New amenities include glass windows less prone to solar damage, push-button doors on bathrooms and, potentially, USB ports at every row.

The transit agency ordered cars for the LIRR this week that will serve the MTA's East Side terminal, which was initially supposed to open in 1976.

Alstom announced that it has received a $2.3 billion contract from the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority to ...

Alstom has secured a contract valued at €2bn ($2.3bn) to supply 316 commuter rail cars to the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and Metro-North Railroad, divisions of the New York Metropolitan ...

State-of-the-art M-9A vehicles will replace MTA's oldest commuter cars The vehicles will be produced at Alstom's facilities in upstate New York The base contract is valued at 2.0 billion euro (2.3 bil ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – A new ride is coming to the railroads in a few years. The MTA board approved the purchase of 316 new rail cars on Wednesday. The model is known as M-9A, and they’ll replace ...

The Long Island Rail Road will receive a modern boost with the addition of nearly 200 M-9A railcars to the fleet in the next ...

The cars, designated as the M9A, are expected to enter service in 2030, with 160 trains going to the LIRR and 156 to Metro-North by 2032.

LIRR riders will finally have trains with clear views as the MTA acts to purchase a new fleet of cars whose windows will not fog. Another bonus: charging ports in every row.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is in position to set records for ridership and on-time performance in 2025, based ...

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has placed a $2.4 billion order with French train maker Alstom to deliver M-9A ...

USA: New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Finance Committee has approved the $2·3bn purchase of 316 Alstom M-9A ...