#3689
R29/R99 (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by St. Louis Car Company· from 1962· class of New York City Subway car
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TIMES SQUARE SUBWAY STATION AND SUBWAY GRAFFITI - NARA - 548253: Erik Calonius· Public domain
what is it?
The R29 was a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1962 for the IRT A Division. A total of 236 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 64 years ago, in 1962.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 40 years (1962–2002).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1962
- in service from
- 1962
- retired
- 2002
- status
- retired
- number built
- 236
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- St. Louis Car Company
- operators
- New York City Transit Authority
- top speed
- 88 km/h
- power
- 86 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- Married Pairs
- length
- 15.6 m
- weight
- 31.8 t
- capacity
- 44 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7274481, Wikipedia: R29/R99 (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.