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R27 (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by St. Louis Car Company· from 1960· class of New York City Subway car
what is it?
The R27 was a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Company from 1960 to 1961 for the IND/BMT B Division. A total of 230 cars were built, arranged in married pairs.
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 66 years ago, in 1960.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.3 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 53 years (1960–2013).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1960
- in service from
- 1960
- retired
- 2013
- status
- retired
- number built
- 230
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- St. Louis Car Company
- operators
- New York City Subway
- top speed
- 88 km/h
- power
- 75 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- Married Pairs (2 car sets)
- length
- 18.3 m
- weight
- 36.6 t
- capacity
- 56 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7274465, Wikipedia: R27 (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.