NJ TRANSIT ordered additional 200 Multilevel III cars and 12 Class ALP45DP locomotives

On 9 September 2025, Alstom announced that NJ TRANSIT has exercised options to purchase an additional 200 Multilevel III commuter cars (part of Adessia commuter rail portfolio) and 12 Class ALP45DP locomotives. The total value of this purchase is approximately 1.0 billion EUR (1.1 billion USD). NJ TRANSIT is the nation’s largest statewide public transportation agency and its third largest agency overall with nearly 270 million passenger trips each year.

The purchase of additional rolling stock is part of NJ TRANSIT’s continuing efforts to create a more modern, efficient and reliable fleet to serve passengers traveling within the state and commuting to New York City and Philadelphia. The Multilevel III cars will replace 40-year-old single-level cars with a model that can travel between 10 and 20 times further between critical repairs. The new cars will also increase capacity by more than 12 %.   

The new order comes on top of 174 Multilevel III vehicles that NJ TRANSIT previously ordered from Alstom. Approximately a third of the total order are multilevel power cars (MLPCs), meaning that they are equipped with a power system that eliminates the need for a locomotive. A 12-car trainset will typically travel with four MLPCs, providing redundancy and improving reliability if one of the power cars malfunctions. 

The additional Class ALP45DP locomotives will replace some of older diesel locomotives. On parts of NJ TRANSIT’s network that are not electrified, the ALP45DPs will switch to diesel engines that meet Tier IV emission requirements from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. With this new purchase, NJ TRANSIT will own a total of 72 Class ALP45 dual-power locomotives.