The MTA launched new R211S subway cars into service on the Staten Island Railway, featuring wider doors, security cameras, digital route screens in all cars, and enhanced accessibility features.

The first new railcars for the Staten Island Railway in more than 50 years entered service on Tuesday, Oct. 8, with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority organizing a “first run” event to note the occasion.

The cars — a variant of the R-211s running on the A line in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens since last year — replace the half-century-old R-44 cars serving Staten Island since 1973.

The cars are part of a 535-car order, which includes 440 R211A standard cars with 75 Staten Island Railway cars and 20 cars with the open gangway feature.

New train cars were introduced on Staten Island for the first time in more than 50 years on Tuesday, MTA officials said. The MTA launched new R211S subway cars into service on the Staten Island Railway.