NY transit system needs overhaul worth US$51.5bil

Bumpy ride: Pedestrians exit a subway station in Manhattan, New York. The city’s transportation authority plans to modernise a more than 100-year-old transit network to improve service, and replace equipment and train cars that are beyond their useful life. — AFP

NEW YORK: New York City’s ageing transit system needs 2,000 new subway and commuter rail cars, 60 miles of new subway track and upgraded power stations.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) previewed the laundry list of improvements on Monday as part of its 2025 to 2029 capital programme, which funds infrastructure work across the agency’s network of subways, buses and commuter railroads.