The next generation of subway cars is poised to hit the rails.

MTA unveiled their long-awaited R211 subway cars. Officials literally pulled a curtain to reveal the city’s first look at what could be a 1,600-car fleet crisscrossing subway lines.

Passenger service with the cars likely won’t start until September 2022, said Demetrius Crichlow, executive vice president and COO of New York City Transit. “We start qualifying and testing within the next few weeks, ...