Trains

New York MTA opens facility to inspect, test subway equipment

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has opened a new Railcar Acceptance and Testing Facility, where the MTA will ...
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New York Unveils State-of-the-Art MTA Railcar Acceptance and Testing Facility in Brooklyn

New York Governor Kathy Hochul and the MTA opened a new Railcar Acceptance and Testing Facility to expedite the testing and ...

MTA opens new train car testing facility in Brooklyn

A new facility has opened to test new train cars. The type of subway car has a lot to do with the quality of the commute.  A ...

Andy Byford, tasked with overhauling Penn Station, on his plans to redo "the ugly duckling" of mass transit

Andy Byford, the former MTA chief, is back in New York with a new role and mission: to rebuild Penn Station​, the busiest ...

MTA buying $7M in replacement subway wheels after solving mysterious issue

Late last year, the wheels of the R160 cars operating on the E, F and R lines were wearing out in a matter of weeks. That led to a shuffling of train cars on the subway system’s lettered ...

Veto this subway featherbedding: Hochul must stop Legislature’s effort to force the use of two-person crews

Gov. Hochul has until the end of the year to veto a stupid bill that never should have been passed that requires two-person ...