# Kawasaki wins $3.6B NYC subway car order for Lincoln plant

Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A. received a nearly $4 billion contract from the New York Metro Transit Authority to build 1,500 railway cars at its Lincoln, Nebraska plant. Early production starts in 2019, with mass production in 2021.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2018-01-25
- Where: Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
- Value: $3.60B
- Status: announced
- Products: railway cars
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A.](https://endata.com/companies/24363.md)
- [New York Metro Transit Authority](https://endata.com/companies/29638.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [1011now.com](https://www.1011now.com/content/news/Lincolns-role-in-36-billion-NYC-transit-deal-471215833.html), 2018-01-26: "It's great for our people to know that the hard work that they put in everyday is going to transport millions of people per year in cities on the east coast and maybe beyond at some point."

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