MTA capital improvements 2025 reach record $15.8B

The MTA capital improvements 2025 program reached a record level as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority committed $15.8 billion to capital work, the highest single-year investment in transit infrastructure in the agency’s history.

This is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.

Out of that $15.8 billion capital commitments total, the MTA said it completed $6.7 billion completed projects in 2025, as reported by Progressive Railroading. The finished list included station elevator replacements (41), station accessibility upgrades (10), circulation improvements at Grand Central Station, and the opening of a new rail car acceptance and testing facility in Brooklyn.

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MTA 2025-2029 capital plan projects and funding breakdown

In a press release from Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office, projects funded in 2025 were described as including improvements called for in the MTA 2025-2029 capital plan. The MTA dedicated $500 million for accessibility upgrades, $3.4 billion for state-of-good-repair work and other supporting programs, $6.6 billion for rolling stock, $2 billion for signal improvements, and $2.7 billion for system expansion work.

Interborough Express project contract and major procurements

Also in 2025, the MTA awarded a $166 million contract for the engineering and design of the Interborough Express project, a planned light-rail line between Brooklyn and Queens. In addition, the authority awarded Kawasaki Rail Car Inc. a $1.5 billion contract in November 2025 to construct 378 new New York City Transit subway cars. The MTA also completed the first phases of the Park Avenue viaduct replacement and the Grand Central Train Shed rebuild.

MTA congestion relief program funding for system upgrades

More than $5 billion of the 2025 capital commitments came from the MTA congestion relief program. Implemented on Jan. 5, 2025, the program was created to reduce traffic gridlock in Manhattan, specifically south of and at 60th Street.

Drivers entering the relief zone are charged a toll, and the revenue is used to fund improvements to the MTA system, including the subway system, the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad. For additional background on the broader capital-plan context referenced in this update, see earlier coverage by Railway Supply.

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