The M9 is a class of electric multiple unit railroad cars being built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries for use on the MTA's Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and Metro-North Railroad. They entered service September 11, 2019.

5 天之前 · MNRR is taking extra time to chew on potential multilevel solutions that would address its Hudson/Harlem/GCT capacity problem that only allows them to go higher, not longer. If they don't see a match (odds favor them not finding one), they'll come home and take their 9A option.

In June 2018, Metro-North announced that they would elect to not exercise their options for the M9 order, instead overhauling their M3A units to extend their lifespan. [16] However, that November, Metro-North stated that they "are working with LIRR to procure 170 new M9A cars in the next Capital Program to provide additional capacity and ...

2025年3月12日 · The M3 cars being replaced by the M9 cars entered service between 1984 and 1986. Upon their retirement, they will have served the region for more than 30 years. Here's the official press release from the MTA website with a rendering of a MNR M-9. The black window trim really adds a nice touch.

2025年2月6日 · M9 and M9A Procurement & Acceptance; Discussion of the past and present operations of the Long Island Rail Road.

Tokyo, September 19, 2013 — Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced today that Kawasaki Rail Car Inc. (KRC), its U.S. subsidiary based in Yonkers, New York, has received an order for 92 M-9 Passenger Cars via a joint procurement by Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and Metro-North Railroad (MNR), both affiliated with the Metropolitan Transportation...

2023年12月6日 · Since our initial audit was issued, 110 additional M9 cars have been conditionally accepted as of July 2023. According to LIRR officials, they expect to conditionally accept the remaining cars by May 2024. Key Findings. We found that MTA LIRR officials made some progress in addressing the issues we identified in the initial report.

The M9 is a future electric multiple unit railroad car to be designed for and ordered by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York) for the Long Island Rail Road as part of the 2008-2013 Capital Plan. The purchase of the initial 84 M9 cars is intended to expand the Long Island Rail Road's fleet size in anticipation of the completion ...

2023年12月13日 · — In a follow-up to a 2022 report, the New York Office of the State Comptroller found the cost of a Long Island Rail Road order for M9 electric multiple-unit railcars manufactured by Kawasaki has continued to increase, while half of the recommendations made by the Comptroller’s office in the original report have not been implemented.

M9 and M9A Procurement & Acceptance; Discussion of the past and present operations of the Long Island Rail Road.