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LIRR debuts M-9s
September 12, 2019 C&S, Commuter/Regional, News, Passenger, PTC
LIRR debuts M-9s
Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief
Long Island Rail Road’s first Kawasaki-built M-9 EMU trainset departs from the Forest Hills Station on its initial revenue run out from NY Penn Station. All photos by Joseph M. Calisi.
After roughly two years’ worth of delays, MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) has taken the wraps off its new M-9 EMU (electric multiple-unit) commuter railcars. The first eight-car trainset departed Sept. 11 at 6:50 am from Huntington.
The New York MTA awarded a $1.8 billion contract to Kawasaki Railcar USA for 676 M-9s in September 2013—an initial 92 cars for LIRR, plus options for 584 cars for LIRR and MTA Metro-North Railroad—with deliveries scheduled to begin in 2017. Production and testing/qualifications delays pushed back the initial delivery date to April 29, 2018, following testing at TTCI in Pueblo, Colo.
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LIRR debuts M-9s
Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief
Long Island Rail Road’s first Kawasaki-built M-9 EMU trainset departs from the Forest Hills Station on its initial revenue run out from NY Penn Station. All photos by Joseph M. Calisi.
After roughly two years’ worth of delays, MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) has taken the wraps off its new M-9 EMU (electric multiple-unit) commuter railcars. The first eight-car trainset departed Sept. 11 at 6:50 am from Huntington.
The New York MTA awarded a $1.8 billion contract to Kawasaki Railcar USA for 676 M-9s in September 2013—an initial 92 cars for LIRR, plus options for 584 cars for LIRR and MTA Metro-North Railroad—with deliveries scheduled to begin in 2017. Production and testing/qualifications delays pushed back the initial delivery date to April 29, 2018, following testing at TTCI in Pueblo, Colo.
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