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R33S (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by St. Louis Car Company· from 1963· class of New York City Subway car
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Train of Many Colors 4 8 08 at 40 Lowery: Adam E. Moreira· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The R33S (also known as R33 World's Fair or R33WF) was a New York City Subway car that was built by St. Louis Car Company in 1963 for the IRT A Division. They were purchased for service on the IRT Flushing Line (7 and <7> trains), which was the closest line to the 1964 New York World's Fair.
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 63 years ago, in 1963.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 50 years (1963–2013).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1963
- in service from
- 1963
- retired
- 2013
- status
- retired
- number built
- 40
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- St. Louis Car Company
- operators
- New York City Subway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 600 V DC Third rail
- formation
- Single unit cars
- length
- 15.6 m
- weight
- 34.1 t
- capacity
- 44 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7274584, Wikipedia: R33S (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.