by zebrasepta
There's a small update with the order and it seems like CRRC is hiring people to build the railcars soon and the order won't get completed until Fall 2021
https://www.masslive.com/news/2019/10/c ... oject.html
https://www.masslive.com/news/2019/10/c ... oject.html
SPRINGFIELD — CRRC MA, the Chinese-owned rail car manufacturer with a $95 million factory in East Springfield, is hiring to fulfill an order for double-decker commuter rail cars placed by SEPTA, the Philadelphia-area transit network.
The bilevel train cars will come from China as empty shells and get fitted out in Springfield with interiors, electronics, brakes, wheels and suspension systems, in the same way CRRC makes subway cars for the MBTA.
Work on the SEPTA order begins in the middle of next year, producing four cars a month, and wraps up in the fall of 2021, Rivera said.