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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.

A new silver and blue R211 subway train with a red D route sign approaches on an elevated track in Brooklyn
An R211 D train enters the 50th Street station on the elevated West End line in Brooklyn on July 2, 2026, the day after the new cars began running on the D. Photo: Dapr03 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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 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.

The R211s run an average mean distance between failure of roughly 294,221 miles, compared to 106,470 miles for the R68s over the past year, per…

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