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R36 (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by St. Louis Car Company· from 1963· class of New York City Subway cars
7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. R36 9586-9587: Transitsylveonkpop· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. R33 and R36 subway train vc: Kit Case· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. R36 9586: Kidfly182· CC BY 4.0
- 4. R36 March 9587 001: Kidfly182· CC BY 4.0
- 5. R36 March 9587 002: Kidfly182· CC BY 4.0
- 6. R36 March 9587: Kidfly182· CC BY 4.0
- 7. R36 subway car vc: Kit Case· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The R36 was a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Company from 1963 to 1964. The cars are a "follow-up" or supplemental stock to the A Division's R33s, which some of the cars closely resemble.
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 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 40 years (1963–2003).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1963
- in service from
- 1963
- retired
- 2003
- status
- retired
- number built
- 34
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- St. Louis Car Company
- operators
- New York City Subway
- top speed
- —
- power
- 75 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 600 V DC Third rail
- formation
- Married Pairs
- length
- 15.6 m
- weight
- 31.5 t
- capacity
- 44 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7274645, Wikipedia: R36 (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.