纽约-庆祝最后一批老式纽约地铁车厢可能会因为故意破坏而处于危险之中。
大都会运输管理局最近宣布,从12月19日开始,将连续四个周日运行一列20世纪60年代的R-32汽车,然后在布鲁克林的纽约交通博物馆展出。
《纽约每日新闻》周六报道称,运输工人说,有人在第一次运行时踢了一个汽车座位,这是不可替代的,其余的运行可能会被取消。
据《每日新闻》报道,纽约交通博物馆馆长康塞塔·本西文加(Concetta Bencivenga)上周在一封电子邮件中写道:“如果在任何时候,出于任何原因,列车乘务员认为有必要让列车停运,他们将立即这样做,R32s未来的所有退役运行都将被取消。
这些被戏称为“光明轮”的汽车是MTA购买的第一批大批量生产的不锈钢汽车,也是最后一类有前窗的地铁车辆,乘客可以通过前窗看到。据《MTA》报道,他们曾出演过包括《蜘蛛侠:回家》和《小丑》在内的电影。
许多在2000年代后期就停止使用了,大部分作为人工鱼礁计划的一部分沉入了大西洋。
Vandalism threatening last runs of vintage NYC subway cars
NEW YORK -- The celebratory last runs of vintage New York City subway cars could be in jeopardy because of vandalism.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced recently it would run one train of the 1960s-era R-32 cars on four successive Sundays beginning Dec. 19 before they are put on display at the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn.
The New York Daily News reported Saturday that transit workers said someone kicked in one of the cars’ seats, which are irreplaceable, during the first run and that the remaining runs could be canceled.
“If at any time, for any reason the train crew deems it necessary to take the train out of service, they will do so immediately and all future retirement runs of the R32s will be canceled,” New York Transit Museum director Concetta Bencivenga wrote in an email last week, according to the Daily News.
The cars, nicknamed the Brightliners, were the first large fleet of mass-produced stainless-steel cars purchased by the MTA and are the last class of subway cars with a front window through which passengers can look. They have been seen in movies including “Spiderman: Homecoming” and “Joker,” according to the MTA.
Many were taken out of service beginning in the late 2000s, and most were sunk in the Atlantic Ocean as part of an artificial reef program.