Metro installed vinyl on half the seats in one subway car, and left the upholstery intact on the other. The fabric side has been deep-cleaned three times and replaced once, Spadafora said.

Transit planners in New York are trying to design the ideal subway car interior by observing existing passenger behavior, and while their designs are still preliminary, their research gives a ...

The new-look trains rolling on some of the lettered subway lines offer a glimpse into the fleet of the future. With wider doors, brighter interiors and advanced cameras, the cars known as R211s ...

These colorful new subway cars are part of a 100-car pilot program on R-160 ... and “interior and exterior wrapping of the cars,” for commuters to spot the new cars—as can be seen in ...

Metro held a “signing ceremony” at Union Station earlier this month to announce the purchase of at least 64 new subway cars—with an option to buy a total of 282—from a Chinese company. The ...

The subway car, stored outside and exposed to the elements in Brooklyn, was up for sale. ... Zoufaly has fully restored the interior, including one original cane seat from the 1930s.

Interior of the R-15 subway car. Ameena Walker. Fast forward to the 1950s: By that point, the city had purchased the BMT and IRT private lines, ...

The MTA says 99.9% of its 5,500 subway cars are currently operating with functioning air conditioning. ... Inspectors ideally want the interior of a train to be around 72.5 degrees, ...