fromyeg
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Will we be getting more Siemens LRVs?
Which other manufacturers produce LRVs that are compatible with the existing fleet?
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Will we be getting more Siemens LRVs?
Which other manufacturers produce LRVs that are compatible with the existing fleet?
Barnaby
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Siemens (S200), Alstom (Citadis & Flexity), Stadler (CITYLINK), CAF (They might hate Alberta now), Hyundai Rotem?...
I'd prefer the S200 and AlstomU5 type Flexity.
HappyJazzz
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Wow, that hybrid seat layout is really.. quaint. Haven't seen something like that on a metro in ages! Doesn't bench seating along the sides offer a much greater overall capacity without reducing the number of seats much?
Seems like it would be the wiser choice if the trains are getting crushed with users at commute times.
Barnaby
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Yeah bench seating is the highest capacity. People like front back seats though, and the input received leaned mostly towards the hybrid option. It's still higher capacity than the current seating arrangement. Reminds me of an Embraer seating layout.
BrettB
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The last purchase of SkyTrain cars (the Mark IV) has 2x1 seating and they offer a tonne of standing room. The newer Mark V has an unusual combination of forward facing seats opposite a bench of sideways facing seats.
SarcasticMarmot
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I think alot of the public likes the forward seats when the trains aren't super full, which with our LRT system is most of the day outside of rush hour.
Habibfazil
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wow, a complete lack of hanging straps, lots of space for standees though, and in hindsight, yeah good for a cyclist to control their bike in tranist...
EdwardEdm
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Kinki Sharyo also comes to mind. Not sure is Hitachi is still doing LRV's, but they acquired AnsaldoBreda who had built cars for more recently Los Angeles, but also for San Francisco and the MBTA to replace their Boeing's. Well, I guess replacing Boeing LRV's isn't terribly recent now, that was 24 years ago for MBTA.
Options for 24.8m cars and up to 31.0m length cars. I really liked what Portland did ordering S70's with a single cab and then running them as pairs. I always thought that would good for Edmonton, but alas, they will be the standard dual cabs.
Overall capacity for a 4 car 31.0m train is supposed to increase by 50 passengers vs a 5 car 24.8m train.
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EdwardEdm
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Came across this rather nicely done page on Edmonton's Siemens fleet: https://www.mobility.siemens.com/us...making-transformative-change-in-edmonton.html
Their note of the U2's interior refurbishment is a bit off. It was much more than an interior refurbishment. I'm surprised it even gets a mention since a competitor did it. Maybe that's why it was only noted as an interior refurbishment.
Interesting to see the S200 reference on it, but I certainly wouldn't look too much into that.
Their note of the U2's interior refurbishment is a bit off. It was much more than an interior refurbishment. I'm surprised it even gets a mention since a competitor did it. Maybe that's why it was only noted as an interior refurbishment.
Interesting to see the S200 reference on it, but I certainly wouldn't look too much into that.