New York City Transit Awards 435 Additional Subway Cars

Kawasaki Rail Car Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (wholly-owned subsidiary of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.) announced today that Kawasaki Rail Car, Inc. (KRC), its U.S. subsidiary based in Yonkers, New York, has been awarded an order for 435 additional new generation subway cars, known as the R211 series, from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) New York City Transit (NYCT *). The order is worth approximately $1.3 billion (177 billion Japanese yen).

Kawasaki will manufacture the R211 subway cars at its facilities in Lincoln, Nebraska (Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A.) and Yonkers, New York. The state-of-the-art Lincoln facility, established in 2001, will manufacture the car body structure and install interior equipment, while final assembly and function testing will be performed at the Lincoln Facility and the Yonkers Facility, established in 1989, in Yonkers, New York. The cars are scheduled to be delivered to NYCT from 2027 through 2028.

This order is in addition to the first option awarded in 2022 (Option 1 640 cars) as well as the base contract awarded in 2018 (Base 535 cars), bringing the total number of R211 cars ordered to 1,610. The cumulative total of the contract value has now grown to $4.5 billion (633 billion Japanese yen), which makes R211 contract the largest rail car contract ever awarded to Kawasaki.

Kawasaki has successfully delivered over 2,200 cars to NYCT since receiving its initial order in 1982 for the R62 subway cars. The R211 subway cars are scheduled to replace NYCT’s R46 cars and Staten Island Railway’s fleet.

The R211 cars are being introduced as a part of NYCT’s efforts to modernize and improve reliability and service to NYCT’s customers. The cars will be equipped with CCTV, LED lighting, digital displays and wider doors, enabling passengers to enter and exit the trains more smoothly, thus reducing the time trains sit at the station.

Kawasaki has gained credibility through its past project performance, high technology and vehicle reliability, which all contributed to the successful award of the additional R211 cars.

Kawasaki will continue to build its credibility with its technological expertise by providing environmentally friendly modes of transportation to the United States and markets around the world.

Summary of the R211 cars

*	NYCT is a public authority that operates public transportation in New York City and part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) which includes the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Commuter Railroad.

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