Rolling Stock

Metropolitan New York has the largest fleet of cars in the world. In 2002, he was more than 6 400 units.

The types of cars, built and acquired for the subway since the founding of IND, and for other divisions in 1948, identified by the letter R and the number in the title, for example, R32. The letter R means «Revenue Service», that is gainful employment. This was thought to line IND, then, it was all underground.

The figure indicates the number of the contract, which was bought by a model metrovagona. If the number of contract does not differ in size (R1 ... R9) from each other - this means that the cars are very similar, just bought for a variety of contracts. We refer to models of cars are composed of letters R and two or three digits. The letter R means the rolling stock. And the contracts that are relevant even to parts of cars, too, begin with that letter.

To date, the New York subway two independent wagons Park. One serving line, once owned by the company IRT (digital lines), while the other serves through BMT and IND, once owned by companies (alphabetic line). Tank Park digital ~ 2.67 m in width and 15.5 meters in length. Tank Park literal lines 3 meters in width and 18 meters in length. The amount of track is the same. Therefore, a train of digital lines can drive on the letter (if needed), but the train ride to the letter lines underground stations digital prevents their width. Tunnels digital lines are too narrow for the «letter trains».