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M9
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 2019· Railcar of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and the Metro North Railroad
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LIRR Kawasaki M9 EMU - Jamaica NY: Bebo2good1· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. MTA LIRR train leaving Woodside: Mtattrain· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The M9 is a class of electric multiple unit railroad cars being built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries for use on the MTA's Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and Metro-North Railroad. They entered service September 11, 2019. These cars will replace the M3/M3A railcars built during the early 1980s, as well as expand the LIRR fleet to provide additional service after the completion of the LIRR's East Side Access project.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 7 years ago, in 2019.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 1.6 MW is about 19 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 25.9 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2019
- in service from
- 2019
- status
- in service
- number built
- 202
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Alstom
- operators
- Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Metro-North Railroad, Long Island Rail Road
- top speed
- 161 km/h
- power
- 1.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′
- formation
- Married pairs
- length
- 25.9 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6713983, Wikipedia: M9 (railcar) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.