Glenco
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Yes well Ellis Don is not the contractor for the extension so it is hard to project the the same time line for the construction
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Glenco
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Under the category of it is a slow day.
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Edmonton radial railway was in existence for 43 years from 1908-1951. The Capital Line opened in 1978 and next year will be it’s 47 anniversary. Just saying.
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archited
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And I was one of the last people to ride on it -- only four years old at the time.
trevorhayden
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We need to re-electrify those bus routes.
Glenco
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47 was a banner year
dkazzed
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The website says 2025 major construction starts, 4-5 years for construction, then testing and commissioning, so sounds like a 2030-31 opening date.
MacLac
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Dubas
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News Release - Six submissions received for procurement of light-rail vehicles
Email from City of Edmonton Six submissions received for procurement of light-rail vehicles December 19, 2024 The City of Edmonton’s Request for Qualifications (RFQ) No. 935234 for the design and m
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Anyone ideas who the six bidding teams might be?
I’d think for sure Siemens and Alstom.
Hyundai-Rotem?
Stadler and CAF?
CRRC? Hitachi or another Japanese company?
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EdwardEdm
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Kinkisharyo would be a good bet.News Release - Six submissions received for procurement of light-rail vehicles
Email from City of Edmonton Six submissions received for procurement of light-rail vehicles December 19, 2024 The City of Edmonton’s Request for Qualifications (RFQ) No. 935234 for the design and mmyemail.constantcontact.com
Anyone ideas who the six bidding teams might be?
I’d think for sure Siemens and Alstom.
Hyundai-Rotem?
Stadler and CAF?
CRRC? Hitachi or another Japanese company?
The procurement includes a requirement to provide 3 examples of existing LRV models in service. While this can include low floors, there will be a preference for vendors who can demonstrate that they have delivered a fleet of high floor LRV's of 20 or more vehicles within the past 10 years.
In terms of North America, I believe only Siemens and Kinkisharyo have supplied high floor LRV's in the last 10 years. Breda (Hitachi now) also supplied cars to LA, but they fall outside of the 10 year window. World wide, I'm sure most of these vendors have done high floors in the last 10 years.
The_Cat
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Tree Removal at Twin Brooks.
dkazzed
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San Francisco disqualified Breda (now Hitachi) from bidding to supply trains to the MUNI Metro, they ended up going with Siemens S200. I'd love for the S200 with longitudinal seating to come, hopefully City of Edmonton looks at both the short and long term costs. I also like Bombardier-Alstom based on my time in Vancouver, wasn't the biggest fan of Hyundai-Rotem though but I'll reserve judgement for when the first of their LRVs come into revenue service here.
Platinum107
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I'm really excited to see the model and livery they choose for these new trains. A Siemen's SD200 with a livery similar to the Hyundai Rotem Valley Line vehicles would be so cool! Don't get me wrong, I don't mind the current white with the blue and grey stripe, but imo we should do something more interesting with the new trains.
dkazzed
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Bombardier-Alstom has their Flexity Swift line of high floor LRVs, roughly the same width and height as the existing trains, but 3 metres longer.
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Example of Hyundai-Rotem's high floor LRV, delivered 2019.
Flexity Swift - Wikipedia
Example of Hyundai-Rotem's high floor LRV, delivered 2019.
Barnaby
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The Frankfurt U5 trains are Alstom. I have an email directly from the top of ETS LRT stating that they're exploring the use of 4 car trains instead of the current 5 car trains for the full length. Longer cars are hopefully what we're getting.Bombardier-Alstom has their Flexity Swift line of high floor LRVs, roughly the same width and height as the existing trains, but 3 metres longer.
Flexity Swift - Wikipedia
Example of Hyundai-Rotem's high floor LRV, delivered 2019.