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MS Multi-section car (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Pullman Company· a series of New York City Subway cars
🚇 metro retired
what is it?
The MS Multi-section was a series of New York City Subway cars. They were built in prototype form in 1934 with production models built in 1936. Built by the Budd, Pullman, and St.
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
- 51.2 m long: about 11 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 514: 10 full city buses (~50 seats each).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- retired
- 1961
- status
- retired
- number built
- 27
- kind
- metro
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Pullman Company, St. Louis Car Company, Budd Company
- operators
- Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation, New York City Board of Transportation, New York City Transit Authority, Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- formation
- Five-section articulated units
- length
- 51.2 m
- capacity
- 514 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6588824, Wikipedia: MS Multi-section car (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.