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| '''R68''' is a ] car. The 425-car contract was a joint venture of ] AM-Rail Company, ANF Industrie of Paris, and other companies. The cars were built in France from 1986 to 1988 and shipped to New York Harbor. | '''R68''' is a ] car. The 425-car contract was a joint venture of ] AM-Rail Company, ANF Industrie of Paris, and other companies. The cars were built in France from 1986 to 1988 and shipped to New York Harbor. | ||
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R68 is a New York City Subway car. The 425-car contract was a joint venture of Westinghouse AM-Rail Company, ANF Industrie of Paris, and other companies. The cars were built in France from 1986 to 1988 and shipped to New York Harbor.
The R68 was built by combining R46 and R62A features to build a better, state-of-the-art subway car with high Mean Distance Between Failure (MDBF), leading to better service. R68 was the third R-class contract to be built with 75-foot (23 m) cars, which have more room for sitting and standing passengers per car than the 60-foot cars that were used previously. However, because 75-foot cars take longer to load and unload, more recent orders have returned to 60-foot cars.
The R68's first entry to revenue service was on June 20,1986 on the Template:NYCS D service; the first cars were numbered 2500-2507. There were two contracts to supply the R68. The primary order was: 2500-2727, and the R68-1 option order was 2728-2924. The fleet today primarily runs on the Template:NYCS D, Template:NYCS N, Template:NYCS Q, Template:NYCS S Franklin (Franklin Avenue Shuttle), and very rarely on the Template:NYCS B and Template:NYCS W. R68s are based out of the Concourse Yard in the Bronx and the Coney Island Complex in Brooklyn.
R-68 Specifications
| Car builder | Westinghouse Amrail Company and ANF Industrie (now a subsidiary of Bombardier) in Paris, France | |
| Other contributors in the R68 contract: | Jeumont-Schneider cars 2500-2727 and Alsthom Rail cars 2728-2924. | |
| Car body | stainless steel with fiberglass end bonnet | |
| Unit numbers | 2500-2915 are in 4-car sets and 2916-2924 are remain in single sets | |
| Fleet of | 425 cars | |
| Car dimensions | 75 ft long 10 ft wide 12 ft 1⁄8 in high |
22.86 m long 3.048 m wide 3.7 m high |
| Track, standard gauge | 4 ft 8⁄2 in | 1.435 m |
| Doorway width (side—clear opening) |
4 ft 2 in | 1.27 m |
| Wheel diameter | 34 inches | 864 mm |
| Propulsion system | Westinghouse (AdTranz) E-CAM XCB248S | |
| DC Traction Motors | 4 Westinghouse 1447J | |
| Power (4 per car) | 115 horsepower | 86 kW |
| Brakes | New York Air Braking (NYAB) GSX23 "SMEE" braking system, WABCO Air Braking Vaule | |
| Average car weight (empty) |
92,750 lb | 42,070 kg |
| Maximum speed | 65 mph | 105 km/h |
| Total seated passengers | 70 | |
| Air conditioning system | Two Stone Safety HVAC units each car. | |
| Notes | Transverse cabs at #1 end; narrow cab at #2 end Configured in 4-car sets except cars 2916-2924 are singles used for the Franklin Avenue Shuttle. | |
| Price per car (new, 1986) | US$915,000 (BID) | |
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