MTA to spend $2.4B on new railcars in deal with French train maker for LIRR, Metro-North

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has placed a $2.4 billion order with French train maker Alstom to deliver M-9A railcars for the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Rail Road, the company said Friday.

The contract, which was announced by MTA in June, will be booked in the second quarter of the 2025-26 fiscal year, Alstom said.

MTA last month said that pilot railcars from Alstom would be delivered in 2029 and enter passenger service on the Long Island Rail Road in 2030.

All 316 railcars that were part of this order were expected to be delivered by 2032, it added.

Those include 160 cars for the LIRR and 156 for Metro-North.