Ottawa Transit Developments

[smallspy]

Well, that train no longer is being made, so we can't order more.

Thankfully 30 metre LRVs that are configured with 3 trucks and 5 modules are very readily available from a host of different manufacturers, not the least of which is Alstom.

What is, and always has been more important is the fact that the network that they run on is designed and built to a modern standard that requires trains to be minimally customized for operation. As opposed to the Toronto's downtown network, which requires bespoke rolling stock.

Dan

 

[nfitz]

What is, and always has been more important is the fact that the network that they run on is designed and built to a modern standard that requires trains to be minimally customized for operation. As opposed to the Toronto's downtown network, which requires bespoke rolling stock.

LRVs on Toronto's downtown network seem to be more reliable and better-engineered than the Citadis ones used on multiple networks.