SPRINGFIELD, MA—The first pair of the 404 next-generation rail vehicles built in the U.S. factory of Chinese rail car manufacturer CRRC here will soon be delivered to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for further tests before entering into service by the city of Boston in the coming months. The cars are set to replace the decades-old ones running on Boston's Orange Line.
SPRINGFIELD, MA—A Chinese company that is the largest manufacturer of passenger railroad cars in the world is going to build a $55 million, 125,000-square foot assembly plant here that could employ up to 300 people.
PALMDALE, CA—A Japanese company’s much-celebrated plans to build a light-rail manufacturing plant here appear all but dead after months of clashes with local labor unions and community groups. Kinkisharyo International said it is now looking at factory sites outside California.
ROCHELLE, IL—Nippon Sharyo USA has completed its rail car assembly plant here and will hire an additional 90 employees, bringing total employment at the facility to nearly 500.
