The entire Staten Island Railway fleet is now entirely made up of the standard R211 subway cars, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced.
The R211S cars will replace 52 R44s on the Staten Island Railway, which joined the SIR in 1973. The R44 cars will be available for a few years as the new fleet is introduced.
The new railcar has an average mean distance between failure rate of approximately 125,000-250,000 miles, compared to the R44’s 50,000 miles. The MDBF is a measure of how far the railcar can travel before a mechanical issue occurs and requires unscheduled maintenance.
The cars feature pre-installed security cameras in each car and have 58-inch-wide door openings, which are eight inches wider than standard door openings on the existing car fleet. These wider door openings are designed to speed up boarding and reduce the amount of time trains spend in stations.
In addition to wider doors, these cars provide additional accessible seating, digital displays that will provide more detailed station-specific information, and brighter lighting and signage, among other features that improve the customer experience.
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