Lost City spotted some new R160s on the F line yesterday and eagerly anticipates the new cars’ arrivals on the oft-neglected line. While these are just tests for now — I remember seeing these on the A about 18 months ago — this development is right in line with the MTA’s plans to eventually implement CBTC along the F. Of course, the new cars will probably be here long before CBTC is, but hey, we can dream [Lost City]
R160s spotted on the F line
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C – B – T – C (not CBCT), as in “Computer Based Train Control”
I saw a bunch of R160s on the W yesterday, too. Is that also a test, or is this old news?
W is old news. when are they coming to the R line ? “R160” has been spray painted on the platforms and station walls of R line stations for months now … hhmm
The contrast of shiny new R160 cars and the decrepit state of the R stations would be mind-boggling.
The R isn’t getting R160s anytime soon.
R160s are coming to the (F) during January. It will only be a few sets, not enough to replace the entire fleet although this may change – at this point, they will be based out of a small storage yard for the (F), but if they reach the main yard then they can see service on the rest of the Queens Blvd. routes.
Maybe enough to displace all the R32’s running on the line right now…