“The LIRR has had all of the M9 cars since April 3,” LIRR President Robert Free said in a statement. The delivery marks the culmination of a long and arduous journey for the M9s, which the ...

New York Post So far, the MTA has spent $723 million to purchase 202 M9 cars for the Long Island Rail Road — a program that was first approved in 2013. That’s enough to add roughly 10 new ...

As a result, the LIRR says some of the busiest routes will have longer 10- and 12-car trains. The first of the new M9 cars departed from Huntington Station at 6:50 a.m. bound for Queens.

The initial order covers 92 LIRR cars, which are expected to be in ... the agency exercised its option to buy any more of the M9 cars, which are expected to last as long as 40 years.