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| Operator = [[New York City Subway]]
| Depots = East New York Yard, Coney Island Yard, Jamaica Yard
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| yearconstruction = 2006-Onward
| yearconstruction = 2006-Onward

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R160A (New York City Subway car)
An R160A M train enters Hewes Street.
Constructed2006-Onward
Number built1,002 cars(430 cars delivered so far)
Specifications
Car length60.21 feet (18.35 m)
Platform height3.76 ft (1.1 m)
Doors8 per car
Braking system(s)Dynamic braking propulsion system; WABCO RT-5 tread brake system

The R160A is a class of 1,002 New York City Subway cars being built by Alstom Transportation. The R160A base order is part of a $961,687,121 contract funded in part by a grant from the Federal Transit Administration. The R160 is designed to operate on the New York City Transit Authority's lettered lines ("B" Division), and intended to replace older subway cars. Some of these older subway cars have been in service since 1964. The primary base order of the R160 class consists of 660 cars. The order was broken into R160A and R160B classes because the cars are being built by different manufacturers.

Alstom is assembling 1,002 R160A cars at its manufacturing plant in Hornell, New York. Kawasaki is assembling 660 R160B cars at its plant in Yonkers, New York.[2]

The R160A base order of 400 cars (8313-8712) is further broken down into two different sets. R160A-1 sets are built in 4-car sets and are running on the BMT's Eastern Division (the J, L, M, and Z services) because the platform lengths where these services operate cannot accommodate longer trains. The R160A-2 sets are built in five-car sets.

Delivery Notes

Currently, as of December, R160A-1s are running on the J, L, M and Z services. [3][4][5][6]The base order (8313-8712) has been completed. Cars 9233-9262 out of option order one have been delivered so far.[7][8] R160A-1s 8313-8652 [6] are in service. R160A-2s 8653-8712 are currently in service on the N, Q, and W[9], and are sometimes mixed with R160B Alstoms [10][11]. R160A-2s 9233-9252 are in service on the E[12] and 9253-9262 are currently undergoing testing on the E and F. [13] Alstom has delivered 430 cars as of November 2008.

On July 25, 2007, the MTA had ordered 360 additional R160As, numbered 9233-9592, under option order one.[14] These cars are to arrive by the end of 2009.

On November 10, 2008, the MTA excersized option order two for an additional 242 R160As and opening up the possibility of an option three order of approximately 130 cars [15]. These cars are to arrive by the end of 2010. [16]

Planned Yard assignments can be found here [17]

Features

File:75px-NYCS-R160-bull-trans-W svg.png
Depiction of front route display

One of the major changes and highlights of the new cars is the addition of the electronic "FIND" (Flexible Information and Notice Display) display, which includes an LCD screen displaying the route, route information and advertisements, and a tri-color (red, yellow, green) LED strip map which displays the next ten stations, plus five consecutive "further stations" to riders. There will be three of these in every car. The display updates the stations at every stop, also giving the number of stops to each station listed, and replaces a plastic card which had a set route and stations printed on, which was used in the R142, R142A/S, and R143 cars. This allows instant route or line changes with the correct information, which includes, but is not limited to, omitting of certain stops.

The R160A also feature unique door motors, which are not featured on the R160B. When the doors are opening and closing, they emit a whirring sound, similar to the M7 units found on the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North.

64 R160A-1's are being retrofitted with CBTC compatablility for operation on the L with the R143's. [18]

Each R160A and R160B car is being purchased for $1.3 million USD.

Production problems

Alstom has encountered significant production problems since being awarded the base contract. In July 2005, Alstom missed its contractual deadline to deliver a 10-car test train, which arrived five months late in December, to the New York City Transit Authority. Alstom requested three additional months to deliver the test train. In addition, the Transit Authority rejected several car shells made in a plant in Lapa, Brazil, near São Paulo, after discovering welding defects. [19]

Delivery problems

Early on in the order, Alstom was also behind on its delivery schedule. Alstom was to have delivered 200 out of the 400 car base order by September 2007. However, by that month, Alstom had only delivered 80 cars. [20] Under the base contract, Alstom agreed to pay damages of $800 a day for late deliveries of four-car trains, and $1,000 a day for five-car trains. However, the Transit Authority has not yet fined Alstom for its late deliveries and was negotiating with Alstom to accelerate their delivery schedule. The 200 cars were delivered 7 months late in early April. As of November 2008, Alstom has completed the base order of 400 cars. Since then, Alstom is back on schedule and will deliver al of the first option order cars by the end of 2009.

See also

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ MTA Press Release #24 2002
  3. ^ http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?90198
  4. ^ http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?70750
  5. ^ http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?85997
  6. ^ http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?77077
  7. ^ [2]
  8. ^ [3]
  9. ^ Youtube Video, Watch in High Quality
  10. ^ Youtube: to see car numbers, watch in high quality. R160A is first set, followed by R160B
  11. ^ [4]
  12. ^ http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee7/Krisricky627/New%20York%20City%20Subway/The%20IND%20-%20A-G%20and%20V%20Trains/The%20E%20Train/12-22-08/R160A9237.jpg
  13. ^ top of page one
  14. ^ [5]
  15. ^ Info provided by T/O. To contact, go here: Widecab5@aol.com
  16. ^ Alstom Press Release
  17. ^ R160 Datasheet
  18. ^ section IV-3
  19. ^ "New York Times".
  20. ^ "New York Post".
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