The latest setback in the Long Island Rail Road’s $730 million procurement of 202 M9 train cars from Kawasaki Rail Car Inc. comes as the LIRR looks to address rider frustrations over crowded ...

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is preparing to spend nearly $3 billion to buy hundreds of overweight and overpriced train cars that will saddle riders with longer commutes — and the ...

Still, many other riders are raving about the M9 train, which made its maiden voyage out of Huntington on Wednesday morning, and since has operated on several other lines, including the Babylon ...

Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority The successor to the famous M3 rail car, the Kawasaki Heavy Industries M9, came at a bit of a watershed time in New York State's history. For decades ...

The LIRR is set to put the long-delayed new M9 train cars into limited passenger service Wednesday morning. The M9 cars are the railroad’s first new model since 2002. The LIRR says the M9’s ...

Suburban railways Metro-North and the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) saw a dramatic increase in ridership every day since the launch of congestion pricing on Jan. 5, according to state data.

On M9 train cars, the doorways on each car are equipped with infrared sensors that count the number of times a person walks in or out of the door. “The new app updates are incredibly intuitive and ...