R32 (New York City Subway car)
The R32 was a New York City Subway car model built by the Budd Company from 1964 to 1965 for the IND/BMT B Division. A total of 600 R32s were built, numbered 3350–3949, though some cars were re-numbered. The R32 contract was divided into two subcontracts of 300 cars each: R32 and R32A ; the former was paid by the city's capital budget and the latter was paid through a revenue bond. All were arranged as married pairs.
An R32 train on the A at 80th Street
Interior of an R32 car
A poster from 1964 referencing the R32 order
One of the final trips of the R32s, on January 9, 2022
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. It is owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Opened on October 27, 1904, the New York City Subway is one of the world's oldest public transit systems, one of the most-used, and the one with the most stations, with 472 stations in operation.
Top: A 1 train made up of ten R62A cars enters the 207th Street elevated station. Bottom: An E train made up of ten R160A cars enters the 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal station.
Image: Bombardier R62A “1” Train arriving into 207th Street November 2022
Some old pictures from the New York City Subway (1910)
The City Hall station of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, part of the first underground line of the subway that opened on October 27, 1904