MTA to test open gangway subway cars on NYC Transit A, C lines

Key Facts

• New subway cars that will let passengers walk from one end of a train to another without fear of falling to the tracks will run this fall on the A and C lines, MTA officials said Friday.
• Two new R211 trains with open connections between cars will run in sets of 10 cars, the MTA says.
• The connections between some new MTA R211 train cars have accordion-like hoods on their exteriors.
• The MTA is trying out cars linked by open gangways, which will let passengers freely walk from one end of a train to another.

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