Ottawa buys light-rail trains with no proven track record

By Joanne Chianello, CBC News Ottawa, February 14, 2019

The light-rail vehicles that are one of the significant reasons for delays to Ottawa's $2-billion LRT project have no proven track record and are expected to make their North American debut in Ottawa.

France-based company Alstom, a member of Rideau Transit Group — the SNC Lavalin-led consortium building the 13-station Confederation Line —  is supplying the trains for the project.

Alstom's Citadis line of trains is used in more than 50 cities in 20 countries, largely in Europe.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-buys-light-rail-train-no-track-record-1.5017483

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