• The latest order brings the transit agency’s total purchase of state-of-the-art Multilevel III vehicles to 374
• Multilevel cars will increase capacity, reliability and passenger comfort
• The purchase of new rolling stock is valued at 1.0 billion euro (1.1 billion USD)
9 September 2025 – Alstom, a global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, today announced that NJ TRANSIT has exercised options to purchase an additional 200 Multilevel III commuter cars and 12 ALP-45 dual-powered locomotives. The total value of this purchase is approximately 1.0 billion euro[1] (1.1 billion USD). NJ TRANSIT is the nation’s largest statewide public transportation agency and its third largest agency overall with nearly 270 million passenger trips each year.
The purchase of additional rolling stock is part of NJ TRANSIT’s continuing efforts to create a more modern, efficient and reliable fleet to serve passengers traveling within the state and commuting to New York City and Philadelphia. The Multilevel III cars will replace 40-year-old single-level cars with a model that can travel between 10 and 20 times further between critical repairs. The new cars will also increase capacity by more than 12%. / (....)