I’d say that’s pretty accurate, so long as the hawkers hold up. They’re 41 years old on their original build and despite this setback the T isn’t going to want to initiate any type of rebuild program. From what I’ve been hearing the old cars are still more reliable than the new ones, so if I were calling the shots I’d do a stop-gap overhaul that would buy the hawkers at least 5-10 more years as insurance in case these unproven, delayed Chinese cars are a complete flop. The 01800s are going through that now and I see no reason the No. 1 and No. 2 cars can’t keep going as they are, despite the No. 1s briefly carrying the torch as the oldest active subway car fleet in the country (until NYCT’s R33s were unretired).
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