R160 (New York City Subway car)

The R160 is a class of New Technology Train subway cars built for the B Division of the New York City Subway, entering service between 2006 and 2010 and replacing all R38, R40 and R44 cars and most R32 and R42 cars. The class totals 1,662 cars in two models: 1,002 R160A cars built by Alstom, in four-car and five-car sets, and 660 R160B cars built by Kawasaki. Both can run together, and most use the Alstom ONIX propulsion system and the same traction motors as the R142, while some R160B cars use Siemens propulsion. The first R160B entered service on 17 August 2006 and the first R160A on 17 October 2006, after Alstom fell behind schedule. Some cars were fitted with communications-based train control for the Canarsie Line and the Queens Boulevard Line.