AwesomeWhiteDude t1_jbsxwyc wrote on March 11, 2023 at 1:47 PM

Reply to comment by Pollsmor in Latest subway cars roll into service, start their journey on the A line by kuberlog

>N/Q/W - will be receiving hand-me-down R68s from the above to replace their R46s all this while.

I bet you're right, I always mix up which lines are getting CBTC next.

Looks like though if they exercise all options they would be able to replace all the R68/As too, which I'm sure they will as I think after the future R262s the entire fleet would either have provisions or already have CBTC installed

Pollsmor t1_jbsyviu wrote on March 11, 2023 at 1:56 PM

You also have to keep in mind that R46s/R68s are 75-footers. Ten 60-footers are equivalent to eight 75-footers. Going to do some quick math via Wikipedia (which admittedly makes this an estimation):

(748 R46s + 425 R68s + 200 R68As) * 10 / 8 = 1717 cars. Not to mention the SIR is replacing its R44s with them as well.

AwesomeWhiteDude t1_jbt05to wrote on March 11, 2023 at 2:07 PM

Very true, I totally overlooked that. It seems like the R211 with all options is 1,567 according to Wikipedia, feels like they should tack on an extra ~250 cars to finish out the rest of the fleet