The first pair of 300 new Metro-North commuter rail cars is being shipped from maker Kawasaki Rail Car Inc.’s Kobe, Japan, plant next week, the governor says.
Connecticut agreed to pay $713 million for the M-8 cars for the New Haven Line as well as Shore Line East. The first pair will ship on a freighter on Oct. 28, and over the next four months, three additional pairs will be shipped to Connecticut, Gov. M. Jodi Rell said today.
All will undergo a series of quality-assurance tests lasting several months before being put into regular service on the Metro-North Line between New Haven and New York’s Grand Central Terminal.
While the testing is being completed, Kawasaki will be producing and shipping 10 cars every month to fulfill the order, Rell said.
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