NEW YORK'S MTA: LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL

New Yorkers are now beginning to see the fruits of a $3-billion improvement program. Today TA trains are 94% on time; the total fleet of 6,859 cars includes 1,100 new generation cars purchased under MTA, another 752 are on order from Pullman-Standard, and there will be thousands more. By 1980, the entire fleet will be air-conditioned. Meanwhile 50 miles of new rail transit lines are being added. The Second Avenue subway is under construction; new Queens extension are being built; a new four-bore rail tunnel under the East River at 63rd Street, to be shared by the TA and the Long-Island Rail Road, is over 90% complete. The LIRR is the beneficiary of a $300-million improvement program, including 770 new air-conditioned cars. And there is more to come.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1973-4-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: 2 p.
• Serial:
  • Railway Age
  • Volume: 174
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-8826
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwayage.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Public transit; Rapid transit
• Identifier Terms: New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority
• Old TRIS Terms: Metropolitan transportation authority
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050553
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1981 12:00AM