The Staten Island Railway should be stripped of promised new trains over the borough’s vocal opposition to the now-paused congestion-pricing program, an MTA board member suggested.. Plans call ...

In 2018, the MTA approved the $1.75 billion purchase of 535 R211 train cars from Kawasaki Rail Car Inc., including 75 “R211S” cars set to replace the existing fleet of the Staten Island ...

The MTA unveiled five new R211 cars for the Staten Island Railway in October 2023. (Evan Simko-Bednarski / New York Daily News) In recent years, the current R-44 cars have been averaging fewer ...

MTA New York City Transit President Richard Davey announces that five R211S cars have been transferred to the Staten Island Railway Clifton Maintenance Shop on Tuesday, Oct 17, 2023, and will ...

New train cars are coming to the Staten Island Railway for the first time in 50 years — but MTA officials couldn’t estimate when passengers will be able to ride them. Siu Ling Ko, the vice ...

A total of 75 new Staten Island Railway cars are on the way. Photo Courtesy of Marc A. Hermann / MTA R211 subway cars were unveiled for the very first time back in 2017.