An E subway train. (Shutterstock) “NYC Transit engineers are reviewing why wheels on some R160 cars appear to have worn down sooner than anticipated, requiring nonurgent repairs,” William ...

Every single wheel, motor, brake, axle, wire and door on every subway car gets completely refurbished every six to 12 years at the Coney Island Overhaul Shop in Brooklyn or its sister facility at ...

First, transit officials in New York City said goodbye to the Metrocard. Now the MTA is waving farewell to another transit icon: the famed subway map. “This is a lynchpin moment,” said MTA ...

“During routine operations of R211 subway cars in service, New York City Transit crews discovered a faulty gear box in some of the cars,” an MTA spokesperson said in an email.

“So everyone got off of the subway car and pushed the train until the wheel broke free. It was one of those really awesome New York moments when strangers work together — but not necessarily ...

The New York subway system is one of the world’s largest, oldest and most complicated. But crime and fear have become real issues for the system. CNN Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence ...

If you feel kinda iffy every time you take a hot and humid whiff of the New York subway, it’s not just in your head: It turns out that the air in the subway is literally toxic, according to a ...

NYC subway riders breathe 'exceptionally' toxic air, ... according to a new study by researchers at New York University. ... Such particles are generated by train wheel braking against rails.

A mysterious track defect somewhere along a major New York City subway line is wearing out the wheels on subway cars, causing ...

The average New York City subway car travels roughly 53,000 miles per year across some of the oldest transit infrastructure in ... and Joshua Zailabdeen stacking old subway wheels to be recycled.