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R33 (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by St. Louis Car Company· from 1962· class of New York City Subway car
6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NYC Subway R33ML 9010 on the 7: AEMoreira042281· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. NYCS R33ML: Oren H.· Attribution
- 3. R33 9068-9069: Transitsylveonkpop· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. R33 9206 at New York Transit Museum: R38R40· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. R33 RD401: Kidfly182· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. R33 TA Mus TOMC: User:bebo2good1· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The R33 was a New York City Subway car model that was built by St. Louis Car Company in 1962 and 1963. The cars are a "follow-up" or supplemental stock for the A Division's R29s 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 64 years ago, in 1962.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 51 years (1962–2013).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1962
- in service from
- 1962
- retired
- 2013
- status
- retired
- number built
- 250
- 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
- length
- 15.6 m
- weight
- 33.1 t
- capacity
- 45 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7274582, Wikipedia: R33 (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.