R62A (New York City Subway car)
R62A is a series of New York City Subway cars, built by Bombardier in Montreal, Quebec, with final assembly done in Barre, Vermont. The R62A series was a continuation of the R62 order. These 825 cars were built between 1984 and 1987 and entered service between 1985 and 1988. They replaced the R17/21/22 cars, which were retired by early 1988.
The R62A series are numbered 1651-2475. Numbers 1901-2155 are single cars and run on the Template:NYCS service service to make 11-car trains. Some 1900-series cars run on the 42 Street Shuttle. All other cars are in 5-car sets.
R62A cars currently run on the Template:NYCS service (based at the 240 Street Yard in the Bronx), Template:NYCS service service (based at Corona Yard in Queens), and 42nd Street Shuttle (based at Livonia Yard, Brooklyn). They also occasionally appear on the Template:NYCS service, which also has Livonia Yard as its home, and Template:NYCS service. [1]
Car 1909 was wrecked in 1996 and removed from the property in 2001.
R-62A specifications
| Car builder | Bombardier Transportation Ltd. in Montreal, Quebec, Canada & Barre, Vermont | |
| Car body | stainless steel with carbon end bonnet | |
| Unit numbers | 1651-1900 and 2156-2475 are configured in 5 – Car sets, 1901-2155 are Single cars | |
| Fleet of | 824 cars | |
| Car dimensions | 51 ft 1⁄2 in long 8 ft 73⁄16 in wide 11 ft 105⁄8 in high |
15 m long 2.621 m wide 3.623 m high |
| Track, standard gauge | 4 ft 81⁄2 in | 1.435 m |
| Doorway width (side—clear opening) |
4 ft 6 in | 1.37 m |
| Wheel diameter | 34 inches | 864 mm |
| Propulsion system | Westinghouse(AdTranz) XCB248R E-CAM | |
| DC Traction Motors | Westinghouse 1447J | |
| Power (4 per car) | 115 horsepower | 86 kW |
| Brakes | New York Air Brake (NYAB) Newtran elctrodynamic "SMEE" Braking System | |
| Average car weight (empty) |
A-car (with cab) : 73,900 lb B-car (without cab): 74,540 lb |
33,970 kg 33,810 kg |
| Maximum speed | from 55 mph to about 65 mph | 90 to 105 km/h Average about 100 km/h |
| Total seated passengers | A car (cab car): 40 B car (no cab): 44 | |
| Air conditioning system | Two Stone Safety Corp. HVAC units each car. | |
| Price per car (new) | US$798,770 | |
External links
| New York City Subway (official site) | |
|---|---|
| Services | 1 2 3 • 4 5 6 • 7 • A C E • B D F V • G • J M Z • L • N Q R W |
| Shuttles (S) | 42nd Street • Franklin Avenue • Rockaway Park |
| Unused/defunct | 8 9 10 11 12 13 H K P T U X Y • JFK Express BMT: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Shuttles: 63rd Street • Bowling Green • Culver • Grand Street • Other |
| Planned | 7 Subway Extension • Fulton Street Transit Center • Second Avenue Subway |
| Divisions | IRT • BMT • IND (Second System) |
| Lists | Inter-division connections • Inter-division transfers • Lines • Services • Stations • Terminals • Yards |
| Miscellaneous | Accessibility • Chaining • History • Fares • MetroCard • Nomenclature • Rolling stock |
| Other NYC transit | Rail: AirTrain JFK • Amtrak • LIRR • Metro-North • NJT (rail) • PATH • Staten Island Railway Other: NJT (buses) • MTA buses • NYCT buses • Roosevelt Island Tramway |
