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Alstom wins 2 billion euro deal from New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Alstom, a French train manufacturer, announced on Friday that it received a $2.45 billion order from the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority for M-9A railcars to be supplied to the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and Metro-North Railroad.

Alstom announced that the contract, which MTA announced in June, would be booked during the second quarter 2025/26 fiscal years.

MTA announced last month that Alstom pilot railcars would be delivered by 2029, and will enter service on Long Island Rail Road as passenger cars in 2030. It added that all 316 railcars included in this order would be delivered by the year 2032.

There are 160 cars for Long Island Rail Road, and 156 cars for Metro-North Railroad.

MTA Chairperson and CEO Janno Lieber stated in June that this deal was a first step in the agency’s plan to buy nearly 2,000 railcars in its $10.9 billion capital program.

(source: Reuters)