#TodayInHistory: 50 years ago #OnThisDay in 1975, the first R46 cars entered passenger service in the #NYCsubway system. Known for their colorful bucket seats and transverse, “conversational” style seating arrangement, the R46s are familiar to generations of subway riders. They’ve also been repaired and maintained by countless Metropolitan Transportation Authority - MTA NYCT (New York City Transit) employees over the years. Vincent Ricevuto, General Superintendent of the MTA 207th St Maintenance

NYC R46 subway train. One of the tasks an MTA operator does: cleaning windshield. And of the tasks an MTA conductor does: fixing malfunctioning doors. The R46 is a New York City Subway car model that was built by the Pullman Standard Company from 1975 to 1978 for the IND/BMT B Division. They replaced all remaining R1–9 fleet cars and General Electric-powered R16s, and some R10s. The R46 order initially consisted of 754 single cars, each 75 feet (23 m) long, and was the largest single order of pa