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Siemens to Provide LRVs for Twin Cities Extension
The Metropolitan Council, which oversees Metro Transit in Minneapolis/St. Paul, recently entered into a $118 million contract with Siemens to provide 27 new light rail vehicles (LRV) that will operate on the planned Southwest Light Rail Transit Project (SWLRT) from downtown Minneapolis through neighboring communities when the line enters service in 2021.
The company provided vehicles for the existing Green Line five years ago; the new vehicles will be improved versions of the same model, including accessibility upgrades, and will be compatible with the existing 59-car fleet. Siemens will manufacture the LRVs at its Sacramento, CA, plant, with the first vehicle scheduled for delivery in 2019.
The council stated that awarding and executing the contract now will allow for cost savings by avoiding cost escalation for materials, and it allows for the nearly two years needed to design, produce and deliver the vehicles in time to do several months of testing before revenue service starts. This action, called a Limited Notice to Proceed, authorizes Siemens to begin engineering the updates for the LRVs; FTA will match the cost incurred in summer 2017 after it issues the Full Funding Grant Agreement, its commitment to pay half the total cost of the project.
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