Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ US-based subsidiary Kawasaki Rail Car (KRC) has delivered the first unit of R211 subway cars for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) New York City Transit ...

Kawasaki—better known for fast motorbikes and ATVs—is going to make the next batch of rail cars for the LIRR and Metro-North, MTA officials said today after a new $1.8 billion contract was ...

MTA unveils the new Kawasaki R211 subway cars on Thursday, July 1, 2021 in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Theodore Parisienne/for New York Daily News The new trains have built-in camera systems.

YONKERS - The Kawasaki company will only perform final assembly and other finishing touches in Yonkers on subway cars it expects to build for New York City. Most of the manufacturing of the more ...

The high-tech R211 cars designed and engineered by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing Inc. are part of what will eventually be a total of 1,610 new cars that were purchased for $4.5 billion over the ...

The initial order, the MTA’s first major subway car purchase in five years, was awarded to manufacturer Kawasaki in 2018 and included 535 of the state-of-the-art R211s. 3.

The new cars will replace R42 cars dating to 1969-70, and some R32 cars, which are more than 50 years old. They will be built at Kawasaki’s facilities in Yonkers, N.Y., and Lincoln, Neb. The new deal ...

At a time when New York is evaluating bids for the largest subway-car contract in its history, the executive who oversees the city subway system was a guest at a dedication for bidder Kawasaki&#821… ...

New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority plans to spend more than $1.4 billion to purchase 535 new subway cars to replace the oldest cars operating on its lettered lines. The initial order with ...