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ME-1 (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Standard Steel Car Company· from 1925· retired class of New York City Subway car
what is it?
The ME-1 (also known as MU-1 or MUE-1) was an electric multiple unit subway car built from 1925 to 1926 by the Standard Steel Car Company for the Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Company and later also used in the New York City Subway. 100 cars were built, numbered 300–389 (motors), and 500–509 (trailers). They were the first electric cars to run in revenue service on the SIRT. The ME-1s entered service in 1925 and ran continuously on all three SIRT lines.
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 101 years ago, in 1925.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.4 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 169: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 48 years (1925–1973).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1925
- in service from
- 1925
- retired
- 1973
- status
- retired
- number built
- 100
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Standard Steel Car Company
- operators
- New York City Transit Authority
- top speed
- 97 km/h
- power
- 149 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- Single units
- length
- 20.4 m
- weight
- 43.4 t
- capacity
- 169 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6715235, Wikipedia: ME-1 (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.