Capital Line LRT

[MacLac]

Good to see that they are "moving" the road over south of 23rd ave to accommodate construction for next season. We have seen that they always use/waste the "1st year" of construction as a time to move the roads.

 

[Glenco]

Also they want to order the minimum 25 new vehicles. There are 37 old U2s that will be 50 years old by the time the new rolling stock gets way past their best before date. So there won’t be enough to replace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton_Light_Rail_Transit

 

[BrettB]

Also they want to order the minimum 25 new vehicles. There are 37 old U2s that will be 50 years old by the time the new rolling stock gets way past their best before date. So there won’t be enough to replace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton_Light_Rail_Transit

There's a separate project that passed council last week to replace the U2s

 

[_urbanite]

There's a separate project that passed council last week to replace the U2s

They're going to go ahead with the Capital Line expansion With or Without the new train cars...
Eventually they'll find that they're looking for...

 

[David A]

Wow, getting towards 50 years! Its great they have lasted so long. These days everything is not so durable.

 

[dkazzed]

I typically see 40 years for passenger rail cars with a mid-life refurbishment. 50 years is a little long but they're still running ok. Weren't they only refurbished about 15 years ago?

 

[Gronk!]

I must be the only SRC poster who got @_urbanite 's references to the band U2

 

[Glenco]

There's a separate project that passed council last week to replace the U2s

That’s good to hear

 

[Edmcowboy11]

So is a new operations facility still going to be built?

 

[yeggator]

Yes, but downsized.

 

[soupcrate]

Yes, but downsized.

If some extra money is found the LRVs/maintenance facility size will be prioritized. The way the mayor was talking during council made it seem like this wasn't an unlikely possibility.

 

[yeggator]

It's unfortunate that there isn't enough money for adding sufficient capacity via new LRVs and a bigger OMF. This will have downstream effects on the Metro Line expansion, because Phase 2 of that project won't include another OMF. Shorter trains or frequency cuts would be the result in the interim.

 

[MacLac]

 

[EdwardEdm]

It's unfortunate that there isn't enough money for adding sufficient capacity via new LRVs and a bigger OMF. This will have downstream effects on the Metro Line expansion, because Phase 2 of that project won't include another OMF. Shorter trains or frequency cuts would be the result in the interim.

That's so far down the track it's not worthwhile worrying about. I'm sure the NLRT funding would now include money to expand the OMF to it's intended size. Ditto for sufficient LRV's.

 

[IanO]

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The City of Edmonton is hosting a networking event for local businesses who are interested in working with, or providing products and services to, the successful Design-Build proponent team for the Capital Line South LRT Extension (Phase 1).

Event Details (limited registration):

June 15, 2023, from 8:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.

Sawridge Inn and Conference Centre Edmonton South (Maligne Room)

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