The MTA's subway repair shops are in disrepair

The MTA hopes to spend $7.6 billion to order 1,500 new subway cars as part of the agency’s proposed $65 billion five-year capital plan that aims to fix the city’s aging mass transit systems. The new cars would replace the city's oldest subway trains, including the ones on the 1 line. Transit officials are pleading with state lawmakers to fund the construction plan, saying it’s urgently needed to keep subway service from collapsing. The money would almost certainly need to come through new taxes.

But before they can order new trains, MTA officials say they must first renovate or replace aging maintenance shops like the one at 240th Street, which are too decrepit to handle modern subway cars. The MTA hopes to spend $1.9 billion on upgrading its train depots over the next five years.