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R44 (New York City Subway car)

🇺🇸 United States ·built by St. Louis Car Company· from 1971· class of New York City Subway car

🚇 metro electric ✓ in service
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. MTA Staten Island Railway local train at Oakwood Heights: Mtattrain· CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. 2. Staten Island Railway R44 at Jefferson Av: Railfan458· CC BY 4.0
  3. 3. MTA NYC R44 5240: Mtattrain· CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. 4. R44 SIR Terminated @ St. George Terminal March 2022: EmperorOfNYC· CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. 5. 207th Yard Low V R44 R62A: Fan Railer ( talk )· Public domain
  6. 6. R211S and R44: Wctaiwan· CC BY 4.0
  7. 7. 01-Huguenot SIR; 2017-11-14: DanTD· CC BY-SA 4.0
  8. 8. 02-Prince's Bay SIR; 2017-11-14: DanTD· CC BY-SA 4.0
  9. 9. Arthur Kill Station Groundbreaking (10350550215): Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York· CC BY 2.0
  10. 10. Arthur Kill Station Groundbreaking (10350555645): Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York· CC BY 2.0
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what is it?

The R44 is a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Company from 1971 to 1973 for the B Division and the Staten Island Railway (SIR). The cars replaced many R1–9 series cars, and all remaining 1925 Standard Steel built SIRTOA ME-1 trains, providing Staten Island with a new fleet of railcars.

who runs it

New York City Subway

base stats

  • speed 141 km/htop speed
  • weight 40.3 tin working order
  • seats 76passengers
  • built 352made in total

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 55 years ago, in 1971.
  • Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 22.6 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Still in service after 55 years.

metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.

spec sheet

built
1971
in service from
1971
status
in service
number built
352
kind
metro
traction
electric
origin
🇺🇸 United States
builders
St. Louis Car Company
operators
New York City Subway
top speed
141 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
formation
Single units (SIR), 4 car sets (NYCT)
length
22.6 m
weight
40.3 t
capacity
76 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q7274763, Wikipedia: R44 (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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