nel070 Posted December 30, 2009 Share #1 Posted December 30, 2009 does anyone know know why the mta only bought 212 143s for the train instead of buying enough to fill the entire line if they had bought enough there would be no need to for there to be 160s on on the Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlastOButter42 Posted December 30, 2009 Share #2 Posted December 30, 2009 According to http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2006/07/07/2006-07-07_oh__l__not_enuf_trains___ta_.html, because they thought 212 cars would be enough to handle ridership on the L, but population and ridership grew faster than they expected, especially in Williamsburg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted December 30, 2009 Share #3 Posted December 30, 2009 does anyone know know why the mta only bought 212 143s for the train instead of buying enough to fill the entire line if they had bought enough there would be no need to for there to be 160s on on the Ridership only warranted 212 at the time but eventually that didn't help so R42s came in as relief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R44 5278 Posted December 30, 2009 Share #4 Posted December 30, 2009 Remember that the R143s were the first revenue NTTs on the B division. Therefore, it would make sense that it should cover only part of a line should any problem arouse. Nobody back then expected that they'll be as reliable as they are today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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