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Cost Of Subway Cars


Robert Bosco

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Average costs per car

 

R32/A - $114,951

R38 - $111,722

R40 - $111,793

R40M - $137,382

R42 - $132,670

R44 - $211,850

R46 - $275,381

R62 - $918,293

R62A - $798,770

R68/A - $915,000

R110A - $2,209,000

R110B - $2,167,000

R142 - $1,217,312

R142A - $1,215,466

R143 - $1,576,475

R160 - car in 4 car unit: $1,319,589

R160 - car in a 5 car unit: $1,308,342

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I can see why the R110s would be so expensive, seeing as there are only a few of them and that they incorporated so much expensive stuff when they were built. New tech trains are just so much more expensive because of their gadgets like automated voices, FINDs, etc.

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Also got to remember how things were worth back then to what they are now. But granted, newer subway cars have much more things in them than the older subway cars so thats why the new have price tag so much more than the old.

 

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?3619

$114,951 next to $1,576,475.......

 

Not to mention inflation too. Back then, $115,000 was worth a lot more than it is today. So those figures seem small by today's standards but they weren't THAT small...

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So for the same price as today's Lamborghini Convertible you could of bought a R-32 in 1964? Now for the same price as a Bugatti you can get R-160? They're really jacking them prices up! I would love a R-160 but if it's worth my entire family's saving then I'd rather pay $2 just to ride them. LOL

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Also got to remember how things were worth back then to what they are now. But granted, newer subway cars have much more things in them than the older subway cars so thats why the new have price tag so much more than the old.

 

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?3619

$114,951 next to $1,576,475.......

 

That is a sweet shot of the 2. I quess I never really thought about or knew how much the trains cost. Thats some madd cheddar!

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