The Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, Sound Transit, has received the first of 152 new LRVs supplied by Siemens Mobility.
In 2016, Sound Transit awarded Siemens a contract for the supply of 122 new S70 LRVs with an option for 30 additional vehicles, which was exercised in 2017. The total value of the contract is USD 624.5 million
The trains are being built and tested at the Siemens plant in Sacramento, California.
The LRVs include a more spacious interior with additional room for passengers. Additionally, the vehicles will include extra space for luggage and hooks to store up to four bicycles per vehicle. The LRVs will be deployed on the ST2 extensions, including those that rolled over into ST3, covering Northgate Link, East Link, Lynnwood Link, and Federal Way Link. Sound Transit expects to receive one to three vehicles per month through the end of the order in 2024, with many cars slated to also fill the under-construction OMF East in Bellevue. Following a few months of testing and commissioning, the first of the new Siemens cars will enter service in early 2020. Northgate Link will require 40 cars, while East Link will take up 112. Both sets will be shared with the Lynnwood and Federal Way extensions.
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