R142A (New York City Subway car)

The R142A is the second order of New Technology Trains that operates on the A Division of the New York City Subway. These units were manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries in the United States at Yonkers, New York and Lincoln, Nebraska, and in Japan at Kobe, Hyōgo. The first R142As were delivered on December 20, 1999. Following their introduction to the system, the R142As experienced minor issues while undergoing testing but was placed into a 30-day revenue acceptance test on July 10, 2000. After successful completion, the R142As began to enter revenue service along the IRT Lexington Avenue Line (4 & 6) on November 2, 2000. the R142a did not run on the 4 line until July 25th 2002 In mid-2003, the MTA purchased a supplemental order of 80 additional R142As (7731–7810) for service increases, these subway cars (7731-7810) 80 additional R142As were designated as “R142S”. [ These cars were constructed and delivered in 2004–2005, and by June 2005, all were entered in service. In 2011-2016, 380 R142A cars were retrofitted with CBTC (Communications Based Train Control) and were subsequently converted into the R188s and ran along the IRT Flushing Line 7 & <7> express.(Irt flushing line) The remainder of the 220 R142A car fleet were proposed with mid-life upgrades and refurbished as part of the 2017-2021 New York City Transit Crisis. the leftovers R142a does not have CBTC (Communications Based Train Control) was transfered over to the 4 line Jerome yard late 2017-2018 the R142A 7691-7692 has retrofitted with LCD screens from late 2017 to late 2018.