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R46 (New York City Subway car)

🇺🇸 United States ·built by Pullman Company· from 1975· class of New York City Subway car

🚇 metro electric ✓ in service
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Views From The Rockaways: MTAEnthusiast10· CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. 2. R46 trains approaching and departing 30th Ave August 2025 1 (cropped 2): 4300streetcar· CC BY 4.0
  3. 3. R46 C Train LCD Exterior View: GeneralPunger· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. R46 G Train Terminated @ Court Square February 2025: EmperorOfNYC· CC BY 4.0
  5. 5. 168 St-bound train of an R46 on the C: JoesphBarbaro· CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. 6. 179 Street (R46): DePeeper· CC BY-SA 3.0
  7. 7. An A Train in R46 Service at Inwood-207th Street: NYCTrains R42· CC BY-SA 4.0
  8. 8. An R46 train on the (A) at Far Rockaway: JoesphBarbaro· CC BY-SA 4.0
  9. 9. BMT Brighton 7th Avenue with Southbound R46 Q Train: GeneralPunger· CC BY-SA 4.0
  10. 10. Door indicator light on a R46: Doorknob747· CC0
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R46 (New York City Subway car), photo 1 of 10
1/10 MTAEnthusiast10· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The R46 is a New York City Subway car model that was built by the Pullman Standard Company from 1975 to 1978 for the IND/BMT B Division. They replaced all remaining R1–9 fleet cars and General Electric-powered R16s, and some R10s. The R46 order initially consisted of 754 single cars, each 75 feet (23 m) long, and was the largest single order of passenger cars in United States railroad history at the point of the fleet's completion.

who runs it

New York City Subway

base stats

  • speed 88 km/htop speed
  • power 86 kWpower output
  • weight 41.3 tin working order
  • seats 76passengers
  • built 754made 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 51 years ago, in 1975.
  • Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 91.4 m long: about 20 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Still in service after 51 years.

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

spec sheet

built
1975
in service from
1975
status
in service
number built
754
kind
metro
traction
electric
origin
🇺🇸 United States
builders
Pullman Company, Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company
operators
New York City Subway
top speed
88 km/h
power
86 kW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
formation
4 car sets (5482–6207), Married Pairs (6208–6258) (even)
length
91.4 m
weight
41.3 t
capacity
76 passengers

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

Sources: Wikidata Q7274769, Wikipedia: R46 (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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