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R22 (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by St. Louis Car Company· from 1957· class of New York City Subway car
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TRAINS LIKE THIS ONE HAVE BEEN SPRAY-PAINTED BY VANDALS - NARA - 548263: Erik Calonius· Public domain
- 2. MTA NYC Subway R22 7486: Mtattrain· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. NYCS R22 exterior tagged: JJ & Special K· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The R22 was a New York City Subway car built by the St. Louis Car Company from 1957 to 1958. The cars were a "follow-up" or supplemental stock for the A Division's R21s and closely resemble them.
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 69 years ago, in 1957.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 30 years (1957–1987).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1957
- in service from
- 1957
- retired
- 1987
- status
- retired
- number built
- 450
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- St. Louis Car Company
- operators
- New York City Transit Authority, New York City Subway
- top speed
- 88 km/h
- power
- 75 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- Single unit cars
- length
- 15.5 m
- weight
- 35.2 t
- capacity
- 44 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7274452, Wikipedia: R22 (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.