R262 Discussion Thread

[Amiri the subway guy]

Welcome to the R262s forum what your predictions for the R262s assignments what factory do you want them to build want propulsion sound you want them to have 

Hello there I came up with two scenarios of the order happening I say split it into two order to better manage resources R262s R262As the 42nd Street will definitely get them 

 

Option 1

 

The would receive the R262s and be fully R262s R262As and the    would mostly get the R262s but still keep some R142s. The will definitely get these cars in this scenario. The MTA would want the newest train fleet operating on the Lexington Avenue line for the CBTC project it’s very likely that the entire R142/A fleet from the and at least 50%-60% of the R142 fleet from the  will be reassigned to the       

 

The R142s and R142As on the would be sent to the  

 

The R142s on the would be sent to the  

 

are fully R262s. The  are mostly R262s but some R142s would remain there to save money.   

 

I mean the R262s are replacing the R62/As right. But again the newest doesn’t always necessarily directly replace the oldest train fleet. 

 

And the is the most heavily used train route in the Bronx so again needs the extra capacity that larger doors and open gangway offers.   

 

Option 2

 

The ridership level case so in this case I believe makes more sense is that the IRT express routes get the R262s they are very heavily used and crowded and are in dire need of extra capacity so the MTA would definitely want to have the newest and hopefully most reliable subway car fleet operating there. The   would get the R262s all of the displaced R142s and R142As would be reassigned to the IRT mainline Locals the   and  

 

The would be fully R262s   

 

The would be a mixure of R262s and R262As 

 

The would be mostly R262As but occasional R142s 

The R142s and R142As on the would be sent to the  

 

The R142s on the . would be sent to the    .    

 

As a bonus the R142As finally get to return to the very subway route they first began operating passenger service on. In either case the is extremely unlikely to receive the R262s as the R188s are in amazing shape. 

 

The train factories I feel like should build it is Alstom Kawasaki and potentially Siemens

 

Alstom could built the main  order of 864 train which go to the and half of cars and Kawasaki builds the extra order of 500 R262As cars for and other half of     

 

Propulsion system I would like to see is Alstom Optonix IGBT–VVVF Siemens 2-level IGBT–VVVF 4 × Siemens 1TB2013-2GA02 230 kW (310 hp) 3-phase AC induction motor and/or Toshiba SEA-430 IGBT-VVVF

 

[Cait Sith]

Use the existing R262 thread...no need to make a duplicate thread.