STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority recently announced that the entire fleet of the borough’s lone train line now fully features new, state-of-the-art subway cars.

At a press conference in the St. George Ferry Terminal last week, MTA officials said the entirety of the Staten Island Railway fleet had been upgraded to the R211S model.

These new trains have fully replaced the older R44 cars, which have been in service on Staten Island since 1973, which are among the oldest in the New York City transit system.

“This investment is real. It brings real benefits to our customers,” said Demetrius Crichlow, president of New York City Transit for the MTA. “Staten Island isn’t an afterthought for transit.”

The R211S train cars boast features like wider doors — eight in

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