ADThe legislation was prompted by China Railway Rolling Stock Corp. (CRRC), which was among the companies expected to bid on the contract to build Metro’s next-generation 8000-series rail cars, a deal potentially worth more than $1 billion. ADCanada’s Bombardier has a $600 million contract to build rail cars for the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. CRRC has said that only the shells for its rail cars are built in China, while assembly is done at U.S. plants. At least 60 percent of the rail cars’ parts at its Chicago plant come from U.S. companies, it said. The 7Ks now make up more than half of the transit authority’s 1,100 working rail cars.

Source: Washington Post January 25, 2020 20:23 UTC