Metra Board approves purchase of up to 500 modern railcars
网页2021年1月13日 · The Metra Board of Directors today approved the purchase of up to 500 state-of-the-art railcars from Alstom Transportation Inc., opting for new multilevel cars that will be more comfortable, accessible, reliable and …
Metra to buy 500 new rail cars - Chicago Sun-Times
网页2021年1月13日 · The commuter rail system’s board of directors on Wednesday unanimously approved buying up to 500 new rail cars from the French firm Alstom Transportation. The initial order is for 200 coaches ...
Alstom to supply 200 multilevel commuter rail cars to Chicago’s Metra …
网页18 March 2021 – Alstom has received an initial order from Metra, the commuter rail system in the Chicago metropolitan area serving the city of Chicago and surrounding suburbs, to supply 200 push-pull commuter rail cars. This follows Metra Board of Directors’ approval in January 2021 to award Alstom a vehicle procurement contract for up to ...
Metra board chooses new modern passenger rail cars to …
网页2021年1月13日 · Today, the Metra board adopted a motion to purchase up to 500 coaches of a variation of Alstom's "Coradia" design to replace Gallery cars. According to a press release, "about 40 percent of Metra's current fleet of 840 cars are rated in marginal or poor condition." At full purchase, 500 cars would replace 59 percent of Metra's fleet.
Metra orders battery-powered trains, gets funding for new bilevel ...
网页2024年2月22日 · As Metra's board of directors authorized the commuter railroad to buy eight battery-powered Stadler train sets, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Metra will get $100 million to buy 50 Alstom Transportation bi-level rail cars. According to Metra spokesperson Michael Gillis, this will be on …
Metra buying battery-powered trainsets
网页2024年2月21日 · The contract with Stadler U.S., of Salt Lake City, Utah, includes a $154 million base order for eight two-car, battery-powered trainsets, including engineering, training, and spare parts, with options costing up to an additional $181.4 million for eight more trainsets and up to 32 trailer cars, which could be added to the two-car trainsets to ...
Metra board approves order for 200 new passenger cars, with ... - Trains
网页2021年1月14日 · The initial order is for 200 cars, with the option to buy up to 300 more for a total of $1.8 billion. The cars are a customized version of the Coradia Duplex and will be built in Hornell, N.Y. The first car is expected to be delivered 42 months after the contract is finalized, with the rest of the order delivered over the next 2½ years.
Alstom Coradia Multilevel Procurement | Metra - YouTube
网页2021年1月13日 · The Metra Board of Directors on Jan. 13, 2021, approved the purchase of up to 500 state-of-the-art railcars from Alstom Transportation Inc., opting for new multilevel cars that will be more...
Metra to buy up to 500 new rail cars equipped with bike racks, …
网页2021年1月13日 · Metra will begin adding dozens of new rail cars to its fleet in 2024, tricked out with amenities like bike racks and video screens.The transit agency’s board approved the $1.8 billion purchase of...
Metra - Wikipedia
网页Entrance to a Metra bilevel rail car. Fare is determined by the distance traveled by a passenger. Each station along every route has generally been placed in a specific zone based on its distance from its respective downtown station. Multiple stations can be placed in the same zone even though they are on the same line.