Ontario public transit manager Metrolinx confirmed that it has formally notified its intent to cancel its USD 770-million contract with Bombardier Inc. to supply light rail vehicles in Toronto. Metrolinx’s notice is a step that follows issuance of a notice of default in July.
Metrolinx has expressed concerns about delays in the production of 182 light rail vehicles, which the agency ordered in 2010 to serve future light rail lines that include Toronto projects on Eglinton Avenue, Finch Avenue West and Sheppard Avenue East. Bombardier hasn’t yet delivered any vehicles, and is currently still working on the pilot car for the contract.
Two of those lines are scheduled to be ready by 2021. Metrolinx requires 76 vehicles for the Eglinton line and 23 for the Finch line.
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