MTA to spend $ 2.4 billion on new Lirr railway cars, metro in the north

The company said on Friday that the Capital Transport Authority has submitted a request of $ 2.4 billion with French train maker ALSTOM to submit the M-9a railway to the Long Island Road Road and Metro-North Rail Road.

Alstoom said that the contract, announced by MTA in June, will be reserved in the second quarter of the fiscal year 2025-26.

MTA said last month that experimental railway vehicles will be delivered from Alstom in 2029 and passenger service on the Long Island Rail Road in 2030.

He added that it is expected that all 316 rail vehicles, which were part of this request, will be delivered by 2032.

These include 160 cars for LirR and 156 for the north metro.