Riders reminisce as New York retires iconic subway cars

NEW YORK — Growing up, Alvaro Hernandez always ran for the window seat on the subway. His older brother sat in the seat next ...
New York Post

MTA to get rid of remaining ‘80s orange-and-yellow-seated subway cars in 2025

The MTA’s longtime orange-and-yellow seated subway cars are riding off into the sunset next year. The state-run agency in 2025 plans to slowly retire its remaining 1,700-plus R46, R62/62A, and ...
Untapped Cities

An Ode to NYC’s Orange Subway Seats

Every few decades, New Yorkers bid farewell to old subway cars as a new fleet is released onto the city’s 665 miles of track. Although most New Yorkers concur that the city’s transit system needs ...
Smithsonian Magazine

New York City Is Getting Rid of Its Iconic Orange and Yellow Subway Cars

The R46 trains started running in the subway system during the 1970s. Tdorante10 via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 After half a century, New York City is retiring its iconic orange and yellow ...
The Washington Post

Riders reminisce as New York retires iconic subway cars

The MTA said that it will soon retire its R46 fleet. Riders say they will miss the iconic yellow and orange perpendicular seats that were part of so many memories. NEW YORK — Growing up, Alvaro ...