(Reuters) -French train maker Alstom said on Friday it had received a 2 billion euro ($2.4 billion) order from the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to supply M-9A railcars for the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad.

The contract, which was announced by MTA in June, will be booked in the second quarter of the 2025/26 fiscal year, Alstom said. 

MTA last month said that pilot railcars from Alstom would be delivered in 2029 and enter passenger service on the Long Island Rail Road in 2030. All 316 railcars that were part of this order were expected to be delivered by 2032, it added.

Those include 160 cars for the Long Island Rail Road and 156 for the Metro-North Railroad. 

MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber said in June that the deal was an early step in the agency's plan to purchase nearly 2,000 railcars as part of its $10.9 billion capital plan.

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