NYCT’s New Millennium Cars Usher in a New Era of Service
NYCT’s New Millennium Cars Usher in a New Era of Service
2 PagesNYCT’s New Millennium Cars Usher in a New Era of Service Keeping new vehicle technologies on track. In 1996, NYCT began a series of major new car procurements to replace aging and failing cars and to add the latest technology to their service. The first of the new cars were designated R142 and R142A for use on the ‘ A ’ Division (formerly Interborough Rapid Transit); the second and third series of cars were designated R143 and R160 for use on the ‘B’ Division (formerly Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit, and Independent Subway System). The R143 cars were the first NYCT fleet equipped with communications- based train control (CBTC). NYCT has since retrofitted a number of R142A cars with CBTC equipment, and has also procured new CBTC-equipped R188 cars for operation on the “ A ” Division Flushing Li
