A Division edit

Contract # Year built
and Builder
Photo Fleet numbers
(Total ordered)
Services Yard
assignment
Notes
R62 1983-1985
Kawasaki Heavy
Industries
  1301-1625
(325 total, 315 in service)
 
  • Originally single cars, now 5-car sets.
  • 10 cars retired and scrapped.
R62A 1984-1987
Bombardier
Transportation
  1651-2475
(825 total, 824 in service)
       
  • Originally single cars, 1901-2155 still singles, all other cars in 5-car sets.
  • One car (1909) retired and scrapped.
R142 1999-2003
Bombardier
Transportation
  1101–1250,
6301-7180
(1030 total)
     
  • Cars ending in 1, 5, 6 and 0 have single full-width cabs, and are known as "A" cars.
  • Cars ending in 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9 have no cabs, and are known as "B" cars.
  • All cars are sequentially numbered in A-B-B-B-A configuration as 5-car sets.
R142A 1999-2004
Kawasaki Heavy
Industries
  7211-7810
(600 total)
     
  • Cars ending in 1, 5, 6 and 0 have single full-width cabs, and are known as "A" cars.
  • Cars ending in 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9 have no cabs, and are known as "B" cars.
  • All cars are sequentially numbered in A-B-B-B-A configuration as 5-car sets.
  • 380 cars (38 trainsets) to be converted to R188 with CBTC compatibility by 2015 for the   train.[1]
R188 2011-2015
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
(506 total) Not yet in service Testing
  • CBTC-compatible.
  • Cars in 5-car and 6-car sets for the 7 train.
  • Order consists of a combination of 126 new cars, R142A conversions by the manufacturer, and car conversion kits supplied by the manufacturer for the NYCTA to perform onsite, totaling 380 car conversions.[2][3]

B Division edit

Contract
#
Year built
and Builder
Length Photo Fleet numbers
(Total ordered)
Services Yard assignment Notes
R32/
R32A
1964-1965
Budd Company
60 ft.  
  • R32A: 3350-3649
  • R32: 3650-3949
    (600 total, 222 left in revenue service)
 
  • Married pairs; even numbered cars have motor generator and battery, odd numbered cars have air compressor.
  • Mismatched pairs common due to accidents and scrapping.
  • Many cars have been retired and replaced by R160A/R160B car order.[4][5]
  • Retirement of remaining cars postponed to facilitate retirement of the R44s.
R42 1969-1970
St. Louis Car
Company
60 ft.   4550-4949
(400 total, 48 left in revenue service)
   
  • Married pairs; even numbered cars have motor generator and battery, odd numbered cars have air compressor.
  • Many cars have been retired and replaced by R160A/R160B car order.
  • Retirement of remaining cars postponed to facilitate retirement of the R44s.
R44 1971-1972
St. Louis Car
Company
75 ft.  
  • 388-435
  • 436-466 (even
    numbers only)
    (352 total, 63 in SIR service)

Staten Island Railway

  • Clifton
  • Even numbered cars have single full-width cabs, and are known as "A" cars
  • Odd numbered cars have blind ends, and are known as "B" cars.
  • All R44 New York City Subway cars were in A-B-B-A configuration as 4-car sets.
  • Staten Island cars are all singles.
  • New York City Subway car numbers were originally 100-387 and renumbered 5202–5479.
  • All NYCS cars retired in 2010 due to structural integrity issues.
R46 1975-1978
Pullman Company
75 ft.  
  • 5482-6207
    (4 car set)
  • 6208-6258
    (even numbers
    only)
    (754 total, 752 in service)
       
  • Even numbered cars have single full-width cabs, and are known as "A" cars
  • Odd numbered cars have blind ends, and are known as "B" cars.
  • Most cars are in A-B-B-A configuration as 4-car sets.
  • Higher numbered cars are in A-A configuration (6208-6258), with one pair being an A-B (6206-6207).
  • Car numbers were originally 500-1227 and 1228-1278 even numbers only.
  • Two cars scrapped prior to General Overhaul: 941, 1054 (original numbering).
R68 1986-1988
Westinghouse Electric
Corporation
/AMRail
75 ft.   2500-2924
(425 total)
       
  • Originally single cars, 2500-2915 are now in 4-car sets.
  • 2916-2924 are singles used for the Franklin Avenue Shuttle.
R68A 1988-1989
Kawasaki Heavy
Industries
75 ft.
 
5001-5200
(200 total)
 
  • Originally single cars, now 4-car sets.
R143 2001-2003
Kawasaki Heavy
Industries
60 ft.   8101-8312
(212 total, 208 in service)
 
  • All cars are sequentially numbered in A-B-B-A configuration as 4-car sets.
  • "A" cars have single full-width cabs, "B" cars have no cabs.
  • Four cars (8277, 8278, 8279, 8280) taken out of service in 2006 due to bumper block overshoot incident
R160A 2005-2010
Alstom Transportation
60 ft.  
  • 8313-8652,
    9943-9974
    (4-car sets)
       
  • All car sets are sequentially numbered. "A" cars have single full-width cabs, "B" cars have no cabs.
  • 8313-8652, 9943-9974 are in A-B-B-A configuration as 4-car sets.
  • 8653-8712, 9233-9802; ending in 3, 7, 8 and 2 are "A" cars.
  • 8653-8712, 9233-9802; ending in 4, 5, 6, 9, 0 and 1 are "B" cars.
  • 8653-8712, 9233-9802 are in A-B-B-B-A configuration as 5-car sets.
  • 8653-8712,
    9233-9802
    (5-car sets) [6]
    (1002 cars total)
     
R160B 2005-2010
Kawasaki Heavy
Industries
60 ft.   8713-9232,
9803-9942[6]
(660 cars total)
       
  • Cars ending in 3, 7, 8 and 2 have single full-width cabs, and are known as "A" cars.
  • Cars ending in 4, 5, 6, 9, 0 and 1 have no cabs, and are known as "B" cars.
  • All cars are sequentially numbered in A-B-B-B-A configuration as 5-car sets.