deathtopumpkins wrote:The EGE wrote:CRRC is the 2015 merger of CNR and CSR - each of which were some of the largest rolling stock manufacturers in the world. They've built over 700 EMUs for Argentina in recent years, and all appearances and rumors thus far hold that they're doing a substantially better job with the MBTA heavy rail stock than Rotem did with any of their US orders.
What rumors would those be? They haven't even finished building the factory in Springfield yet!
And Singapore is returning new metro cars to them due to various defects with the cars ranging from structural to software issues.
All we can do is hope for the best.... that this does not turn out to be another Rotem. At least with luck, there won't be many of the same language barriers; most of the CRRC people are fluent in English.
glennk419 wrote:I was really hoping that Bombardier would have gotten the contract. I've ridden the NJT multilevels many times and think that they are well built, comfortable and efficient. I believe they also tested on SEPTA, at least through the tunnels, to check for clearances and they are obviously a tried and proven product.
They did the clearance measurements manually, for lack of a better phrase. They never borrowed a car from NJ Transit to physically run over the system.
Meanwhile, CRRC now has standing orders for Boston (Red and Orange Line car replacements), Chicago (Budd 2601-3200 & M-K 3201-3456 series car replacements), and cars for Los Angeles (Red/Purple Line expansion).