The open gangway subway trains are an exciting sight on the C line — if you can get on one.
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Most C train cars date back to the 1970s. Riders on the line have a roughly 1 in 9 chance to catch one of the open gangway models during peak periods, according to the MTA. In fact, the fancy new cars make up less than one-third of a percent of the MTA’s entire subway fleet. The MTA ordered the open gangway trains as part of a larger purchase of subway cars in 2018. The goal was to see how the doorless cars, which are common in subway lines in London and Paris, would
In 2022, the agency ordered another batch of cars — called R211s — but didn’t buy any more open gangways.
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