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D-type Triplex (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Pressed Steel Car Company· from 1925· class of New York City subway cars
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. BMT 100 Nostalgia Ride (19142195760): Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York· CC BY 2.0
- 2. D Triplex POT 2026: TriStateGuy· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The D-Type, commonly known as the Triplex, was a New York City Subway car class built by Pressed Steel Car Company. They were operated by the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT) and its successors, which included the New York City Board of Transportation and the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA). The fleet consisted of 121 cars, each arranged as three-section articulated units.
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 101 years ago, in 1925.
- 13.7 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 395: 8 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 40 years (1925–1965).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1925
- in service from
- 1925
- retired
- 1965
- status
- retired
- number built
- 121
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Pressed Steel Car Company
- operators
- Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation, New York City Board of Transportation, New York City Transit Authority
- top speed
- —
- power
- 149 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo’Bo’+Bo’Bo’+Bo’Bo’
- formation
- Three-section articulated units
- length
- 13.7 m
- capacity
- 395 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5203340, Wikipedia: D-type Triplex (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.