The MBTA is doubling down on double-decker commuter rail cars. The transit agency’s Fiscal and Management Control Board approved a deal Monday to buy 80 new bi-level coaches, as part of a plan ...

Procuring the bi-level coaches is slated for phase one of SEPTA’s “Catching Up” plan, the capital improvement plan targeting the system’s most pressing needs. Also in phase one, SEPTA plans to procure ...

The bi-level trains for SEPTA were designed for 130 passengers compared to the current Regional Rail cars, which accommodate 100 people. The lower levels of the car also had bike racks for ...

In 2017, when Regional Rail ridership was growing, SEPTA awarded a $138 million contract for 45 bi-level coach cars to be produced by CRRC MA, the U.S. subsidiary of a state-owned Chinese company ...

Mid-life overhaul and upgrades of the Bi-Level series VIII cars will begin by 2026 at Alstom’s facility in Thunder Bay and will support approximately 250 high-skilled jobs until at least 2030 ...

Trolleys may take some time to get here, but rail aficionados have plenty to look forward to in the nearer future. SEPTA regional rail riders should start seeing bi-level coaches, like those used by ...