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|image1=R142 Sign.jpg|caption1=The LCD sign of an R142 car
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The R142s feature [[Alstom]] ONIX [[alternating current|AC]] propulsion systems, electronic braking, automatic [[climate control]], [[New Technology Train#Electronic strip maps|electronic strip maps]], and an on-board [[intercom]] system; the traction motors of the R142s (which themselves share some similarities with the traction motors of the Alstom [[:pl:Alstom Metropolis 98B|Metropolis 98B]] trains on the [[Warsaw Metro]]) were later used on the majority of the [[R160 (New York City Subway car)|R160]] subway cars when they were first delivered. The R142 and the [[R142A (New York City Subway car)|R142A]] were partly designed by Antenna Design.<ref name="NYTimes-NYCSPromiseInfo-Nov2005">{{cite news |last=Chan |first=Sewell |author-link=Sewell Chan|title=New Subway Cars Promise All Kinds of Information |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 30, 2005 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/30/nyregion/30car.html |access-date=October 27, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.antennadesign.com/|title=Antenna: News|work=antennadesign.com}}</ref>
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