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R62A (New York City Subway car)

R62A
1 subway train (R62A) at 125th St station, Manhattan.jpg
An R62A train on the NYCS-bull-trans-1.svg at 125th Street.
R62A SMS Interior 2406 1 Train.JPG
Interior of an R62A car, with blue replacement seats as a part of an SMS program.
In service 1985–present
Manufacturer Bombardier Transportation
Built at La Pocatière, Quebec; Auburn, New York; Barre, Vermont (final assembly)
Family name SMEE
Replaced R17, R21, R22
Constructed 1984–1987
Entered service May 29, 1985 (under CAP)
Number built 825
Number in service 824 (713 in revenue service during rush hours)
Number scrapped 1 (1909)
Formation 5-car sets (1651–1900, 1961–2475)
singles or 3-car sets (1901-1960)
Fleet numbers 1651-2475
Capacity 42 (A Car, full-width cab at one end)
44 (B Car, half-width cabs at both ends)
Operator(s) New York City Subway
Depot(s) 240th Street Yard (375 cars)
Corona Yard (34 cars)
Livonia Yard (20 cars)
Pelham Yard (395 cars)
Service(s) assigned NYCS-bull-trans-1.svg – 310 cars (31 trains)
NYCS-bull-trans-6.svg – 360 cars (36 trains)
NYCS-bull-trans-7.svg – 22 cars (2 trains)
NYCS-bull-trans-S.svg – 10 cars (3 trains)
Specifications
Car body construction Stainless steel with fiberglass end bonnets
Train length 3-car train: 153.12 feet (46.67 m)
4-car train: 204.16 feet (62.23 m)
10-car train: 510.4 feet (155.6 m)
11-car train: 561.44 feet (171.13 m)
Car length 51.04 feet (15.56 m)
Width 8.60 feet (2,621 mm)
Height 11.89 feet (3,624 mm)
Platform height 3.65 ft (1.11 m)
Doors 6 per car
Maximum speed 55 mph (89 km/h)
Weight 75,550 lb (34,270 kg)
Traction system Adtranz E-Cam Propulsion with 4 Westinghouse 1447J motors per car
Power output 115 hp (85.8 kW) per axle
Acceleration 2.5 mph/s (4.0 km/(h·s))
Auxiliaries SAFT NIFE PR80F Battery
SAFT SMT8 Battery
Electric system(s) 625 V DC Third rail
Current collection method Contact shoe
Braking system(s) NYAB GSX23 Newtran “COBRA SMEE” Braking System
NYAB Tread Brake Unit
Safety system(s) emergency brakes
Coupling system Westinghouse H2C
Track gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)

The R62A is a New York City Subway car built between 1984 and 1987 by Bombardier in La Pocatiere, Quebec, with final assembly done in Auburn, New York and Barre, Vermont under a license from Kawasaki. The R62As replaced the R17s, R21s, and R22s (built from 1954–1958), which were all retired by early 1988.

The R62As are numbered 1651-2475. The cars were originally single cars with functioning cabs at both ends; however all running on the 1 (based at 240th Street Yard in the Bronx) and the 6 (based at the Westchester Yard in the Bronx) were linked as 5-car sets, with a full-width cab at each end, although the five-car sets do retain their intermediate half-width cabs in the remaining cab positions. This leaves the 7 (based at Corona Yard in Queens) with the only R62As that operate as single cars (mainly in the 1901-1960 range), in order to make 11-car trains.

Twenty cars (1927-1933, 1935-1937, 1940-1941, 1945-1946, 1950-1953, and 1955-1956) are reserved to run in service on the 42nd Street Shuttle, which uses three and four-car trains; ten of these are used at a time while the rest are stored at Livonia Yard in Brooklyn.


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