The MTA rolled out new R211 subway trains on the D line Wednesday, retiring 40-year-old R68 cars that break down at nearly three times the rate of the new models, according to AM New York. The announcement came at a press conference at the Coney Island-Stillwell Av station, where MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber and NYC Transit President Demetrius Crichlow appeared together.
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The D train’s cars have been running since Top Gun ruled the box office. Their R211 replacements go nearly three times as far between breakdowns
The MTA rolled out new R211 trains on the D line, retiring R68 cars from 1986, as the G line serving East Williamsburg has run the newer cars since last year.

The D train’s cars have been running since Top Gun ruled the box office. Their R211 replacements go nearly three times as far between breakdowns
The MTA rolled out new R211 trains on the D line, retiring R68 cars from 1986, as the G line serving East Williamsburg has run the newer cars since last year.

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