The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) will delay plans to purchase a new generation of rail cars. According to the initial plans, the proposed 7000 Series rail cars shoud have been delivered around 2016. The reason behind the delay is CTA’s wish to find a more suitable seat design. The cars which are currently being delivered to CTA are outfitted with a center-facing seat design that is unpopular among many riders and has failed to create room to carry more passengers, according to a CTA analysis.
The new schedule forsees several prototype cars being delivered by 2019. The prototype cars will then be tested by CTA for up to one year. Then, after potential technical and design changes, assembly-line production of 400 rail cars would begin in 2020. The acquisition is estimated at EUR 1.8 billion.
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