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Old Posted Dec 13, 2017, 3:30 AM
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I've wondered that a bit myself. Couple of (speculative) reasons I can think of:
- Maybe there is no off-the-shelf design that has joined cars and otherwise fits the city's design requirements

- In the event of a collision serious enough that a damaged car cannot drive itself back to the maintenance yard (rare, but has happened), it is far simpler to decouple the cars than to deconstruct them.

Emphasis on "speculation"
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Is the S200 order fully delivered? Anectodally, there seems to be a lot more 4-car trains these days; even the U2's seem to be 4-car more frequently than 3-car. Also curious how many original U2's were retired.
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Is the S200 order fully delivered? Anectodally, there seems to be a lot more 4-car trains these days; even the U2's seem to be 4-car more frequently than 3-car. Also curious how many original U2's were retired.
Not even close - probably close to halfway. I'm sure there's a large backlog in Alyth and Sacramento, but there's been so many problems, Transit isn't accepting more until problems are fixed.
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Not even close - probably close to halfway. I'm sure there's a large backlog in Alyth and Sacramento, but there's been so many problems, Transit isn't accepting more until problems are fixed.
Where's the publicity on this? Toronto's streetcar procurement problems make national news daily.
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Where's the publicity on this? Toronto's streetcar procurement problems make national news daily.
I think Toronto's problems make national news because it's Bombardier having the problems. There's not as much of a story when it's a foreign manufacturer like Siemens.
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I think Toronto's problems make national news because it's Bombardier having the problems. There's not as much of a story when it's a foreign manufacturer like Siemens.
There's probably an element of truth to that. It seems to be a Canadian thing to kick our industries when they are down.
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I think Toronto's problems make national news because it's Bombardier having the problems. There's not as much of a story when it's a foreign manufacturer like Siemens.
It's also hitting Toronto in an operational way much more obviously than in Calgary -- e.g., having to supplement streetcar routes (that are supposed to have Flexity's) with bus runs in an inadequate attempt to keep up with demand.

I'm sure the Calgary Transit mechanics are grumbling under their breath about the U2's that deserve to be retired, but it's generally not affecting passengers the way it is in Toronto.
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