Hitachi to build plant for Washington subway cars

Hitachi will build a $70 million plant in the US that makes subway cars for the transit system in the Washington DC region, the Japanese industrial group said Monday.

The planned factory in the state of Maryland will be Hitachi’s second US rail car facility, after another in Miami. Construction begins this fall, with the plant slated to become operational by March 2024.

Read the full report: Nikkei Asia.

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