LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln railway car plant is poised to receive a $3.6 billion contract for new subway cars for New York City.
New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority is expected to vote on Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing's contract Wednesday. It would call for the production of more than 1,600 new subway cars.
The contract is made up of a $1.4 billion base order of 535 subway cars, which would be delivered by July 2020. There are options to add more than 1,000 cars, bringing the total project cost to more than $3.6 billion. The cars would have features for safety and modernization.
Kawasaki spokesman Jason Hellbusch says most of the manufacturing would be completed at the Lincoln plant. He says a facility in Yonkers, New York would work on final assembly and testing.
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