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 49 years (1904–1953).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1904
- in service from
- 1904
- retired
- 1953
- status
- retired
- number built
- 500
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Jewett Car Company, St. Louis Car Company, Wason Manufacturing Company, John Stephenson Company
- operators
- Interborough Rapid Transit Company, New York City Board of Transportation
- top speed
- 88 km/h
- power
- 149 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 15.5 m
- weight
- 37 t
- capacity
- 118 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5156732, Wikipedia: Composite (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.