blue streak 1It is a shame that Amtrak cannot go to court and require CAF to deliver all ordered V-2s complete and without any out standing problems. This before CAF can start this purple line order.
I am almost 100% sure that to do so would bankrupt the poor bastids, and then nobody would get their cars. Much of the reason Amtrak has tolerated the delays so far is to keep the CAF operation here from going under; here is an opportunity for them to make a little new money with better cash-flow prospects.
It is a shame that Amtrak cannot go to court and require CAF to deliver all ordered V-2s complete and without any out standing problems. This before CAF can start this purple line order. Are federal funds building these purple line cars ?
USA: CAF has been awarded a contract to supply 26 five-section light rail vehicles for the Purple Line project in the Maryland suburbs of Washington DC.
The contract announced by CAF on June 28 is to be managed by its CAF USA subsidiary, which will manufacture the LRVs at its plant in Elmira, New York. The contract is worth more than US$200m and includes spare parts, tools and test equipment.
CAF USA also has a 20% stake in a joint venture with Fluor and Alternate Concepts that will operate and maintain the Purple Line for 30 years from opening which is planned for early 2022.
The Purple Line will run 16·2 km from Bethesda in Montgomery County to New Carrollton in Prince George’s County with 21 stops. There will be interchanges with MARC commuter and Amtrak inter-city services, the Washington Metro’s Red, Orange and Green lines and bus routes.
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