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R110A (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing· from 1993· class of New York City Subway car
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. R130 train at East 239th Street Yard: User:Bebo2good1· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. R110a int: MMJ· CC BY 4.0
- 3. R110a r62a at 239th street yard: User:bebo2good1· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The R110A (contract order R130) was a New York City Subway car model built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries in 1992 as a prototype New Technology Train (NTT) to test various technologies. There were ten cars arranged as five-car sets. They were designed to test features that would be implemented on future mass-production New Tech Train orders.
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 33 years ago, in 1993.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 5 years (1993–1998).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1993
- in service from
- 1993
- retired
- 1998
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- New York City Subway
- top speed
- 88 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo’Bo’+Bo’Bo’+Bo’Bo’+Bo’Bo’+Bo’Bo’
- formation
- Five-car sets or ABBBA
- length
- 15.5 m
- weight
- 32.7 t
- capacity
- 24 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7274368, Wikipedia: R110A (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.