The first R160 train, built by Kawasaki under the contract R160B, started service on August 17, 2006, on the N. The initial 660-automobile base order was stuffed by October 2008, with a total of 1,662 automobiles delivered by May 6, 2010. In 1997, the first mass order of New Technology trains was positioned for the R142 and R142A trains of the A Division , so as to replace the final 1,410 Redbird cars in operation. The first R142s and R142As entered service starting in July 2000.
The bench-style seats, designed with lumbar helps, additionally changed the unpopular bucket-type seats used …

