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MassDOT Board of Directors approves Springfield CNR Changchun contract for the MBTA

10.22.14

News Library / CRRC MA

The MassDOT Board of Directors unanimously approved a contract worth at least $556.6 million with CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles to build MBTA subway cars in Springfield at anew $60 million factory.

The CNR factory means 100 construction jobs. When operational, the facility will create 150 new manufacturing jobs.