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[KevinKorell]

Daily News, New York, NY, 11/23/17:

 

 

Subway’s newest $740M train breaks down in less than a day

 

The newest model of train to hit the tracks had a bumpy first day.

 

The R179 model from Bombardier that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority tested Sunday couldn’t last a day on the rails before it was yanked, a source told the Daily News.

 

 

This is the story.

[CNJRoss]

New York Daily News,12/10/17:
 

MTA's newest fleet of $2M subway cars face third crippling mishap in two weeks

 

 

Congratulations, MTA: You’re the proud owners of more than two dozen high-priced lemons.

 

SNIP

 

 

Here’s what sidelined the R179 test train, a model destined for the lettered lines:

 

- Nov. 19 — The train operator’s console erroneously indicated a door was open, when it was actually closed. Earlier that day, the emergency brakes kicked in when a bucket fell onto the tracks from the 121st St. station platform in Richmond Hill, Queens.

 

- Nov. 27 — The test train leaving the Sutphin Blvd. station in Jamaica, Queens, lost motor power as it trudged uphill at half speed over a standard gap between train equipment and the third rail.

 

- Nov. 30 — A red light indicating a problem with a door lit up in yet another train car, though the door was closed on Gates Ave. in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

 

After the passenger testing was halted Dec. 1, it resumed Wednesday.

More here.

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