ATLANTA – The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority has signed a $146-million contract to refurbish 118 of its railcars. Kinkisharyo International, the U.S. subsidiary of Japan’s Kinki Shayro Corp., will do the work at its factory in Piscataway, N.J., a former plastics factory converted by the company in 2015.
The contract, part of MARTA’s Rail Car Life Extension program, has an option for 94 more cars.
Kinkisharyo has produced light rail vehicles for systems throughout the U.S., including Los Angeles, Seattle, Phoenix, and Boston.
