The subway’s forgotten borough entered the 21st century Tuesday, as the first set of new R-211 train cars entered passenger service on the Staten Island Railway. The cars — a variant of the R-211s ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Staten Island Railway (SIR) is rolling into the future, one train car at a time. On Tuesday morning, the newest train for the SIR departed from Platform 5 at the St. George ...

The MTA on Tuesday rolled out new train cars on the Staten Island Railway for the first time in 50 years. Transit officials christened the new cars — called R211s — during an inaugural ride out of St.

There's been a major upgrade for the Staten Island Railway. New subway cars now make up the entire fleet. The first R211 cars rolled out late last year, and more arrived Friday. New York City Transit ...

The futuristic, European-style cars won’t hit the tracks until early June, just days before World Cup games begin downtown.

The Trump administration’s trade war with China and across-the-board tariff policies will have a negative impact on the production of Orange and Red Line MBTA train cars, according to the ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Staten Island Railway (SIR) should get new train cars before the end of 2024, but one MTA board member questioned whether the Island should have them. On Monday, the MTA’s ...

For true rail fans, the ultimate luxury is traveling in a private rail car. It was the preferred method of travel across the United States during the late Gilded Age for the likes of the Vanderbilts ...

Jul. 28—LUVERNE — Luverne community leaders gathered last week to brainstorm ideas for the potential to bring six Montreal, Canada-based rail cars to the city for use in a variety of ways.