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R62 (New York City Subway car)

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 1983· class of 325 New York City Subway cars

🚇 metro electric ✓ in service
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. New Lots ShenanigansR62 (3) Train: Damian Hewitt - Facebook· CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. 2. R62 3 Train @ Harlem-148th Street: EmperorOfNYC· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. Downtown R62 3 train at 96th Street September 2025: 4300streetcar· CC BY 4.0
  4. 4. Kawasaki R62 "1" Train terminated at South Ferry - January 2024: EmperorOfNYC· CC BY 4.0
  5. 5. NYC Subway R62 train at South Ferry Station: GK tramrunner RU· CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. 6. NYCS R62 front: Photo by Robert McConnell· Public domain
  7. 7. NYCT IRT Kawasaki R62 1 Train: Bebo2good1· CC BY-SA 4.0
  8. 8. R62 1540 on the 3: Andrew Randolph Johnson· CC BY-SA 4.0
  9. 9. R62 3 at 116th Street: R38R40· CC BY-SA 4.0
  10. 10. R62 3 Train 001: Kidfly182· CC BY-SA 4.0
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R62 (New York City Subway car), photo 1 of 10
1/10 Damian Hewitt - Facebook· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The R62 is a New York City Subway car model built between 1983 and 1985 by Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Kobe, Japan, for the A Division. A total of 325 cars were built, originally as single units. When the reliability of the fleet improved, they were converted to five-car sets.

who runs it

New York City Subway

base stats

  • speed 88 km/htop speed
  • power 86 kWpower output
  • weight 34 tin working order
  • seats 44passengers
  • built 325made in total

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 43 years ago, in 1983.
  • Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 156 m long: about 35 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Still in service after 43 years.

metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.

spec sheet

built
1983
in service from
1983
status
in service
number built
325
kind
metro
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
operators
New York City Subway
top speed
88 km/h
power
86 kW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
formation
5-car sets (originally single cars)
length
156 m
weight
34 t
capacity
44 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q7274839, Wikipedia: R62 (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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