Staten Island Railway to get new trains for first time in 50 years
New train cars are coming to the Staten Island Railway for the first time in 50 years — but MTA officials couldn’t estimate when passengers will be able to ride them.
The delivery is already two years late, which MTA officials have blamed on problems at Kawasaki’s manufacturing plant in Nebraska. MTA spokesperson Michael Cortez said the agency still doesn’t know when passengers will be able to ride the shiny new cars — called R211S's — because they’ll need to be tested before they’re approved for service.
“The R44’s on Staten Island are really very old there and the Staten Island Railway is an important part of the mass transit system in the region,” said MTA President of Construction and Development Jamie Torres-Springer. Ko said the new Staten Island train cars could technically run on subway lines in the other four boroughs — but it would require more work from the manufacturer.The cost of the Staten Island trains was covered by the MTA’s 2015-2019 capital plan, which did not rely on money from congestion pricing. But the MTA in 2022 ordered another 640 train cars from Kawasaki designed to run on subway lines, which officials said could be on the chopping block because of Hochul’s move to pause the tolls.
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