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R179 (New York City Subway car)
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The R179 is a planned New York City Subway car for the B Division. These cars will replace the R32 and R42s, which are running well past the average service life of a New York City Subway car, and expand the fleet for the Second Avenue Subway. The contract to build these cars has been awarded to Bombardier Transportation[1][2], who will build the cars in its Plattsburgh, New York facility.
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Background
The R179 contract, which originally consisted of 420 cars, was intended to replace all of the R44s. Due to structural integrity issues found on the New York City Transit R44 fleet in early 2010, its retirement was facilitated by option order cars of the R160s. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority later dropped the plan to order R179s for the Staten Island Railway, instead opting to overhaul some R46s to replace the existing R44s there.
History
The proposed MTA 2010-2014 Capital Program has pointed toward an order of 60-foot (18.29 m) cars.[3] The order is to be broken down into a base order of 300 cars, awarded on March 24, 2012 to Bombardier Transportation for $599,000,000.00.
The official RFP was issued on June 3, 2010. Bids were due by the following August 13, but the contract was not awarded until March 2012 to Bombardier Transportation.[4] The contract specified the purchase of 290 cars with 250 arranged as 5 car sets and the remaining 40 arranged in four car sets, with the 50 Option I cars arranged in 5 car sets. There was also a second option for 80 additional cars, pending funding.[5] As of January 2012, the base order had been amended to a total of 300 cars in a yet to be publicly specified configuration, with no options.[6]
The base order will retire all remaining R32s (222 cars) and R42s (48 cars) while any additional cars ordered will be used for fleet expansion. Delivery of the 10-car test train is scheduled for the 4th quarter of 2014, with delivery of the production cars scheduled for the 1st quarter of 2015[7]
The order of the R179 series is, however, not without controversy. A recent news report from the New York Daily News [8] indicates that an official at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has been in talks with car builder Bombardier Transportation, Inc. for a job. This has prompted an ethics investigation.
References
- ^ http://www.mta.info/mta/news/books/docs/r_179_staff_summary_March_2012.pdf
- ^ http://www.governor.ny.gov/press/032812MTA-Investment
- ^ Page 40 in Adobe Acrobat Reader, Page 36 in document.
- ^ http://www.mta.info/mta/news/books/docs/r_179_staff_summary_March_2012.pdf
- ^ http://mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/100621_1330_CPOC.pdf Page 19
- ^ http://mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/120123_1400_CPOC.pdf
- ^ http://mta.info/mta/news/books/docs/r_179_staff_summary_March_2012.pdf
- ^ http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/mta-exec-mario-guerra-hit-ethics-seeking-job-subway-car-maker-article-1.1052494
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