The R68A is a B Division New York City Subway car order consisting of 200 cars built between 1988 and 1989 by Kawasaki Railcar Company in Kobe, Japan,...

Kawasaki agreed to have them built for $958,000 per car. This order became the R68A. The R68s are scheduled to remain in service until at least 2025–2030. In...

capacity. This design originated with the R44 and continued through the R68A order. Five cars in the order (1587–1591) were built with bench seating after...

paint scheme. The WH-powered cars were not rebuilt, being replaced by the R68A fleet, and the last train of WH-powered cars ran in passenger service on...

Metro, New York City Subway equipment from the 1890s elevated era to the R68A in 1988, among many other heavy rail and rail transit systems and built locomotives...

R30 trip taking place on the C on June 25, 1993. Replaced by the R68 and R68A cars, most cars were scrapped at what is now Sims Metal Management's Newark...

Information No. 9003 | Integrated Communications System on NYCT R62/R62A and R68/R68A Class Rail Cars" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on June 27, 2011...

CTC-4, BTC-4A/4B/4C bi-level commuter cars New York City Subway – R62, R68A, R110A, R142A, R143, R160B, R188, R211 cars Metro-North Railroad – M8, M9/M9A...

Authority Depot(s) Coney Island Yard, East New York Yard Rolling stock R46, R68, R68A, R143, R160, R179 History Opened 1923; 101 years ago (1923) Closed 1940;...

erroneously displays the blue H Train bullet for the Rockaway shuttle. An R68A displays the V train's old bullet and destinations. Most rollsigns retain...

(weekends) 45 (late night service) 22 (limited service) Rolling stock R46 R68 R68A (fleet shared with the ) (Rolling stock assignments subject to change) Depot...

with rollsigns, for example, may read: Newer rollsigns on R40 up to the R68A (including the former rollsigns on the R44 and R46 that now have LCD displays)...

sets. 2916–2924 still single cars; used for the Franklin Avenue Shuttle. R68A 1988–1989 Kawasaki 5001–5200 (200 total) 200 No Assignments as of June 30...

through R9 classes, is currently used on the R32, R42, R62, R62A, R68, and R68A class subway cars of the New York City Subway. The A ends of the cars typically...

Yard, Jamaica Yard, Pitkin Yard, 207th Street Yard Rolling stock R46, R68, R68A, R160, R179, R211 History Opened 1932; 92 years ago (1932) Closed 1940; 84 years...

Stations 37 27 (limited midday and all evening service) Rolling stock R68 R68A (Rolling stock assignments subject to change) Depot Coney Island Yard Started...

turning radiuses of the lines, 75-foot-long (23 m) cars (R44, R46, R68, R68A) could not be used on the Eastern Division.: 57  The Union Elevated Railroad...

(limited service) Stations 23 44 (limited service) Rolling stock R46 R68 R68A (fleet shared with the ) (Rolling stock assignments subject to change) Depot...

also purchased: the R62 and R62A fleets for the A Division and the R68 and R68A fleets for the B Division. The R62 in particular was the first New York City...

turning radiuses of the lines, 75-foot-long (23 m) cars (R44, R46, R68, R68A) could not be used on the Eastern Division.: 57  All platforms on the Canarsie...

Number built 400 Number preserved 2 Number scrapped 398 Successor R46 R68 R68A Formation Single units Fleet numbers 1948–1970: 1803–1852 and 3000–3349 1970–1989:...

2013 Number built 230 Number preserved 0 Number scrapped 230 Successor R68A Formation Married Pairs Fleet numbers 8020–8249 Capacity 56 (seated) Operators...

exterior displays are very similar to the rollsigns on older trains (R40 to R68A), while the front destination display is similar to the overhead rollsign...

New York City Subway station (rapid transit) Northbound platform with an R68A B train Station statistics Address West 110th Street (Cathedral Parkway)...

the R179. All R211s will have CBTC. After the retirement of the R68 and R68A cars, all revenue cars, except those on the G, J, M, and Z trains as well...

A G train of R68A cars at the station...

Never purchased R55 Passenger cars Never purchased, but rebranded as R68 & R68A R56 Two-car rail welding unit W301–W302 Maxson Corp 1981 In service R57 Self-propelled...

brought in new graffiti-free rolling stock like the R62, R62A, R68, and R68A. Because of this, many graffiti vandals were unable to continue vandalizing...

An R68A N train arriving at the northbound platform...