The MTA will get more than 300 new subway cars under a $600 million contract with Montreal-based Bombardier, Gov. Cuomo announced yesterday.

The new R179 cars will replace cars on the C Line that have been used since 1964. The new cars will have brighter lighting, better heat and air-conditioning systems.

The average age of a subway car is 22 years; it will drop to less than 20 when the new cars begin operating.

Cuomo announced that the MTA deal will keep 300 manufacturing workers busy in the upstate Plattsburgh area and support 200 more jobs from suppliers.

“We will continue to rebuild New York’s vital infrastructure, creating jobs for hardworking New Yorkers,” the governor said.