To replace its existing, Italian-manufactured subway rolling stock, Los Angeles County Metro is turning to China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC).
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has hired China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) to manufacture 64 new HR4000 heavy rail vehicles for the Red and Purple lines, reports Anna Chen for Metro's The Source.
"The first pilot vehicle is expected to be delivered by Spring 2020, and the entire base order of 64 subway cars by September 2021," adds Chen. The new subway cars are expected to arrive before the completion of the Purple Line extension between Koreatown and Beverly Hills.
Steven Sharp followed up on the announcement for Urbanize.LA, sharing a rendering of the exterior of the new trains. Sharp also adds the detail that metro could still add 218 new trains to the order, for an additional cost of $647 million. That total breaks down to just less that $3 million a train.
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